Michael Walchhofer (born 28 April 1975) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.
Biography Walchhofer was born in Radstadt, Salzburg, Austria, and started his career in slalom, but then moved over to the speed events. During his career, he won the World Cup season title in downhill three times, an Olympic silver medal, and one gold, two silvers, and a bronze medal at World Championships. Walchofer became the first to win the Bormio downhill three times in December 2010. His last World Cup race was the downhill at the finals in Lenzerheide in March 2011.
Walchhofer has been a longtime owner a chain of slopeside luxury hotels and also runs a ski school.
World Cup results Season titles Season Discipline 2005 Downhill 2006 Downhill 2009 Downhill
Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1999 23 81 31 — — — — 2000 24 58 23 — — — — 2001 25 43 24 — — 42 2 2002 26 23 — — — 9 5 2003 27 9 40 38 41 3 2 2004 28 7 — — 5 5 5 2005 29 4 57 25 5 1 — 2006 30 5 — 37 18 1 2 2007 31 16 — 33 21 5 26 2008 32 14 — 60 18 3 — 2009 33 8 — — 6 1 32 2010 34 10 — — 2 6 33 2011 35 5 — — 4 2 —
Race victories 19 wins – (14 DH, 3 SG, 2 SC/K) 49 podiums – (36 DH, 9 SG, 4 SC/K) Season Date Location Race 2003 26 Jan 2003 Kitzbühel, Austria Combined 2004 29 Nov 2003 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill2005 17 Dec 2004 Val Gardena, Italy Super G15 Jan 2005 Wengen, Switzerland Downhill18 Feb 2005 Garmisch, Germany Downhill19 Feb 2005 Downhill2006 10 Dec 2005 Val d'Isère, France Downhill11 Dec 2005 Super combined21 Jan 2006 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill2007 28 Dec 2006 Bormio, Italy Downhill29 Dec 2006 Downhill2008 30 Nov 2007 Beaver Creek, USA Downhill15 Dec 2007 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 2009 20 Dec 2008 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 2010 12 Dec 2009 Val d'Isère, France Super G2011 27 Nov 2010 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill17 Dec 2010 Val Gardena, Italy Super G29 Dec 2010 Bormio, Italy Downhill12 Mar 2011 Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill
World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1999 23 DNF1 — — — 6 2001 25 2003 27 — — — 1 — 2005 29 — — 2 3 4 2007 31 — — DNF 15 — 2009 33 — — 13 12 — 2011 35 — — 11 7 —
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1998 22 — — — — — 2002 26 — — — — DNF SL1 2006 30 — — — 2 DNF SL1 2010 34 — — 21 10 —
European Cup Season titles Season Discipline 1999 Overall Slalom
Race victories 5 wins – (2 DH, 3 SL) 8 podiums – (4 DH, 4 SL) Season Date Location Race1997 25 Jan 1997 Sestriere, Italy Downhill1999 14 Dec 1998 Welschnofen, Italy Slalom8 Jan 1999 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom28 Feb 1999 Kiruna, Sweden Slalom 2000 3 Mar 2000 Tonale Pass, Italy Downhill
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Walchhofer Hotels