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Marcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) [ 1 ] is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer. [ 2 ] 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 a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, [ 3 ] Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the ...
Marcel Hirscher, one of the most successful ski racers of all time, is planning to return next season after five years in retirement. The Austrian winter sports federation, known as the OSV ...
The season will see two high-profile skiers return to the men's World Cup tour after previously announcing their retirement, with the return of Austria's eight-time World Cup overall champion Marcel Hirscher (now competing for the Netherlands) [5] and 2022–23 World Cup slalom champion Lucas Braathen (formerly representing Norway and currently representing Brazil).
Croatian Janica Kostelić has won the most medals of any woman, with six (four gold, two silver). [11] In 1952, American Andrea Mead Lawrence became the first female alpine skier to win two gold medals; Henri Oreiller of France won two golds and a bronze in 1948. Alberto Tomba of Italy was the first to successfully defend an Olympic alpine ...
The men's slalom in the 2019 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved 12 events, including two parallel slaloms (both city events}. [1] Marcel Hirscher of Austria won his sixth championship in the discipline, all in the prior seven years, on the way to his eighth straight overall men's championship. During the season, Hirscher had hinted at ...
Summary. Marcel Hirscher won the gold medal, with Alexis Pinturault coming in second, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet third. For Muffat-Jeandet, this was the first Olympic medal, and for both Hirscher and Pinturault the first medal in combined. Hirscher, who won six overall World Cup titles and was skiing in his third Olympics, previously only won a ...
Ted Ligety won his third gold medal of the 2013 World Championships, joined on the podium by Marcel Hirscher and Manfred Mölgg. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968. Ligety is the first racer of either gender to win ...
The inaugural world championships in alpine skiing were held in 1931. During the 1930s, the event was held annually in Europe, until interrupted by the outbreak of World War II, preventing a 1940 event. An event was held in 1941, but included competitors only from nations from the Axis powers or nations not at war with them.