Niels Hintermann (born 5 May 1995) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Bülach, Zürich, he specialized in the speed events of downhill and super-G.
Career Hintermann made his World Cup debut at age 20 in November 2015 at Lake Louise, and was 40th in the downhill. He scored his first World Cup points three weeks later at Val Gardena, at 29th place in the downhill. Hintermann won his first World Cup race (and first podium) the following season, in the combined at Wengen in January 2017. In October 2024, Hintermann announced that he had been diagnosed with lymphoma, which is why he did not compete in any races during the 2024–25 World Cup season. On 13 March 2026, Hintermann declared his immediate retirement, citing what he regarded as the excessive risks of the sport. He stated that before his last downhill races, he had suffered from panic attacks. Since he had qualified by finishing among the top 25 in the 2026 downhill standings, race organizers at the World Cup Finals gave Hintermann a farewell run at Kvitfjell – the site of Hintermann's two downhill World Cup victories.
World Cup results Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombined 2016 20 122 — — — 48 42 2017 21 53 — — 41 37 2 2018 22 2019 23 69 — — 55 23 28 2020 24 33 — — — 12 19 2021 25 93 — — 55 28 rowspan=6 2022 26 13 — — 27 7 2023 27 24 — — 34 7 2024 28 33 — — 33 6 2025 29 2026 30 59 — — — 18
Race podiums 3 wins – (2 DH, 1 AC) 7 podiums – (6 DH, 1 AC), 27 top tens Season Date Location Discipline Place201713 January 2017 Wengen, SwitzerlandCombined1st202218 December 2021 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 3rd28 December 2021 Bormio, Italy Downhill 3rd4 March 2022 Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill1st5 March 2022 Downhill 3rd202320 January 2023 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 3rd202417 February 2024 Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill1st
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombined 2019 23 — — — 21 23 2021 25 — — — DNF — 2023 27 — — — 12 —
Olympic results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombined 2022 26 — — — 16 —
References
External links
Swiss Ski team official site Niels Hintermann at Atomic Skis