Marc Girardelli

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Marc Girardelli (born 18 July 1963 in Lustenau, Austria) is a former alpine skier.

Girardelli started skiing at the age of five, and started racing at seven. After initially racing for Austria until 1976, he switched to racing for Luxembourg due to disagreements about coaching. In 1981 he started to make significant progress with his first podium in Wengen, Switzerland, and from that moment was in contention for Slalom and Giant Slalom podiums on a regular basis.

In 1983 he achieved his first victory in Sweden, but shortly thereafter he received his first major injury, when he tore all the ligaments in his left knee. In spite of this major injury, he went on to win five slalom races in 1984 and be placed third in the overall World Cup standings.

In 1985, Girardelli won the world cup along with 11 races in the season. This was followed by another world cup in 1986 and a third in 1989, where he won every discipline. After another major accident in 1990, in which he narrowly avoided paraplegia, he recovered to win the overall World Cup again in 1991 and then in 1993 for a fifth time - achieving a record which has yet to be equalled.

In addition to his two Olympic silver medals earned at the 1992 Games in Albertville, Girardelli won 11 World Championship medals including 4 golds (Slalom at Saalbach in 1991 and Combined at Crans-Montana in 1987, Vail in 1989 and Sierra Nevada in 1996).

[edit] World Cup victories

[edit] Overall results

[edit] Individual victories

Date	Location	Race
January 27, 1983	Gällivare	Slalom
January 16, 1984	Parpan	Slalom
January 22, 1984	Kitzbühel	Slalom
February 15, 1984	Borovets	Slalom
March 18, 1984	Åre	Slalom
24 March 1984	Oslo	Slalom
2 December 1984	Sestriere	Slalom
11 December 1984	Sestriere	Giant Slalom
17 December 1984	Madonna di Campiglio	Super-G
4 January 1985	Bad Wiessee	Slalom
13 January 1985	Kitzbühel	Slalom
21 January 1985	Wengen	Slalom
27 January 1985	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Super-G
16 February 1985	Kranjska Gora	Slalom
10 March 1985	Aspen	Giant Slalom
20 March 1985	Park City	Slalom
23 March 1985	Heavenly Valley	Slalom
15 December 1985	Alta Badia	Combined
5 February 1986	Crans-Montana	Super-G
7 February 1986	St. Anton	Combined
1 March 1987	Furano	Super-G
15 March 1987	Calgary	Super-G
22 March 1987	Sarajevo	Giant Slalom
6 December 1988	Sestriere	Slalom
17 December 1988	Kranjska Gora	Slalom
13 January 1989	Kitzbühel	Downhill
15 January 1989	Kitzbühel	Combined
17 January 1989	Adelboden	Giant Slalom
20 January 1989	Wengen	Downhill
21 January 1989	Wengen	Downhill
22 January 1989	Wengen	Combined
26 February 1989	Whistler Mountain	Super-G
13 January 1991	Kitzbühel	Combined
13 January 1991	Kitzbühel	Slalom
15 January 1991	Adelboden	Giant Slalom
8 December 1991	Val d'Isère	Super-G
13 December 1992	Alta Badia	Giant Slalom
20 December 1992	Kranjska Gora	Giant Slalom
12 January 1993	St. Anton	Super-G
23 January 1994	Wengen	Super-G
15 January 1995	Kitzbühel	Combined
22 January 1995	Wengen	Combined
January 21, 1996	Veysonnaz	Combined

[edit] External links

• First source
• Second source
• Girardelli's personal web site