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Name: Nation: Speed: Year: Location: 1 Gustav Lantschner Austria 105,675 km/h 1930 Saint-Moritz: 2 Leo Gasperl Austria 136,600 km/h 1932 [1] Saint-Moritz: 3 Zeno Colò Italy 159,292 km/h 1947 Cervinia: 4 Edoardo Agreiter Italy 160,714 km/h 1959 Sestriere: 5 Luigi Di Marco Italy 163,265 km/h 1960 Cervinia: 6 Alfred Planger Italy 168,224 km/h ...
Speed skiing is the sport of skiing downhill in a straight line at as high a speed as possible, as timed over a fixed stretch of ski slope. There are two types of contest: breaking an existing speed record or having the fastest run at a given competition. Speed skiers regularly exceed 200 kilometres per hour (124 mph)
Matt was the U.S. Downhill Champion in 1939 and 1941, winning 30 downhill races nationally. As of April 16, 2024 The Guinness Book of World Records has listed Austrian born Anton (Toni) Matt then age 19, as the official World Record Holder for the fastest Mount Washington, New Hampshire Inferno 4 mile ski race at 6 min 29.2 seconds, 85 years ...
The United States star — the greatest downhill racer in women's World Cup history — was fastest in the first part of the course touching 124 kph (77 mph) and finished 0.58 seconds behind race ...
Ski great Lindsey Vonn was 10th fastest in a training run on Thursday for her first World Cup downhill in six years. Three weeks after her World Cup comeback with a titanium knee at age 40 in a ...
The most successful all-time winners of World Cup downhill races are Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria (36 wins, 7 women's titles) [8] and Franz Klammer of Austria (25 wins, 5 men's titles). [9] Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. is currently dominant in woman's downhill racing with a lifetime total of 37 World Cup downhill wins and 7 women's titles. [10 ...
The downhill course is the longest in the world; its length of over 4.4 km (2.7 mi) results in run times of two and a half minutes (about 30–45 seconds longer than standard downhill races); top speeds approach 160 km/h (100 mph) on its Haneggschuss, the highest speeds on the World Cup circuit.
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