Marco Büchel (born 4 November 1971 in

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

) is a

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retired

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. He participated in a record-tying six Winter Olympics, starting in

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and ending in

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. On 18 January 2008, Büchel won a World Cup Super-G race at

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, and set a then record as the oldest winner of a World Cup race at the age of . This has since been surpassed by Didier Cuche, who won a downhill race at the same location on 22 January 2011 to set a new record as the oldest winner of a World Cup race; the following 13 months Cuche extended this record 6 times, finally with his last career victory in the Super-G of Crans Montana on 24 February 2012 to . Büchel is featured in the OL-floka music video for the

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. He's seen climbing upwards in the combined slalom course, after missing a gate. Büchel retired following the Super-G race at

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(Germany) on 11 March 2010. He celebrated his last race by racing not in the regular catsuit, but by wearing a tuxedo with black

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. As he skied down the course, Büchel slowed down many times to "high-five" various trainers. He had also appeared on '' The Amazing Race 18'' as contestants had to give him the correct answer for calculating the Length of Liechtenstein.

Results

*Alpine Skiing World Cup, World Cup **2003 Alpine Skiing World Cup, 2003: 2nd in Super-G *Alpine World Skiing Championships, World Championships **FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999, 1999: Silver Medal in giant slalom *Swiss Championships **1999/2000: Champion in Downhill, giant slalom, Combination **2000/2001: Champion in Parallel slalom

World Cup victories

References

External links

Marco-Buechel.li
- official site Olympic alpine skiers for Liechtenstein Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Liechtenstein male alpine skiers 1971 births Living people People from Walenstadt {{Liechtenstein-alpine-skiing-bio-stub