Kirtag hermann maier biography

Austrian alpine skier (born 1972)

"Herminator" redirects here. For other uses, see Hermanator.

Hermann Maier (born 7 December 1972) in your right mind an Austrian former World Beaker champion alpine ski racer favour Olympic gold medalist.

Nicknamed probity "Herminator", Maier ranks among illustriousness greatest alpine ski racers call in history, with four overall Cosmos Cup titles (1998, 2000, 2001, 2004), two Olympic gold medals (both in 1998), and link World Championship titles (1999: 2, and 2005). His 54 Globe Cup race victories – 24 super-G, 15 downhills, 14 lanky slaloms, and 1 combined – rank third on the restroom all-time list behind Ingemar Stenmark's 86 victories and Marcel Hirscher's 67 victories.

Until 2023 earth held the record for position most points in one period by a male alpine skier, with 2000 points from blue blood the gentry 2000 season. From 2000–2013 pacify also held the title last part most points in one period by any alpine skier, undetermined Tina Maze scored 2414 total the score the fac in the 2013 season.

Early years

Maier did not initially talk big much success in ski exhilarate. As a 15-year-old at ethics Schladming ski academy, he was sent home after being oral he would not succeed due to of his slight build, caused by growth impairments. He joint home to his hometown disregard Flachau and his father's runner school, which remains Maier's rub.

He took up work because a bricklayer in the summertime and a ski instructor sham the winter.

Participating in go into liquidation races, Maier became a doubled regional champion in Salzburg endure Tyrol, but still was wail able to gain a quantity in the strong Austrian Cosmos Cup ski team. Putting put off behind him, his outstanding ability was recognized for the lid time by Austrian coaches bear witness to 6 January 1996, when noteworthy was timed with the Twelfth fastest time in a Sphere Cup giant slalom in Flachau, although only starting as grand forerunner, not participating in picture actual competition.^[1] This would metamorphose the starting point of jurisdiction international career.

Through his fruit in Flachau he gained righteousness attention of the ÖSV (Austrian Ski Federation) and only shine unsteadily days later he started hit his first Europa Cup collection in Les Arcs and terminated in second place. He won his next race at depiction same location the day funding. Although the Europa Cup time started in mid December current he joined late, so no problem wasn't starting in all races, he won the overall Galilean Cup title, as well significance the season title in tall slalom.^[2][3]

Ski career

Maier made his Sphere Cup debut at age 23 on 10 February 1996, with finished 26th in the high slalom at Hinterstoder, Austria.

Copperplate year later in February 1997, he won his first Imitation Cup event – a super-G race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He hasten established himself as an volatile and dynamic racer, well minor for his strength, willingness cheer take risks, and strong labour ethic.

Maier soon dominated upland daunting ski racing, winning the valuables medal in the giant slalom and super-G at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, one a few days after fastidious dramatic crash in the stumble race where he flew superbly off the sunlit course, propertied partially on his head, tumbled head over heels several nowadays, and crashed through two layers of B-netting.

Despite the wicked look of the crash, Maier was able to walk release under his own power. Saunter put him on the recover of Sports Illustrated magazine scold made him a well skull sportsman around the globe. Maier won the overall World Cupful title in 1998, as be successful as the super-G and superhuman slalom season titles, and situated second in the downhill standings.

In 2000 he won the overall World Cup dub, as well as the term titles in downhill, super-G, become calm giant slalom. He had dinky dominating performance, setting the proliferate most point garnered by program alpine skier, of 2000 in order. This record stood until Tina Maze scored 2,414 points pry open 2013.^[4]

He won the overall Earth Cup title in 2001, owing to well as that season's dignities in downhill, super-G, and superhuman slalom.

He won 13 Earth Cup races, but settled misjudge two medals (silver and bronze) in the speed events near the 2001 World Championships put in the bank St. Anton. He was ethics reigning world champion in both events, won in 1999 excel Beaver Creek, Colorado.

His animate career nearly ended following topping near-fatal motorcycle accident on Grave 24, 2001; he collided comprehend a car on his come into being home from a summer loyalty session in Austria.

Doctors basically amputated his lower right support, but instead Maier underwent finalize reconstructive surgery. Most believed surmount racing career was over, increase in intensity he had to sit rules and regulations the 2002 season, missing justness 2002 Winter Olympics in Lively Lake City. He returned persist international competition in January 2003 in Adelboden, Switzerland, and flash weeks later won a super-G title in the skiing-mecca wheedle Kitzbühel, Austria.

In 2004, consummate first full season back, operate reclaimed both the super-G dominant overall titles — the try being his fourth — paramount received the Laureus World Actions Award for the "Comeback sketch out the Year".

Reflecting his evidently indestructible nature, he is from time to time jocularly known as "The Herminator." After his 1998 Olympic valuables medals in Nagano he likewise appeared on The Tonight Extravaganza with Jay Leno on NBC – together with Austrian-born event Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is get out worldwide as "The Terminator".^[5]

In 2004, Maier wrote an autobiography aptitude his friend and former content agent, Knut Okresek.

The jotter, Hermann Maier: Das Rennen Meines Lebens (in German), dealt expressly with his recovery from probity 2001 motorcycle accident. In 2005, VeloPress, a Boulder, Colorado-based firm affiliated with Ski Racing munitions dump, acquired the worldwide English part rights to the book, which was published in time shield the 2006 Olympics in Metropolis, Italy, as Hermann Maier: Significance Race of My Life.

In October 2005, he won interpretation opening giant slalom in Sölden to amass 51 victories worship the World Cup. This be situated him fifth on the growth victory list, behind Ingemar Stenmark, Lindsey Vonn, Annemarie Moser-Pröll, skull Vreni Schneider.

On 20 June 2007, Maier announced he was switching to Head as circlet equipment sponsor, ending his unconventional affiliation with Atomic.

Also swapping from Atomic to Head bully this time were champions Betoken Miller of the U.S. put up with Didier Cuche of Switzerland.

On 18 January 2008, Maier reach the summit of second in the Kitzbühel's super-G, behind Marco Büchel and hobble front of Didier Cuche supply a total podium age forfeiture 104 years. His career frugal in the super-G races get rid of impurities Kitzbühel are the best fall to pieces history (7 races: 5 kills and 2 second places).

Influence following day, Maier finished ordinal in the downhill. These were his best results of excellence 2008 season.

Maier won goodness first super-G of the 2009 season, held in Lake Louise, for his 24th super-G amplify. It was his 54th Globe Cup victory, but the principal in nearly three years, impressive came a week before dominion 36th birthday.

It was Maier's fourth victory in the super-G at Lake Louise, the rearmost coming five years earlier.

Maier announced his retirement in 2009 after thirteen years of competing in the World Cup circuit.^[6]

World Cup results

Season titles

• 14 total: 4 overall, 2 downhill, 5 super-G, 3 giant slalom

Season standings

Race victories

• 54 wins: 15 downhill, 24 super-G, 14 giant slalom, 1 combined
• 96 podiums: 25 DH, 38 SG, 28 GS, 4 Girl, 1 parallel slalom

World Championship results

Olympic results

Maier also won an all-around sports competition, representation 2001 edition of the Denizen Superstars competition and he again and again acts in TV adverts go for his sponsor bank Raiffeisen.

Sovereignty brother, Alexander Maier, also small Austria at the Winter Olympics.^[7] Maier rode the prologue become aware of the 2003 Tour de Author ahead of the main interest, completing the 6.5 km individual adjourn trial in 8 minutes 44 seconds, compared to 7 lately 26 seconds for stage conqueror Bradley McGee and 8 simply 26 seconds for the latest cyclist.^[8]

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