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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's Downhill
The Men's Downhill (ski competition), downhill competition of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 at Åre ski resort, Åre, Sweden, was run on Sunday, February 11. Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal won the gold medal, Jan Hudec of Canada took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Patrik Järbyn of host Sweden. The ''Olympia'' race course was in length, with a vertical drop of from a starting elevation of above sea level. Svindall's winning time of 104.68 seconds yielded an average speed of and an average vertical descent rate of . Results Delayed a day due to fog, the race started at 10:00 Central European Time, CET ''(UTC+1)'' in fog. The air temperature was at the starting gate and at the finish. References {{DEFAULTSORT:FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 - Men's downhill FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007, Men's downhill Downhill at the Alpine World Ski Championships, 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åre Ski Resort
Åre () is a ski resort in Jämtland, Sweden, founded in 1909 and owned by SkiStar AB. The town of Åre is located in Åre Municipality, in what is generally referred to as Årefjällen (''Åre Mountains'') or Åredalen (Åre Valley), approximately 100 km (62 mi.) from the city of Östersund. The ski lift system is on the Åreskutan mountain, with a summit elevation of , which is not lift-served, but is reachable by a short hike or by snowmobile. The lift-served vertical drop is , descending from . The village and ski area are accessible by bus and train, and the nearest airport is Åre Östersund Airport. With a latitude of 63.4° north, the ski area is approximately south of the Arctic Circle. History *1882 – The railway to Åre is finished and officially opened by Oscar II of Sweden, King Oscar II. *1891 – Åre tourist information centre opens. "Tourists and spa guests visiting the climatic spa Åre" is the theme of the first advertising campaign. *1892 – T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Scheiber
Mario Scheiber (born March 6, 1983) is an Austrian former skier who competed in all World Cup disciplines apart from slalom. He first started in a World Cup race on March 15, 2003, in Lillehammer. However, it was not until the 2004–05 season that he would start again in the World Cup, this time on a regular basis, finishing second twice and third once. In the 2005–06 season he participated in only one race because of a training injury. However, he had a successful comeback in the 2006–07 season, finishing in podium positions several times. Biography Scheiber lives in St. Jakob in Defereggen and graduated from the ski high school in Stams. Very early he joined the ski club of his hometown and soon he was accepted into the squad of the Tyrolean Ski Association. As a 15-year-old, he competed in his first FIS races in November 1998. Scheiber turned into a good all-rounder. In 2000, he became three-time Austrian youth champion in his age group ( downhill, super-G and slal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Nyman
Steven Nyman (born February 12, 1982) is a World Cup alpine ski racer on the U.S. Ski Team. Formerly a slalom skier, he is now a speed specialist, with a main focus on downhill. Born in Provo, Utah, Nyman raced at Sundance as a junior until making a move to Park City in 1999. He was a discretionary pick for the 2002 World Junior Championships in Tarvisio, Italy, where he won the slalom and finished second in the combined. His slalom gold qualified him to compete in the World Cup Finals in Flachau, Austria, and finished a surprising 15th in his World Cup debut. He did not compete regularly on the World Cup until the 2006 season, during which he notched a pair of top-ten finishes and competed in his first Winter Olympics, finishing 19th in downhill, 29th in combined, and 43rd in super G. Nyman made his first World Cup podium in December 2006, placing third in a downhill at the ''Birds of Prey'' course at Beaver Creek, Colorado. Fifteen days later, he won his first World Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin
Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin (born 15 February 1977 in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie) is a French Alpine skier. Dalcin was French Champion in Downhill 2000. At the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ..., Dalcin was leading the Super-G competition before it was stopped. In the 2nd run, he was disqualified. Results Winter Olympics * 2002 in Salt Lake City, USA ** Downhill: 11º * 2006 in Turin, Italy ** Downhill: 11º Worldwide Competitions * 2001 in Sankt Anton am Arlberg, Austria ** Super Giant: 9º ** Downhill: 15º * 2003 in St. Moritz, Switzerland ** Downhill: 15º * 2005 in Bormio, Italy ** Downhill: 31º ** Super Giant: 32º * 2007 in Åre, Sweden ** Downhill: 19º * 2009 in Val d'Isère, France ** Downhill: 18º ** Super Giant: 22 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrej Šporn
Andrej Šporn (born 1 December 1981 in Kranjska Gora) is a former Slovenian 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 .... Šporn began his career as a competitor in slalom, though he had always shown great talent in both fast disciplines – the downhill and Super-G – and is also good in giant slalom. He was a successful competitor from an early age, having won competitions in his native Slovenia in the junior category. He did very well at the Junior World Ski Championship and finished in the top ten in slalom as well as downhill. In the 2003/04 season, he shined in the European Cup in which he won finished 4th in the slalom standings. One of his early successes at that level was the slalom win at the Universiade in Zakopane, Poland, in February 2001. After h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yannick Bertrand
Yannick Bertrand (born 18 August 1980 in Thonon-les-Bains) is a French alpine skier who competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics. He placed 24th in both the men's Downhill and Super-G Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event ... events. References External links sports-reference.com 1980 births Living people French male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for France Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Thonon-les-Bains Skiers from Haute-Savoie 21st-century French sportsmen {{france-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrej Jerman
Andrej "Jerry" Jerman, (born 30 September 1978), is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. Born in Tržič, then in SFR Yugoslavia, Jerman specialized in the speed events of downhill and super G. He gained his first World Cup victory at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in February 2007 in a downhill, the first-ever for Slovenia. The next day he finished second, again in the downhill. Until then, his best World Cup result was fourth place in a downhill at Bormio, two months earlier. Jerman later gathered his second victory at Bormio, and finished his career with four World Cup podiums, all in downhill, and 27 top tens, with 18 in downhill. His best result in Super G was fourth, which came at Lake Louise in November 2007. Jerman represented Slovenia at three Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He announced his retirement from competition in late January 2013, following a crash during the Tuesday training run at Kitzbühel. After his fall, he got up and skied do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Walchhofer
Michael Walchhofer (born 28 April 1975) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Biography Walchhofer was born in Radstadt, Salzburg, Austria, and started his career in slalom, but then moved over to the speed events. During his career he won the World Cup season title in downhill three times, an Olympic silver medal, and one gold, two silvers, and a bronze medal at World Championships. Walchofer became the first to win the Bormio downhill three times in December 2010. His last World Cup race was the downhill at the finals in Lenzerheide Lenzerheide ( Romansh: ''Lai'') is a mountain resort in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland at the foot of the Parpaner Rothorn. The village lies in the municipality Vaz/Obervaz in the district of Albula, sub-district Alvaschein. Th ... in March 2011. Walchhofer has been a longtime owner a chain of slopeside luxury hotels and also runs a ski school. World Cup results Season titles Season standings Race vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Bottollier-Lasquin
Marc Bottollier-Lasquin (born 1979) is a retired French alpine skier. He competed in four events at the 1999 Junior World Championships, an 8th place being his best finish. He later competed at the 2007 World Championships, finishing 15th in the downhill race. He made his World Cup debut in December 2000 in Val d'Isere, collecting his first World Cup points a week later with a 20th place in the same venue. One year later, again in the same venue, he improved to a 13th place in downhill. This remained his career best until 2006–07, when he first managed an 11th place in Bormio in December 2006 and a 7th place in February 2007 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; ) is an Northern Limestone Alps, Alpine mountain resort, ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district), district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated .... His last World Cup outing came in December 2008 in Beaver Creek. He repres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Sulzenbacher
Kurt Sulzenbacher (born 29 October 1976) is an Italian former alpine skier who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics. Career During his career he has achieved 2 results among the top 3 in the World Cup. World Cup results ;Top 3 National titles Sulzenbacher has won one national championships at individual senior Senior (shortened as Sr.) means "the elder" in Latin and is often used as a suffix for the elder of two or more people in the same family with the same given name, usually a parent or grandparent. It may also refer to: * Senior (name), a surname ... level. * Italian Alpine Ski Championships **Downhill: 2003 References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sulzenbacher, Kurt 1976 births Living people Italian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Italy Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Innichen Germanophone Italian people Alpine skiers of Centro Sportivo Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Maier
Hermann Maier (born 7 December 1972) is an Austrian former World Cup champion alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. Nicknamed the "Herminator", Maier ranks among the greatest alpine ski racers in history, with four overall World Cup titles (1998, 2000, 2001, 2004), two Olympic gold medals (both in 1998), and three World Championship titles (1999: 2, and 2005). His 54 World Cup race victories – 24 super-G, 15 downhills, 14 giant slaloms, and 1 combined – rank third on the men's all-time list behind Ingemar Stenmark's 86 victories and Marcel Hirscher's 67 victories. Until 2023 he held the record for the most points in one season by a male alpine skier, with 2000 points from the 2000 season. From 2000–2013 he also held the title of most points in one season by any alpine skier, until Tina Maze scored 2414 points in the 2013 season. Early years Maier did not initially enjoy much success in ski racing. As a 15-year-old at the Schladming ski academy, he was sent home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Kernen (born 1972)
Bruno Kernen (born 1 July 1972) is a Swiss former alpine skier. In 1997, he became world champion in downhill, as well as a silver medalist in combined. In 2003, he won bronze in downhill at the world championships in St. Moritz. He won the Lauberhorn downhill race in Wengen in 2003. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ..., Kernen won a bronze medal in the downhill. He also raced in the super-G, where he placed 18th. World Cup victories * 3 wins (3 DH) * 7 podiums (4 DH, 3 K) References External links * Bruno KernanWorld Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * * * ' {{DEFAULTSORT:Kernen, Bruno 1972 births Swiss male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
