Matthias Mayer (German pronunciation: [maˈtiːas ˈmaɪɐ]; born 9 June 1990) is an Austrian retired World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion.[1][2]
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| Born | 9 June 1990 Afritz am See, Carinthia, Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, super-G, combined, giant slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Gerlitzen – Kärnten | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 22 February 2009 (age 18) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 29 December 2022 (age 32) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | matthiasmayer.at | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (2014, 2018, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 4 (3 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 5 – (2013–2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 13 – (2011–2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 11 – (7 DH, 3 SG, 1 AC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 45 – (22 DH, 22 SG, 1 AC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (4th in 2020 and 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (2nd in DH, 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editBorn in Afritz am See in Carinthia,[3] Mayer made his World Cup debut in Sestriere in February 2009. His best discipline is super-G. After several top ten finishes, his first World Cup podium came at Kitzbühel in a super-G in January 2013.[4]
At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Mayer won the downhill to become the seventh Austrian gold medalist in the 18th edition of the event. Joining him on the podium at Rosa Khutor were Christof Innerhofer of Italy and Kjetil Jansrud of Norway.[5] Immediately after the Olympics, he had two podium finishes in Norway,[6][7] and a victory at the World Cup finals. He won his second Olympic gold medal in 2018 in the super G.
At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Mayer won the bronze medal in the downhill and successfully defended his title in the super G. With three Olympic titles in addition to a bronze, he is Austria’s most decorated Olympic alpine medalist.[8]
On 29 December 2022, Mayer shocked the ski racing community when he announced his immediate retirement at 32 years old, just hours before a super-G race in Bormio he was scheduled to start.[9] He finished his World Cup career with 11 wins and 45 podium finishes in 13 seasons.
Personal life
editMayer's father is Helmut Mayer (b.1966), the silver medalist in the first Olympic super-G in 1988;[10] he also won a silver medal at the World Championships in 1989, in the giant slalom at Vail.
World cup results
editSeason standings
edit| Season | |||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2011 | 20 | 150 | — | — | 48 | — | — |
| 2012 | 21 | 50 | — | — | 13 | — | 26 |
| 2013 | 22 | 17 | — | 39 | 3 | 25 | 9 |
| 2014 | 23 | 9 | — | 44 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 2015 | 24 | 9 | — | 46 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 2016 | 25 | 57 | — | — | 18 | 34 | — |
| 2017 | 26 | 13 | — | — | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 2018 | 27 | 9 | — | 41 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
| 2019 | 28 | 17 | — | 52 | 6 | 12 | — |
| 2020 | 29 | 4 | — | 33 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 30 | 7 | — | 55 | 3 | 2 | — |
| 2022 | 31 | 4 | — | — | 4 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 32 | 19 | — | — | 17 | 8 |
- Standings through 31 January 2023
Race victories
edit| Season | |||
| Date | Location | Discipline | |
| 2014 | 12 Mar 2014 |  Lenzerheide, Switzerland |
Downhill |
| 2015 | 21 Feb 2015 |  Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria |
Downhill |
| 22 Feb 2015 | Super-G | ||
| 2017 | 20 Jan 2017 | Kitzbühel, Austria |
Super-G |
| 2018 | 14 Mar 2018 |  Åre, Sweden |
Downhill |
| 2020 | 1 Dec 2019 |  Lake Louise, Canada |
Super-G |
| 17 Jan 2020 | Wengen, Switzerland |
Combined | |
| 25 Jan 2020 | Kitzbühel, Austria |
Downhill | |
| 7 Mar 2020 |  Kvitfjell, Norway |
Downhill | |
| 2021 | 30 Dec 2020 |  Bormio, Italy |
Downhill |
| 2022 | 27 Nov 2021 | Lake Louise, Canada |
Downhill |
World Championship results
edit| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 22 | — | — | 5 | 13 | 10 |
| 2015 | 24 | — | — | 4 | 12 | 11 |
| 2017 | 26 | — | — | DNF | 11 | 17 |
| 2019 | 28 | — | — | DNF | 5 | — |
| 2021 | 30 | — | — | 6 | DNF | DNF2 |
Olympic results
edit| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 23 | — | 6 | DNF | 1 | 13 |
| 2018 | 27 | — | — | 1 | 9 | DNF2 |
| 2022 | 31 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — |
References
edit- ^ "biographie". FIS-Ski. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ^ "Matthias Mayer wins gold in Olympic downhill". Sochi2014. 9 February 2014. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Matthias MAYER | Alpine skiing | Austria – Sochi 2014 Olympics". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ McKee, Hank (25 January 2013). "Svindal gets his 1st Kitzbuehel win in SG". Ski Racing. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ "Men's Downhill – Alpine skiing – Sochi 2014 Olympics". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ McKee, Hank (1 March 2014). "Guay wins Kvitfjell downhill with Ganong fourth". Ski Racing. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ McKee, Hank (2 March 2014). "Home hill advantage to Jansrud in Kvitfjell SG". Ski Racing. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ red, ORF at (8 February 2022). "Ski alpin: Mayer auf Augenhöhe mit Olympialegenden". sport.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Matthias Mayer ends his skiing career". Ski Racing. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "Aksel Lund Svindal wins super-G for 20th career victory". USA Today. Associated Press. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
External links
edit
- Matthias Mayer at FIS (alpine)
- Matthias Mayer at Olympics.com
- Matthias Mayer at Olympedia
- Matthias Mayer at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Matthias Mayer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Austrian Ski team – official site – Matthias Mayer – (in German)
- Head Skis – Matthias Mayer
- Official website – (in German)
