Paul Accola

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Olympic medal record
Men's Alpine skiing
Bronze	1988 Calgary	Alpine Combined
World Championships
Silver	Vail 1989	Combined
Bronze	Vail 1999	Combined
Bronze	St. Anton 2001	Combined

Paul Accola (born February 20, 1967 in Davos). Is a Swiss former Alpine skier. He came top in the overall World Cup in 1992, and won a total of four medals at the Winter Olympics and World Championships in the combined event.

By the pass of his career he won seven world cup victories and was on the podium 26 times last time in 2000. In February 2005, on his 38th birthday, Accola announced that he would retire as alpine skier after nearly two decades in the sport

[edit] World Cup victories

Date	Location	Race
29 November 1991	Breckenridge	Giant Slalom
30 November 1991	Breckenridge	Slalom
13 January 1992	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Combined
19 January 1992	Kitzbühel	Combined
26 January 1992	Wengen	Combined
1 February 1992	Megève	Super-G
1 March 1992	Morioka	Super-G

Men's Alpine skiing World Cup winners (overall)

1967: Jean-Claude Killy | 1968: Jean-Claude Killy | 1969: Karl Schranz | 1970: Karl Schranz | 1971: Gustav Thöni | 1972: Gustav Thöni | 1973: Gustav Thöni | 1974: Piero Gros | 1975: Gustav Thöni | 1976: Ingemar Stenmark | 1977: Ingemar Stenmark | 1978: Ingemar Stenmark | 1979: Peter Lüscher | 1980: Andreas Wenzel | 1981: Phil Mahre | 1982: Phil Mahre | 1983: Phil Mahre | 1984: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1985: Marc Girardelli | 1986: Marc Girardelli | 1987: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1988: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1989: Marc Girardelli | 1990: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1991: Marc Girardelli | 1992: Paul Accola | 1993: Marc Girardelli | 1994: Kjetil André Aamodt | 1995: Alberto Tomba | 1996: Lasse Kjus | 1997: Luc Alphand | 1998: Hermann Maier | 1999: Lasse Kjus | 2000: Hermann Maier | 2001: Hermann Maier | 2002: Stephan Eberharter | 2003: Stephan Eberharter | 2004: Hermann Maier | 2005: Bode Miller | 2006: Benjamin Raich