Michael Matt (born 13 May 1993) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialises in the slalom discipline and has competed in three Winter Olympics and four World Championships.
Career Matt made his World Cup debut at age 20 in the Levi slalom in November 2013, racing alongside his brother Mario. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, US. Matt raced in the slalom, but failed to finish the second run. Matt gained his first World Cup podium in Finland as the runner-up at Levi on 13 November 2016, and celebrated his first victory on 5 March 2017 in Slovenia at Kranjska Gora.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyongchang, South Korea, Matt finished the first run of the slalom competition in 12th place but moved up to third after the second run, securing himself the bronze medal. He was also part of the Austrian squad which took a silver medal in the team event.
Personal life Matt is the brother of double World and Olympic champion Mario Matt and ski cross world champion In 2001, at the age of eight, Michael Matt was buried by an avalanche.
World Cup results Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantslalomSuper GDownhillCombinedParallel 2015 21 124 42 — — — — rowspan=5 2016 22 84 27 — — — — 2017 23 18 5 — — — — 2018 24 19 4 54 — — — 2019 25 31 11 — — — — 2020 26 38 9 — — — — 34 2021 27 35 11 — — — rowspan=6 30 2022 28 50 17 — — — — 2023 29 79 28 — — — rowspan=4 2024 30 57 21 — — — 2025 31 68 25 — — — 2026 32 33 12 — — —
Race podiums 1 win – (1 SL) 8 podiums – (7 SL, 1 PS) Season Date Location Discipline Place201713 November 2016 Levi, Finland Slalom 2nd5 March 2017 Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom1st19 March 2017 Aspen, United States Slalom 3rd20181 January 2018 Oslo, Norway Parallel slalom 2nd4 January 2018 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 2nd7 January 2018 Adelboden, Switzerland Slalom 2nd201922 December 2018 Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom 3rd202418 November 2023 Gurgl, Austria Slalom 3rd
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombinedTeam event 2015 21 DNF2 — — — — — 2017 23 8 — — — — — 2019 252 — — — —2 2021 27 9 — — — — —
Olympic results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomSuper GDownhillCombinedTeamcombinedTeam event 2018 24 3 — — — — rowspan=2 2 2022 28 DNF2 — — — — 1 2026 32 8 — — — 4
See also List of Olympic medalist families
References
External links
Michael Matt at Ski Austria (archive)
Michael Matt at Milano Cortina 2026