Michael Walchhofer

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Olympic medal record
Men's Alpine skiing
Silver	2006 Turin	Downhill
World Championships
Gold	2003 St.Moritz	Downhill
Silver	2005 Bormio	Super-G
Bronze	2005 Bormio	Downhill

Michael Walchhofer (born April 28, 1975 in Radstadt) is an Austrian Alpine skier. He started his career in slalom, but now participates in the downhill speed events. He won the silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the men's downhill event. He also participated in the combined event, but he did not finish the slalom portion.^[1]

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Honours 2.1 Olympic Games 2.2 World Championship 2.3 World Cup 3 World Cup victories 4 References

[edit] Personal life

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.

[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	Downhill
11 December 2005	Val d'Isère	Super combined
21 January 2006	Kitzbühel	Downhill
28 December 2006	Bormio	Downhill
29 December 2006	Bormio	Downhill

[edit] References

Persondata
NAME	Walchhofer, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Austrian Alpine skier
DATE OF BIRTH	April 28, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Radstadt
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH