Marc Girardelli

Marc Girardelli
Personal information
Full name	Marc Girardelli
Born	July 18, 1963 (1963-07-18) (age 48) Lustenau, Austria
World Cup
Seasons	1980 - 1996
Wins	46
Additional podiums	55
Total podiums	101
Updated on 2010-12-22.

Olympic medal record
Men’s Alpine Skiing
Competitor for  Luxembourg
Silver	1992 Albertville	Super G
Silver	1992 Albertville	Giant Slalom
World Championships
Gold	1987 Crans-Montana	Combined
Gold	1989 Vail	Combined
Gold	1991 Saalbach	Slalom
Gold	1996 Sierra Nevada	Combined
Silver	1985 Bormio	Slalom
Silver	1987 Crans-Montana	Giant Slalom
Silver	1987 Crans-Montana	Super-G
Silver	1993 Morioka	Slalom
Bronze	1985 Bormio	Giant Slalom
Bronze	1989 Vail	Slalom
Bronze	1993 Morioka	Combined

Marc Girardelli (born 18 July 1963 in Lustenau, Austria) is a former alpine ski racer, a five time World Cup overall champion who excelled in all five alpine disciplines.

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 (top-three finish) 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 placed third in the overall World Cup standings.

In 1985, Girardelli won 11 races and the World Cup overall title. This was followed by another World Cup in 1986 and a third in 1989. After another major accident in 1990, in which he narrowly avoided paraplegia, he recovered to win the overall World Cup title again in 1991 and then in 1993 for a fifth time - an achievement which has yet to be equaled on the men's side (Annemarie Moser-Pröll won six women's World Cups). In total, Girardelli won 46 World Cup races (fourth-most of all time among men) and recorded 100 podiums.^[1]

Because Girardelli retained Austrian citizenship while skiing for Luxembourg, he was ineligible to compete in the 1980 or 1984 Winter Olympics. He received Luxembourg citizenship in time to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary but failed to medal. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, however, he won silver medals in Super G and in giant slalom.

Girardelli won 11 World Championship medals, including 4 golds: (slalom at Saalbach in 1991 and combined at Crans-Montana in 1987, Vail Ski Resort in 1989, and Sierra Nevada in 1996).

His final World Cup race was in December 1996; he retired from international competition at age 33.

World Cup victories

Season titles

Season	Discipline
1984	Slalom
1985	Overall
	Slalom
	Giant Slalom
1986	Overall
1989	Overall
	Downhill
	Combined
1991	Overall
	Slalom
1993	Overall
	Combined
1994	Downhill
1995	Combined

Individual race victories

46 total (3 downhill, 9 super G, 7 giant slalom, 16 slalom, 11 combined)

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

World Cup standings

1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
84	26	6	4	3	1	1	2	5	1	25	1	3	1	2	4	22	115

References

1. ^ "Marc Girardelli ar ski-db.com". http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/Marc_Girardelli_LUX_grrma.asp. Retrieved 2009-03-14. 

External links

• FIS-ski.com - race results - Marc Girardelli
• FIS-ski.com - World Cup standings - Marc Girardelli - 1980-97
• Ski-db.com - Marc Girardelli
• Eurosport.com
• Ski World Cup.org - Marc Girardelli
• Marc Girardelli.com - personal web site

Awards
Preceded by Robby Langers	Luxembourgish Sportsman of the Year 1988–1989	Succeeded by Guy Hellers
Preceded by Guy Hellers	Luxembourgish Sportsman of the Year 1991	Succeeded by Eugène Berger
Preceded by Eugène Berger	Luxembourgish Sportsman of the Year 1993–1994	Succeeded by Guy Hellers
Preceded by Guy Hellers	Luxembourgish Sportsman of the Year 1996	Succeeded by Christian Poos

Persondata
Name	Girardelli, Marc
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	18 July 1963
Place of birth	Lustenau, Austria
Date of death
Place of death