Christian Mayer (born 10 January 1972 in

Villach Villach (; sl, Beljak; it, Villaco; fur, Vilac) is the seventh-largest city in Austria and the second-largest in the federal state of Carinthia. It is an important traffic junction for southern Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the po ...

) is an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n former

alpine skier 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 ...

. He won the Alpine Ski World Cup Giant Slalom title in 1993/94 (and two bronze-medals in Winter Olympic Games and one bronze-medal in FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships).

World cup victories

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* * 1972 births Living people Austrian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Austria Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics 20th-century Austrian people 21st-century Austrian people {{Austria-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub