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(FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup was the premier circuit for

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competition. The inaugural season launched in January

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, and the season marked the 52nd consecutive year for the

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World Cup. This season began in October 2017 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March at the finals in Åre,

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. It was interrupted for most of February by the Winter Olympics in

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, South Korea; the speed events were held at Jeongseon Alpine Centre with the technical events at Yongpyong Alpine Centre.

Men

With his seventh consecutive overall title, Marcel Hirscher of Austria broke the all-time record of six overall titles (and five consecutive) set by Annemarie Moser-Pröll during the 1970s.

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Women

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Top-5 men Top-5 ladies

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David Chodounsky David Chodounsky (born June 25, 1984) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States, and specialized in the technical disciplines of slalom and giant slalom. Chodounsky competed in two Winter Olympics (2014, 2018); prior to the U ...

Cristian Deville Cristian Deville (born 3 January 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. Career Born in Cavalese, Trentino, he competes in the technical events and specializes in the Slalom skiing, slalom. Deville made his World Cup debut in Janu ...

* Florian Eisath * Guillermo Fayed * Jan Hudec *

Tim Jitloff } Timothy Matthew Jitloff (born January 11, 1985) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. He specializes in giant slalom and competed in five World Championships and two Winter Olympics. Born in Reno, Nevada, Jitloff was ...

Marcel Mathis Marcel Mathis (born December 24, 1991) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, he primarily competed on the European Cup circuit, but raced in several World Cup events, all in giant slalom. Mathis' fi ...

Rok Perko Rok Perko (born June 10, 1985) is a former Slovenian alpine ski racer. He was born in Kranj, and specialized in downhill, super-G and combined Combined may refer to: * Alpine combined (skiing), the combination of slalom and downhill skiing ...

Marcus Sandell Marcus Sandell (born 23 September 1987 in Espoo) is a Finnish alpine skier. He represented Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He suffered serious injury on 28 September 2009 on the training session in nearby Pitztaler glacier, Aust ...

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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 ( ...

Patrick Thaler Patrick Thaler (born March 23, 1978) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. Born in Bolzano, South Tyrol, he specialized in the slalom. Thaler competed for Italy at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics but failed to ...

;Women *

Stacey Cook Stacey Janelle Cook (born July 3, 1984) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States, and specializes in the speed events. Racing career Born in Truckee, California, Cook started skiing at age 4 with her father at various Lake Tahoe ...

Nathalie Eklund Nathalie Eklund (born 1992) is a retired Swedish alpine skier. Competing at the Junior World Championships in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, her biggest success came at the 2013 edition with a 5th place in slalom. She made her FIS Alpine Ski ...

* Denise Feierabend *

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* Michaela Kirchgasser * Kajsa Kling * Julia Mancuso *

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* Manuela Mölgg *

Maria Pietilä Holmner Maria Helena Pietilä-Holmner (born 25 July 1986) is a retired Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer. She specialised in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Umeå, Pietilä-Holmner took up alpine skiing at the age of seven. ...

Verena Stuffer Verena Stuffer (born 23 June 1984 in Bozen, Italy) is a South Tyrolean former alpine skier from Italy. Career She competed for Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events. She also made a total of 148 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup ...

Carmen Thalmann Carmen Thalmann (born 11 September 1989) is an Austrian former alpine ski racer. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, where she placed seventh in the slalom To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer ...

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