Matthias Mayer

Matthias Mayer (German pronunciation: [maˈtiːas ˈmaɪɐ]; born 9 June 1990) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion.[1][2]

Matthias Mayer

Alpine skier
Mayer in January 2014
Disciplines	Downhill, Super-G, Combined, Giant slalom
Club	SC Gerlitzen – Kärnten
Born	(1990-06-09) 9 June 1990 Afritz am See, Carinthia, Austria
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
World Cup debut	22 February 2009 (age 18)
Website	matthiasmayer.at
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals	2 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams	4 – (2013–2019)
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	11 – (2009, 2011–2020)
Wins	9 – (5 DH, 3 SG, 1 AC)
Podiums	29 – (13 DH, 15 SG, 1 AC)
Overall titles	0 – (9th in 2018)
Discipline titles	0 – (3rd in SG, 2013, 2015)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Austria International alpine ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 0 0 World Championships 0 0 0 Total 2 0 0 World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Super-G 3 7 5 Downhill 5 3 5 Combined 1 0 0 Total 9 10 10 Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Downhill 2018 Pyeongchang Super-G Junior World Championships 2008 Formigal Super-G

Career

Born in Afritz am See in Carinthia,[3] Mayer made his World Cup debut in Sestriere in February 2009. His best discipline is super-G. After several top ten finishes, his first World Cup podium came at Kitzbühel in a super-G in January 2013.[4]

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Mayer won the downhill to become the seventh Austrian gold medalist in the 18th edition of the event. Joining him on the podium at Rosa Khutor were Christof Innerhofer of Italy and Kjetil Jansrud of Norway.[5] Immediately after the Olympics, he had two podium finishes in Norway,[6][7] and a victory at the World Cup finals.

Personal life

Mayer's father is Helmut Mayer (b. 1966), the silver medalist in the first Olympic super-G in 1988;[8] he also won a silver medal at the World Championships in 1989, in the giant slalom at Vail.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season
	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2011	20	150	—	—	48	—	—
2012	21	50	—	—	13	—	26
2013	22	17	—	39	3	25	9
2014	23	9	—	44	4	5	11
2015	24	9	—	46	3	4	10
2016	25	57	—	—	18	34	—
2017	26	13	—	—	7	8	27
2018	27	9	—	41	10	6	7
2019	28	17	—	52	6	12	—
2020	29	4	—	33	4	3	3

Race victories

• 9 wins – (5 DH, 3 SG, 1 AC)
• 29 podiums – (13 DH, 15 SG, 1 AC)

Season
	Date	Location	Discipline
2014	12 Mar 2014	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Downhill
2015	21 Feb 2015	Saalbach, Austria	Downhill
	22 Feb 2015		Super-G
2017	20 Jan 2017	Kitzbühel, Austria	Super-G
2018	14 Mar 2018	Åre, Sweden	Downhill
2020	1 Dec 2019	Lake Louise, Canada	Super-G
	17 Jan 2020	Wengen, Switzerland	Combined
	25 Jan 2020	Kitzbühel, Austria	Downhill
	7 Mar 2020	Kvitfjell, Norway	Downhill

World Championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2013	22	—	—	5	13	10
2015	24	—	—	4	12	11
2017	26	—	—	DNF	11	17
2019	28	—	—	DNF	5	—

Olympic results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2014	23	—	6	DNF	1	13
2018	27	—	—	1	9	DNF2

References

1. "biographie". FIS-Ski. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
2. "Matthias Mayer wins gold in Olympic downhill". Sochi2014. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
3. "Matthias MAYER | Alpine Skiing | Austria – Sochi 2014 Olympics". Sochi2014.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
4. McKee, Hank (25 January 2013). "Svindal gets his 1st Kitzbuehel win in SG". Ski Racing. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
5. "Men's Downhill – Alpine Skiing – Sochi 2014 Olympics". Sochi2014.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
6. McKee, Hank (1 March 2014). "Guay wins Kvitfjell downhill with Ganong fourth". Ski Racing. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
7. McKee, Hank (2 March 2014). "Home hill advantage to Jansrud in Kvitfjell SG". Ski Racing. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
8. "Aksel Lund Svindal wins super-G for 20th career victory". USA Today. Associated Press. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.

External links

• Matthias Mayer at the International Ski Federation
• Matthias Mayer World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
• Matthias Mayer at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Matthias Mayer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Austrian Ski team – official site – Matthias Mayer – (in German)
• Head Skis – Matthias Mayer
• Official website – (in German)