Michael Walchhofer

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Olympic medal record
Men's Alpine Skiing
Silver	2006 Turin	Downhill

Michael Walchhofer (born April 28, 1975 in Radstadt) is an Austrian Alpine skier.

He started his ski carrier in Slalom, but now he is one of the fastest skiers in speed disciplines. He has three children, a daughter and two sons.

Contents 1 Honours 1.1 Olympic Games 1.2 World Championship 1.3 World Cup 2 World Cup victories

[edit] Honours

[edit] Olympic Games

• Silver Medal in Downhill in 2006 Turin

[edit] World Championship

• Downhill World Champion in 2003
• Silver Medal in Super G in 2005
• Bronze Medal of Downhill in 2005

[edit] World Cup

• First in Downhill World Cup in 2005 and in 2006

[edit] World Cup victories

Date	Location	Race
26 January 2003	Kitzbühel	Combined
29 November 2003	Lake Louise	Downhill
17 December 2004	Val Gardena	Downhill
15 January 2005	Wengen	Downhill
18 February 2005	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Downhill
19 February 2005	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Downhill
10 December 2005	Val d'Isère	Donwhill
11 December 2005	Val d'Isère	Super-Combined
21 January 2006	Kitzbühel	Downhill

World Champions in Men's Downhill

1931: Walter Prager | 1932: Gustav Lantschner  | 1933: Walter Prager | 1934: David Zogg | 1935: Franz Zingerle | 1936: Rudolf Rominger | 1937: Emile Allais | 1938: James Couttet | 1939: Hellmut Lantschner | 1948: Henri Oreiller | 1950: Zeno Colò | 1952: Zeno Colò | 1954: Christian Pravda | 1956: Anton Sailer | 1958: Anton Sailer | 1960: Jean Vuarnet | 1962: Karl Schranz | 1964: Egon Zimmermann | 1966: Jean-Claude Killy | 1968: Jean-Claude Killy | 1970: Bernhard Russi | 1972: Bernhard Russi | 1974: David Zwilling | 1976: Franz Klammer | 1978: Josef Walcher | 1980: Leonhard Stock | 1982: Harti Weirather | 1985: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1987: Peter Müller | 1989: Hans-Jörg Tauscher | 1991: Franz Heinzer | 1993: Urs Lehmann | 1996: Patrick Ortlieb | 1997: Bruno Kernen | 1999: Hermann Maier | 2001: Hannes Trinkl | 2003: Michael Walchhofer | 2005: Bode Miller