Marco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian

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alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of

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and

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, as well as the combined (a mixture of speed and technical disciplines) and in which he’s the current World Champion.

Career

Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the

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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

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at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December

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; third place in a

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, behind winner

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and runner-up

Marcel Hirscher Marcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competed primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of ...

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

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Olympic results

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwarz, Marco 1995 births Austrian male alpine skiers Living people Alpine skiers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of Austria Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Olympic silver medalists for Austria Sportspeople from Villach Youth Olympic gold medalists for Austria