Mathias Berthold (born 18 May 1965) is an

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n former

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who specialised in the

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. He competed in the 1980s and 1990s. His career included twenty-three FIS World Cup starts and one FIS World Cup Podium. He subsequently became a coach, serving as coach of the German women's team for a period of seven years, culminating in the team winning three gold medals at the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

. He was then head coach of the Austrian men's alpine skiing team for four seasons, leading them to two golds at the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

, three overall

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titles (won by

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 ...

) and eight

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medals, before announcing his departure in April 2014. Shortly afterwards the

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announced that Berthold would rejoin them as head coach for their men's alpine team.

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* http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/mathias_berthold_aut_brtms.asp#.VC8kCBZvDWA * http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&listid=&competitorid=4592 1965 births Living people Austrian male alpine skiers Alpine skiing coaches Austrian sports coaches SK Sturm Graz non-playing staff {{austria-alpine-skiing-bio-stub