Stephan Eberharter
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s Skiing | |||
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | Giant Slalom | |
| Silver | 1998 Nagano | Giant Slalom | |
| Silver | 2002 Salt Lake City | Super Giant Slalom | |
| Bronze | 2002 Salt Lake City | Downhill | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1991 Saalbach | Super-G | |
| Gold | 1991 Saalbach | Combined | |
| Gold | 2003 St. Moritz | Super-G | |
Stephan Eberharter (born March 23, 1969, Stumm) is an Austrian skier who has won the World Cup (overall) title in 2002 and 2003. He has arguably been the closest rival of compatriot Hermann Maier in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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[edit] Career
Eberharter made his debut in the World Cup event during the 1989-1990 season where he finished 32nd. Particularly successful in the downhill event, he progressed to finishing third in the 1997-1998 season and then runner-up in 2000-2001. His nemesis Hermann Maier was then involved in a motorcycle accident, and Eberharter went on to take the World Cup (overall) in 2002 and 2003. His 2004 victory at the Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel with a lead of 1.21 seconds over runner-up Daron Rahlves is often regarded as one of the most impressive downhill victories in alpine skiing history.
Stephan has enjoyed success at the World Championships and Olympic Games as well. In 1991 in Saalbach, he won two gold medals in the Super-G and Combined events. Twelve years later at St. Moritz in 2003, he took gold in the Super-G event again. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, he finished second in the Giant Slalom, but went on to take gold in the same event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
[edit] Results
[edit] World Cup (overall)
- 1989-1990: 32nd
- 1990-1991: 12th
- 1991-1992: 36th
- 1992-1993: 29th
- 1993-1994: -
- 1994-1995: 104th
- 1995-1996: -
- 1996-1997: -
- 1997-1998: 3rd
- 1998-1999: 4th
- 1999-2000: 6th
- 2000-2001: 2nd
- 2001-2002: 1st
- 2002-2003: 1st
- 2003-2004: 2nd
[edit] Olympic
- 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan
- Giant Slalom 2nd
- Super-G 6th
- 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, USA
- Downhill 3rd
- Giant Slalom 1st
- Super-G 2nd
[edit] World Championships
| Olympic champions in men's giant slalom |
|---|
| 1952: Stein Eriksen | 1956: Toni Sailer | 1960: Roger Staub | 1964: François Bonlieu | 1968: Jean-Claude Killy | 1972: Gustav Thöni | 1976: Heini Hemmi | 1980: Ingemar Stenmark | 1984: Max Julen | 1988: Alberto Tomba | 1992: Alberto Tomba | 1994: Markus Wasmeier | 1998: Hermann Maier | 2002: Stephan Eberharter | 2006: Benjamin Raich |
| 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 |
| World Champions in Men's Super-G |
|---|
| 1985: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1987: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1989: Martin Hangl | 1991: Stephan Eberharter | 1993: Lasse Kjus | 1996: Atle Skårdal | 1997: Atle Skårdal | 1999: Lasse Kjus and Hermann Maier | 2001: Daron Rahlves | 2003: Stephan Eberharter | 2005: Bode Miller |
