| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Marco Büchel |
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| Competitor for Liechtenstein | ||
| Men's Alpine Skiing | ||
| World Championships | ||
| Silver | 1999 Vail | Giant Slalom |
Marco Büchel (born November 4, 1971, in Walenstadt, Switzerland) is a retired alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein. He participated in a record-tying six Winter Olympics, starting in 1992 and ending in 2010.
On 18 January 2008, Büchel won a World Cup Super-G race at Kitzbühel, and set a then record as the oldest winner of a World Cup race at the age of 36 years, 75 days. This has since been surpassed by Didier Cuche, who won a downhill race at the same location on 22 January 2011.[1]
Büchel is featured in the OL-floka music video for the 1994 Winter Olympics. He's seen climbing upwards the combined slalom course, after missing a gate.[2]
Büchel retired following the Super-G race at Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) on 11 March 2010. He celebrated his last race by racing not in the regular catsuit but by wearing a tuxedo with black Bermuda shorts. As he skied down the course, Büchel slowed down many times to "high-five" various trainers.[3]
He had also appeared on the Amazing Race 18 as contestants had to give him the correct answer for calculating the Length of Litchenstein.
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| Date | Location | Race |
|---|---|---|
| 13 February 2003 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Super-G |
| 17 December 2005 | Val Gardena | Downhill |
| 25 November 2006 | Lake Louise | Downhill |
| 18 January 2008 | Kitzbühel | Super-G |