Alpine Skiing At The 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's Giant Slalom
The men's giant slalom competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 13 February, on " Ice River" course at the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre in Yanqing District. Marco Odermatt of Switzerland won the event. Žan Kranjec of Slovenia won the silver medal, and Mathieu Faivre of France bronze. For all of them, they got their first Olympic medals. Marcel Hirscher, the 2018 champion, retired from competitions. The silver medalist, Henrik Kristoffersen, and the bronze medalist, Alexis Pinturault, qualified for the Olympics. At the 2021–22 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, six giant slalom events were held before the Olympics. Marco Odermatt was leading the ranking, followed by Manuel Feller and Kristoffersen. Mathieu Faivre was the 2021 world champion, with Luca De Aliprandini and Marco Schwarz Career Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alpine Skiing
Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for recreation or for sport, it is typically practiced at ski resorts, which provide such services as ski lifts, artificial snow making, snow grooming, restaurants, and ski patrol. "Off-piste" skiers—those skiing outside ski area boundaries—may employ snowmobiles, helicopters or snowcats to deliver them to the top of a slope. Back-country skiers may use specialized equipment with a free-heel mode, including 'sticky' skins on the bottoms of the skis to stop them sliding backwards during an ascent, then locking the heel and removing the skins for their descent. Alpine skiing has been an event at the Winter Olympic Games since 1936. A competition corresponding to modern slalom was introduced in Oslo in 1886. Participants and venues ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marco Schwarz
Career Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, behind winner Henrik Kristoffersen and runner-up Marcel Hirscher. World Cup results Season titles * 1 title – (1 SL) Season standings : Race podiums * 4 wins – (2 SL, 1 PS, 1 AC) * 15 podiums – (12 SL, 2 PS, 1 AC) World Championship results {, class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse;" width="40%" , - style="background-color:#369; color:white;" , rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="4%", Year , - style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;" , width="3%", Age , width="5%", Slalom , width="5%", GiantSlalom , width="5%", S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Maarten Meiners
Maarten Meiners (born 8 February 1992) is a Dutch alpine ski racer. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the 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 Results per discipline *Standings through 21 March 2021 World Championship results Winter Universiade results Other results European Cup results Season standings Results per discipline *Standings through 15 February 2019 Far East Cup results Season standings Results per discipline *Standings through 13 December 2018 South American Cup results Season standings Results per discipline *Standings through 12 September 2018 References External links Official home page* * * * 1992 births Living people Dutch male alpine skiers Sportspeo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Albert Popov
Albert Popov ( bg, Алберт Попов; born 8 August 1997) is a Bulgarian alpine skier. Career Albert Popov was born in Sofia and made his debut in the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in 2014, aged just 17. A few months later, he participated at the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, where he failed to finish both the slalom and giant slalom events. Popov was involved in a serious car accident on 17 November 2015, while returning from training near Sölden. He was one of two passengers in a vehicle driven by Drago Grubelnik, then head coach of the Bulgarian ski team, who was also accompanied by his assistant Mitko Hristov. All three occupants of the car were injured in the crash, with Grubelnik later dying of his wounds in a hospital in Murnau, Germany. Popov eventually returned to the FIS circuit for the 2016–17 season and featured at the 2017 World Championships, where he finished 27th overall in slalom and 30th overall in the giant slalom event. On 6 February 2018, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andreas Žampa
Andreas Žampa (born 13 August 1993) is a Slovak alpine skier. He competed for Slovakia at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing. His brother is Adam Žampa Adam Žampa (born 13 September 1990) is a Slovakian World Cup alpine ski racer. His best result so far is the 5th place in combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics. His brother is Andreas Žampa. Results Winter Olympics Source Žampa appeared a .... References 1993 births Living people Olympic alpine skiers for Slovakia Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Slovak male alpine skiers Sportspeople from Kežmarok {{Slovakia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Adam Žampa
Adam Žampa (born 13 September 1990) is a Slovakian World Cup alpine ski racer. His best result so far is the 5th place in combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics. His brother is Andreas Žampa. Results Winter Olympics Source Žampa appeared at the Olympic Games for the first time in 2014 Winter Olympics, 2014. In his first Olympics, in combined, Žampa just missed a medal by 0.67 seconds and finished 5th, after finishing 21st (or 27th) in downhill ride and winning the slalom ride of the competition. FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Source/small> World Cup Source/small> World cup top 20 results * 0 wins * 0 podiums References External linksFIS Personal Profile* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zampa, Adam 1990 births Living people Slovak male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Slovakia Universiade medalists in alpine skiing Sportspeople from Ke ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Erik Read
Erik Read (born May 31, 1991) is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer specializing the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, he represented Canada at two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. Career At his first World Championships in 2015 at Beaver Creek, USA, Read finished in the top thirty in giant slalom and slalom. He was also in the Nations Team Event (NTE), in which Canada won the silver medal. He competed in slalom and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Read is a two-time Canadian champion in slalom (2013 and 2014) and won the overall title in the North American Cup (Nor-Am Cup) in 2012. He graduated from the University of Denver and competed for the Pioneers in alpine skiing. Read's parents are famous Canadian ski racers Ken and Lynda (Robbins) Read; his father was one of the Crazy Canucks downhill racers of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Younger brother Jeffrey (b.1997) is also a World Cup alpine ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tommy Ford (skier)
Tommy Ford (born March 20, 1989) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. He specializes in giant slalom and super-G; his best World Cup result to date is a first-place finish at a giant slalom event in December 2019. He has represented the US in three Winter Olympics and five World Championships. Career Ford was on skis at age two, as his parents were racers and coaches. Raised in Bend, Oregon, he skied and raced at nearby Mount Bachelor and later attended Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and has won eight titles at the U.S. Alpine Championships. During the 2013 season, Ford fractured his right femur in mid-January while free skiing in La Clusaz, France. Following surgery in Annecy, he returned to the U.S. and missed over two years, including the 2013 World Championships and 2014 Winter Olympics. During the 2017 season, Ford had five top-20 finishes in giant slalom and was 25th in the season standings. Ford attained his first career World Cup top-ten f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Raphael Haaser
Raphael Haaser (born 17 September 1997) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and Super-G. Career Haaser achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2021, finishing second in a super-G at Bormio. At the World Championships in 2023, he took the bronze medal in the combined, following in the footsteps of his older sister Ricarda, who won the bronze in the women's combined the day before. Personal life Haaser's sister, Ricarda Haaser Ricarda Haaser (born 10 September 1993) is an Austrian alpine ski racer who competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics. At the World Championships in 2023, she took the bronze medal in the combined; her younger brother Raphael Raff ..., is also an alpine skiier. World Cup results Season standings Race podiums *0 wins *3 podiums (3 SG); 14 top tens (10 SG, 4 GS) World Championship results Olympic results References External links * *Austrian Sk ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Filip Zubčić
Filip Zubčić (; born 27 January 1993) is a Croatian World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in giant slalom. Born in Zagreb, he has competed for Croatia in three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. Zubčić was third in the giant slalom season standings in 2020 and season standings in 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ..., and fifth overall. World Cup results Season standings Podiums * 3 wins – (3 GS) * 10 podiums – (9 GS, 1 SL) Results per discipline * standings through 22 Mar 2022 World Championship results Olympic results References External links * Living people Olympic alpine skiers of Croatia Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joan Verdú (alpine Skier)
Joan Verdú Sánchez (born 23 May 1995) is an alpine skier from Andorra. He debuted in 2010 and on 22 January 2012 he finished third at the French national championships, and finished third for Super-G at 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. He competed for Andorra at the 2014 Winter Olympics. On 9 December 2023 he became the first ski racer from Andorra to achieve a World Cup podium. He finished third at the Giant Slalom of Val-d'Isère Val-d'Isère (, literally ''Valley of Isère'') is a commune of the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region) in southeastern France. It lies from the border with Italy. It is on the border of the Vanoise Nationa .... On March 16th, 2024, he obtained his second World Cup podium of his career, finishing second in the Giant Slalom at the world cup finals held in Saalbach, Austria. Notes References External links * * * 1995 births Living people Andorran male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for And ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gino Caviezel
Gino Caviezel (born 23 June 1992) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer from Tomils, Graubünden. He specializes in the giant slalom and competed for Switzerland in three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He is the younger brother of alpine ski racer Mauro Caviezel Mauro Caviezel (born 18 August 1988) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer. He competed for Switzerland in two Winter Olympics and three World Championships; he won a bronze medal in the combined event in 2017 at St. Moritz. Through December 2 .... World Cup results Season standings : Race podiums * 0 wins * 3 podiums – (2 GS, 1 SG); 34 top tens World Championship results Olympic results References External links * * *Gino Caviezelat Head 1992 births Living people Swiss male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Skiers from G ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |