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1991 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Giant Slalom
Men's giant slalom World Cup 1990/1991 Calendar Final point standings In men's giant slalom World Cup 1990/91 all results count. Men's giant slalom team results bold indicate highest score - ''italics'' indicate race wins References {{DEFAULTSORT:1991 Alpine Skiing World Cup - Men's giant slalom World Cup FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's giant slalom discipline titles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giant Slalom
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up the technical events in alpine ski racing. This category separates them from the speed events of Super-G and downhill. The technical events are normally composed of two runs, held on different courses on the same ski run. Course The vertical drop for a GS course must be for men, and for women. The number of gates in this event is 56–70 for men and 46–58 for women. The number of direction changes in a GS course equals 11–15% of the vertical drop of the course in metres, 13–18% for children. As an example, a course with a vertical drop of would have 33–45 direction changes for an adult race. Speed Although giant slalom is not the fastest event in skiing, on average a well-trained racer may reach average speeds of . Equipment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ole Kristian Furuseth
Ole Kristian Furuseth (born 7 January 1967) is a retired Norwegian Alpine skiing, alpine skier. He scored his first Alpine Skiing World Cup, World Cup victory in Furano Ski Resort, Furano in 1989 and his final World Cup victory in Bormio in 2000, and in total he has three World Cup victories in giant slalom and six in Slalom skiing, slalom. Furuseth won a bronze medal in the slalom competition at the 1991 Alpine World Ski Championships, 1991 World Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Saalbach, and a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano. Early life and career Born in Oslo, he represented the skiing club Ullensaker SK. His first international competition was the 1985 Junior World Championships, in which he finished eleventh in Downhill (ski competition), downhill and nineteenth in giant slalom. He made his Alpine Skiing World Cup, World Cup debut in December 1986, finishing tenth in the slalom race in Madonna di Campiglio. He did not c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubert Strolz
Hubert Strolz (born 26 June 1962), nickname "Hubsi", is a former alpine skier from Austria. At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary he won a gold medal in the combined and silver in the Giant Slalom. Career In the World Cup, he won a combined competition 17 January 1988, in Bad Kleinkirchheim. This event was a part of the Hahnenkamm-races which were transferred to "BKK" (short name) because there was not enough snow in Kitzbühel. Hubert was a sober racer and an eternal runner-up by finishing 2nd for 14 times (and in 18 times he finished as the third, always in regard to the Alpine World Cup). He was on the way to win another gold medal in the combined at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville but he fell down in the second leg of the slalom just a short distance before the finish line. Like in that case (he saw it as compensation for having luck by winning the gold medal in Calgary, when the great favourite Pirmin Zurbriggen didn't finish the slalom in this way too), he always didn't inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Von Grünigen
Michael von Grünigen (born 11 April 1969) is a Swiss former alpine skier. He is considered to be the most successful Giant Slalom skier of his era: In 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2003, he won the World Cup in Giant Slalom. In 1997 and 2001, he was World Champion in Giant Slalom. He took a total of 23 World Cup wins during his career. Having originally announced his retirement at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, after failing to medal at the Games he elected to delay his retirement for a year, ending his competitive career in 2003. Biography Von Grünigen is originally from the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland, and comes from a skiing family: his parents were both ski instructors, and one of his three sisters is fellow alpine skier Christine von Grünigen. He is married to Anna, and the couple have three children: Noel, Elio and Lian. Since retiring from competition, he has worked in a number of roles with his equipment sponsor, Fischer, and also works with young skiers for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armin Bittner
Armin Bittner (born November 28, 1964) is a German former alpine skier. In the ''Alberto Tomba era'' he was one of his most difficult opponents, capable of beating him twice in the ranking of slalom specialties, in 1989 and 1990. Career He won a total of 7 Alpine Skiing World Cup races, all in Slalom. He competed in the 1988, 1992, and 1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ... Winter Olympic Games, but did not win any medals. World Cup victories World Cups Individual races References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bittner, Armin 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Garmisch-Partenkirchen German male alpine skiers FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions Olympic alpine skiers of Germany Olympic alpine skiers of West Germany Alpine skiers at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Holzer
Patrick Holzer (born 23 March 1970) is an Italian former alpine skier. Born at Sexten, he won a total of two World Cup races, one in Super-G and one in Giant Slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t .... World Cup results ;Wins References External links * 1970 births Living people People from Sexten Italian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Italy Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Germanophone Italian people Alpine skiers of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri Sportspeople from Südtirol {{Italy-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Pieren
Hans Pieren (born 23 January 1962) is a Swiss former alpine skier who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics and 1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron .... References External links * * 1962 births Living people Swiss male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics 20th-century Swiss people {{switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitja Kunc
Mitja Kunc (born 12 November 1971 in Črna na Koroškem, SFR Yugoslavia), is a former Slovenian alpine skier. He has one victory in Alpine Skiing World Cup. The first peak of his career was in 1994 Winter Olympics, where he finished 4th in slalom. In the following years he was treated for injuries until the second peak of his career in years 2000–2002, when he won a race in Yongpyong and a bronze medal in Alpine World Ski Championships 2001, both of them in slalom. He retired in 2005 after the race in Kranjska Gora Kranjska Gora (; german: Kronau) is a town in northwestern Slovenia, on the Sava Dolinka River in the Upper Carniola region, close to the Austrian and Italian borders. It is the seat of the Municipality of Kranjska Gora. Name Kranjska Gora wa .... World Cup results Season standings Race podiums * 1 win (1 SL) * 6 podiums (4 SL, 2 GS) Olympic Games results World Championships results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kunc, Mitja 1971 births Slovenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konrad Walk
Konrad Walk (born 1 July 1965 in Vils, Tyrol) is a Austrian politician and former alpine skier who won the Europa Cup overall title in 1988. Sporting Career During his career he has achieved 7 results among the top 10 in the World Cup and was 9th at the 1991 Alpine Ski World Championships. Political Career In 2015, Walk was elected Mayor of the town of Hochfilzen. Prior, to this, he had served 6 years as vice-mayor of the same town. World Cup results ;Top 10 Europa Cup results Walk has won an overall Europa Cup and one discipline cup. *FIS Alpine Ski Europa Cup **Overall: 1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ... **Giant slalom: 1988 References External links * * Konrad Walkat Skisports365 {{DEFAULTSORT:Walk, Konrad 1965 births Living people Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Accola
Paul Accola (born 20 February 1967 in Davos) is a Swiss former Alpine skier. He came in first in the overall World Cup in 1992, and won a total of four medals at the Winter Olympics and World Championships in the combined event. By the end of his career, he won seven world cup victories and was on the podium 26 times, the last time being in 2000. In 2002 Accola suffered a serious ankle injury, breaking both of his talus bones. In February 2005, on his 38th birthday, Accola announced that he would retire as alpine skier after nearly two decades in the sport. He is the sixth Swiss athlete to compete at five Olympics, after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg and equestrian Christine Stückelberger. In 2012, Accola was found not liable by Swiss courts of accidentally running over and killing a child with a riding mower, as he was found to have told the nearby children not to play in the area where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Knöri
Martin Knöri (born 1966) is a retired Swiss alpine skier. He made his World Cup debut in November 1986 in Sestriere, collecting his first World Cup points with a 5th place. He managed three more top-10 placements throughout his World Cup career, including another 5th place in December 1990 in Kranjska Gora. His last World Cup outing came in January 1994 in Crans Montana Crans-Montana is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Chermignon, Mollens, Montana and Randogne merged to form the new municipality of Crans-Montana. C .... References 1966 births Living people Swiss male alpine skiers 20th-century Swiss sportspeople Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainer Salzgeber
Rainer Salzgeber (born April 26, 1967 in Schruns) is a retired Austrian alpine skier. He has served as Race Department Director for Head since 2002. He is married to fellow former alpine skier Anita Wachter Anita Wachter (born 12 February 1967) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. She focused on the technical events and specialized in giant slalom. Biography Born in Bartholomäberg, Montafon, Vorarlberg, W .... References External links * * Austrian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Austria Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics 1967 births Living people People from Bludenz District Skiers from Vorarlberg {{Austria-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
