Matthias Mayer
Olympic athlete
1990 –
Who is Matthias Mayer?
Matthias Mayer is a World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion from Austria.
Born in Sankt Veit an der Glan in Carinthia, Mayer made his World Cup debut in Sestriere in February 2009. His best discipline is super-G. After several top ten finishes, his first World Cup podium came at Kitzbühel in a super-G in January 2013.
At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Mayer won the downhill to become the seventh Austrian gold medalist in the 18th edition of the event. Joining him on the podium at Rosa Khutor were Christof Innerhofer of Italy and Kjetil Jansrud of Norway. Immediately after the Olympics, he had two podium finishes in Norway, and a victory at the World Cup finals.
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- Born
- Jun 9, 1990
Sankt Veit an der Glan - Parents
- Nationality
- Austria
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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