Stephan Eberharter

Eberharter in 2000 at Kitzbühel

Stephan Eberharter

Medal record
Men's Alpine skiing
Competitor for  Austria
Olympic Games
Gold	2002 Salt Lake City	Giant Slalom
Silver	1998 Nagano	Giant Slalom
Silver	2002 Salt Lake City	Super-G
Bronze	2002 Salt Lake City	Downhill
World Championships
Gold	1991 Saalbach	Super-G
Gold	1991 Saalbach	Combined
Gold	2003 St. Moritz	Super-G
Silver	2001 St. Anton	Super-G

Stephan ("Steff") Eberharter (born 24 March 1969) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Brixlegg, Tyrol, Eberharter was the winner of the overall World Cup title in 2002 and 2003, as well as the season titles in downhill and Super G. He was the nearest rival of compatriot Hermann Maier in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Eberharter retired from international competition following the conclusion of the 2004 season.

Career

Eberharter made his World Cup debut during the 1990 season at age 20, where he finished 32nd in the overall standings. The next year he finished second in the super-G standings and won two gold medals at the 1991 World Championships in Saalbach, the super-G and combined. He was voted the Austrian Sportspersonality of the year for 1991.

After injury setbacks, he became particularly successful in the downhill event, and finished third in the downhill standings in 1998 and was the runner-up in 2001. His nemesis on the snow, teammate Maier, was involved in a serious motorcycle accident in August 2001 which sidelined him for the 2002 season. In Maier's absence, Eberharter went on to take the overall World Cup title (and downhill and Super-G) in 2002 and 2003. His 2004 victory at the Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel is often regarded as one of the most impressive downhill victories in alpine skiing history, besting runner-up Daron Rahlves by a lengthy 1.21 seconds, an equivalent of 142 feet (43 m) at 80 mph (130 km/h).

Eberharter 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, where he also won the bronze medal in the downhill, and took silver in the Super-G.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season titles

• 7 titles - (2 overall, 3 DH, 2 SG)

Race victories

• 29 wins - (18 DH, 6 SG, 5 GS)
• 75 podiums - (38 DH, 24 SG, 13 GS)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline
1998	14 Mar 1998	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	Giant Slalom
1999	20 Nov 1998	Park City, USA	Giant Slalom
	27 Nov 1998	Aspen, USA	Super-G
	27 Feb 1999	Ofterschwang, Germany	Giant Slalom
2001	25 Nov 2000	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill
	03 Mar 2001	Kvitfjell, Norway	Downhill
2002	07 Dec 2001	Val-d'Isère, France	Super-G
	08 Dec 2001		Downhill
	15 Dec 2001	Val Gardena, Italy	Downhill
	12 Jan 2002	Wengen, Switzerland	Downhill
	18 Jan 2002	Kitzbühel, Austria	Super-G
	19 Jan 2002		Downhill
	27 Jan 2002	Garmisch, Germany	Super-G
	02 Feb 2002	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Downhill
	03 Feb 2002		Giant Slalom
	06 Mar 2002	Altenmarkt, Austria	Downhill
2003	27 Oct 2002	Sölden, Austria	Giant Slalom
	30 Nov 2002	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill
	01 Dec 2002		Super-G
	07 Dec 2002	Beaver Creek, USA	Downhill
	14 Dec 2002	Val-d'Isère, France	Downhill
	11 Jan 2003	Bormio, Italy	Downhill
	17 Jan 2003	Wengen, Switzerland	Downhill
	22 Feb 2003	Garmisch, Germany	Downhill
	13 Mar 2003	Kvitfjell, Norway	Super-G
2004	10 Jan 2004	Chamonix, France	Downhill
	24 Jan 2004	Kitzbühel, Austria	Downhill
	31 Jan 2004	Garmisch, Germany	Downhill
	06 Mar 2004	Kvitfjell, Norway	Downhill

External links

• Stephan Eberharter at the International Ski Federation
• FIS-ski.com - World Cup season standings - Stephan Eberharter
• Ski-db.com - results - Stephan Eberharter
• Sports Reference.com - Olympic results - Stephan Eberharter
• Steff.at - personal site - (German)