Nils Mani (born 23 May 1992) is a Swiss former alpine ski racer. Mani specialized in the speed events of

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and

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. Mani made his World Cup debut on 15 December

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finishing in 40th place.

Career

Mani competed for Switzerland at the 2011 Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships in

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. He finished 33rd in the giant slalom, 20th in the slalom, 8th in the combined, 6th in the downhill, and 11th in the Super-G. He competed for Switzerland at the 2012 Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships in

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. He won the bronze medal in the Downhill, silver medal in the Super-G and finished 11th in the giant slalom. On 15 December

he made his World Cup debut in the

Downhill, he finished 40th. He scored his first World Cup points on 29 December 2012 in the

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Downhill, finishing in 27th. He competed for Switzerland at the 2013 Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships in

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. He won the gold medal in the Downhill, silver medal in the Super-G, finished 13th in the giant slalom and failed to finish in the slalom.MANI Nils - Results, 2013 FIS Junior World Ski Championships

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. On 17 December 2016 he achieved his first World Cup Top 10 result, finishing in 9th place at the

. He competed for

at the

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. He finished 23rd in the

World Cup results

Season standings

Top Ten finishes

World Championship results

Junior World Championship results

References

External links

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Nils Mani
World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * 1992 births Swiss male alpine skiers Living people 21st-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub