Harti Weirather

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Harti Weirather
 Alpine ski racer 
Disciplines Downhill, Super G, Combined
Club SV Wängle
Born (1958-01-25) January 25, 1958
Reutte, Tyrol, Austria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
World Cup debut December 1978 (age 20)
Retired January 1987 (age 29)
Olympics
Teams 1 - (1980)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 2 - (1980, 1982)
Medals 1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 8 - (1979-86)
Wins 6 - (6 DH)
Podiums 17 - (17 DH)
Overall titles 0 - (8th in 1981)
Discipline titles 1 - (DH, 1981)

Hartmann "Harti" Weirather (born January 25, 1958) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Reutte, Tyrol, he specialized in the downhill event.

Racing career

During the early 1980s, Weirather won six World Cup downhill races and won the downhill at the 1982 World Championships in Schladming, Austria. In addition, he won the World Cup season title in downhill in 1981.[1]


Weirather's win at Kitzbühel in 1982 was the first-ever under two minutes on the full-length Streif course; his time (1:57.20)[2] stood as the course record for ten years.[3] (The two downhill races at Kitzbühel in 1982 were extremely fast compared to previous years; Weirather broke Franz Klammer's 1975 record (2:03.22)[4] by over six seconds,[3] and the top 15 finishers in both races were all under two minutes.)[2][5]

Personal

Weirather is married to former World Cup champion Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein, one of the top alpine ski racers in history. They run a business consultancy firm in Planken, Liechtenstein, and their daughter, Tina Weirather, is a former world junior champion and competes on the World Cup circuit for Liechtenstein.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
1979 21 53 not
run
20
1980 22 15 4
1981 23 8 1
1982 24 10 3
1983 25 13 24 not
awarded
(w/ GS)
3 15
1984 26 27 11
1985 27 54 17
1986 28 83 33

Season titles

Season Discipline
1981Downhill

Race podiums

  • 6 wins - (6 DH)
  • 17 podiums - (17 DH)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
1980 12 Jan 1980 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill2nd
4 Mar 1981 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Downhill2nd
1981 14 Dec 1980 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Downhill2nd
15 Dec 1980 Downhill1st
10 Jan 1981 West Germany Garmisch, W.Germany Downhill3rd
24 Jan 1981 Switzerland Wengen, Switzerland Downhill2nd
31 Jan 1981 Austria St. Anton, Austria Downhill1st
5 Mar 1981 United States Aspen, USA Downhill2nd
6 Mar 1981 Downhill 1st
1982 15 Jan 1982 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 1st
23 Jan 1982 Switzerland Wengen, Switzerland Downhill 1st
13 Feb 1982 West Germany Garmisch, W.Germany Downhill3rd
5 Mar 1982 United States Aspen, USA Downhill2nd
1983 5 Dec 1982 Switzerland Pontresina, Switzerland Downhill 1st
5 Feb 1983 Austria St. Anton, Austria Downhill3rd
1984 4 Dec 1983 Austria Schladming, Austria Downhill2nd
9 Dec 1983 France Val d'Isère, France Downhill3rd

References

  1. "Harti Weirather AUT". SKI DB Alpine Ski Database. Retrieved 2010-01-27. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Official results: Kitzbuehel - men's downhill". International Ski Federation (FIS). January 15, 1982. Retrieved January 26, 2013. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Distance Records "Streif" - Course Record". Hahnenkamm.com. Retrieved January 26, 2013. 
  4. "Official results: Kitzbuehel - men's downhill". International Ski Federation (FIS). January 18, 1975. Retrieved January 26, 2013. 
  5. "Official results: Kitzbuehel - men's downhill". International Ski Federation (FIS). January 16, 1982. Retrieved January 26, 2013. 

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