Christof Innerhofer (born 17 December 1984) is an Italian

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alpine ski racer, the 2011

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super-G Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event d ...

. in all five alpine disciplines and specializes in the speed events of

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Biography

Born in

Bruneck Bruneck (; it, Brunico or Ladin: ''Bornech'' or ''Burnech''; la, Branecium or ''Brunopolis'' is the largest town in the Puster Valley in the Italian province of South Tyrol. Geography Bruneck rises up in the middle of a wide valley (perhaps a ...

, Innerhofer lives in Gais,

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous province , image_skyline = , image_alt ...

. He made his World Cup debut at age 21 in November

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, and won his first race in December

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, a downhill At the 2011 World Championships in

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the O ...

, Germany, Innerhofer won a medal of each color: gold in

, silver in

super combined Combined is an event in alpine ski racing. A traditional combined competition consists of one run of downhill and two runs of slalom, each discipline runs on separate days. The winner is the skier with the fastest aggregate time. (Until the 1990s ...

, and bronze in

. At the first World Cup race following the World Championships, Innerhofer won the super combined at

Bansko Bansko ( bg, Банско ) is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, located at the foot of the Pirin, Pirin Mountains at an elevation of 1200m AMSL, above sea level. It is a ski resort. Legends There are several legends about who founded Bansko. Ac ...

, Bulgaria. The race was unusual in that the slalom portion was run first, in anticipation of fog; the afternoon speed run was a super-G, rather than a downhill.Ski Racing.com
– Innerhofer edges Neureuther for Cup win, Ligety fourth – 26 February 2011.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

*6 wins – (4 DH, 1 SG, 1 AC) *18 podiums – (9 DH, 7 SG, 2 AC); 80 top tens

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Innerhofer, Christof 1984 births Living people Italian male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of Italy Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Alpine skiers of Fiamme Gialle Germanophone Italian people Sportspeople from Bruneck