Benjamin Raich
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 Benjamin Raich |
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Competitor for  Austria |
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| Men's alpine skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 2006 Turin | Giant slalom | |
| Gold | 2006 Turin | Slalom | |
| Bronze | 2002 Salt Lake City | Slalom | |
| Bronze | 2002 Salt Lake City | Combined | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 2005 Bormio | Slalom | |
| Gold | 2005 Bormio | Combined | |
| Gold | 2007 Åre | Team | |
| Silver | 2001 St. Anton | Slalom | |
| Silver | 2005 Bormio | Giant Slalom | |
| Silver | 2005 Bormio | Team | |
| Silver | 2007 Åre | Super Combined | |
| Bronze | 2005 Bormio | Super-G | |
Benjamin Raich (born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is an Austrian alpine skier who won gold medals in the giant slalom and slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics of Turin, Italy.
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[edit] Career
After having won Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his debut in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in 1998, obtaining immediately a tenth place. The following year he scored his first victory, in slalom.
In 2001 he won the silver medal in Slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he gained the Slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics.
Raich, who had matured familiary with fast specialities such as Super-G and Downhill also, in 2005 missed barely the aggregate World Cup, losing to American talent Bode Miller. In the 2005 Alpine Skiing World Championships he won a total of five medals, one for each race of the program except downhill(including also Combined, where he won a gold medal, as well as in Slalom).
He is the first skier who won a Super-Combined.
He won the 2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup.
His sister Carina Raich also is a professional skier. Raich is currently engaged to skier Marlies Schild.
[edit] World Cup victories
[edit] Overall victories
| Season | Discipline |
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| 2001 | Slalom |
| 2005 | Slalom |
| 2005 | Giant Slalom |
| 2005 | Combined |
| 2006 | Overall |
| 2006 | Combined |
| 2006 | Giant Slalom |
| 2007 | Slalom |
[edit] Individual victories
| Date | Location | Race |
|---|---|---|
| 7 January 1999 | Schladming |
Slalom |
| 10 January 1999 | Flachau |
Giant Slalom |
| 17 January 1999 |  Wengen |
Slalom |
| 26 February 2000 |  Yongpyong |
Giant Slalom |
| 18 March 2000 |  Bormio |
Giant Slalom |
| 14 January 2001 | Wengen |
Slalom |
| 21 January 2001 | Kitzbühel |
Slalom |
| 23 January 2001 | Schladming |
Slalom |
| 11 March 2001 |  Åre |
Slalom |
| 21 December 2001 |  Kranjska Gora |
Giant Slalom |
| 3 January 2004 | Flachau |
Giant Slalom |
| 18 January 2004 | Wengen |
Slalom |
| 27 January 2004 | Schladming |
Slalom |
| 5 December 2004 |  Beaver Creek |
Slalom |
| 14 January 2005 | Wengen |
Combined |
| 26 February 2005 | Kranjska Gora |
Giant Slalom |
| 21 December 2005 | Kranjska Gora |
Giant Slalom |
| 7 January 2006 | Adelboden |
Giant Slalom |
| 13 January 2006 | Wengen |
Super Combined |
| 22 January 2006 | Kitzbühel |
Combined |
| 3 February 2006 |  Chamonix |
Super Combined |
| 10 March 2006 |  Shigakogen |
Slalom |
| 17 March 2006 | Åre |
Giant Slalom |
| 12 November 2006 |  Levi |
Slalom |
| 6 January 2007 | Adelboden |
Giant Slalom |
| 23 January 2007 | Schladming |
Slalom |
| 3 March 2007 | Kranjska Gora |
Giant Slalom |
| 9 March 2007 |  Kvitfjell |
Super-Combined |
| 18 March 2007 | Lenzerheide |
Slalom |
| 9 December 2007 | Bad Kleinkirchheim |
Slalom |
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| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Georg Totschnig |
Austrian Sportsman of the year 2006 |
Succeeded by Thomas Vanek |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Raich, Benjamin |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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