Mario Matt

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Mario Matt
 Alpine ski racer 

Matt in January 2007
Disciplines Slalom
Club SC ArlbergTirol
Born (1979-04-09) April 9, 1979
Flirsch, Tyrol, Austria
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
World Cup debut December 21, 1999
(age 20)
Website mario-matt.at
Olympics
Teams 1 – (2006)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 7 – (200113)
Medals 5 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 15th – (200014)
Wins 15 – (14 SL, 1 SC)
Podiums 41 – (1 GS, 39 SL, 1 SC)
Overall titles 0 – (5th in 2007)
Discipline titles 0 – (2nd in SL, 2007)

Mario Matt (born April 9, 1979) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Flirsch, Tyrol, he is a slalom specialist. Through November 2013, Matt has 15 World Cup victories: 14 in slalom and one super-combined. He is also a two-time world champion in slalom in 2001 and 2007.[1] Matt has had a remarkably long career as a top skier and is the oldest to win a slalom race in the World Cup.[2]

He is the brother of skicross competitor, Andreas Matt.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2000 20 23 4
2001 21 17 3
2002 22 29 8
2003 23 91 35
2004 24 23 6
2005 25 29 6
2006 26 36 16 23 32
2007 27 5 2 25 11
2008 28 10 4 15 29
2009 29 29 7 40
2010 30 85 31
2011 31 20 4
2012 32 28 7
2013 33 21 6

Race victories

  • 15 wins – (14 SL, 1 SC)
  • 41 podiums – (1 GS, 39 SL, 1 SC)
Season Date Location Discipline
2000 23 Jan 2000 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom
9 Mar 2000 Austria Schladming, Austria Slalom
2001 19 Dec 2000 Italy Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom
2002 26 Nov 2001 United States Aspen, USA Slalom
2005 13 Mar 2005 Switzerland Lenzerheide, Switzerland Slalom
2007 14 Jan 2007 Switzerland Wengen, Switzerland Super-Combined
25 Feb 2007 Germany Garmisch, Germany Slalom
4 Mar 2007 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom
2008 6 Jan 2008 Switzerland Adelboden, Switzerland Slalom
22 Jan 2008 Austria Schladming, Austria Slalom
17 Feb 2008 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Slalom
2009 14 Mar 2009 Sweden Åre, Sweden Slalom
2011 27 Feb 2011 Bulgaria Bansko, Bulgaria Slalom
6 Mar 2011 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom
2014 15 Dec 2013 France Val d'Isère, France Slalom

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