Mario Matt
Mario Matt is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.
Slalom racing career
Born in Zams, Tyrol, Matt made his World Cup debut in December 1999. He claimed 15 World Cup victories: 14 in slalom and one super combined. Matt is also a two-time world champion in slalom, with titles in 2001 and 2007. With a remarkably long career as a top slalom racer, he is the second oldest to win an Olympic gold medal in slalom skiing and the oldest to win a World Cup slalom race. Matt also has the third longest time interval between first and last World Cup victories, after Ingemar Stenmark and Didier Cuche.Matt announced his retirement from ski racing on 12 March 2015.
World Cup results
Season standings
Race victories
- 15 wins –
- 42 podiums –
Season | Date | Location | Discipline |
2000 | 23 Jan 2000 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Slalom |
2000 | 9 Mar 2000 | Schladming, Austria | Slalom |
2001 | 19 Dec 2000 | Madonna di Campiglio, Italy | Slalom |
2002 | 26 Nov 2001 | Aspen, USA | Slalom |
2005 | 13 Mar 2005 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Slalom |
2007 | 14 Jan 2007 | Wengen, Switzerland | Super combined |
2007 | 25 Feb 2007 | Garmisch, Germany | Slalom |
2007 | 4 Mar 2007 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom |
2008 | 6 Jan 2008 | Adelboden, Switzerland | Slalom |
2008 | 22 Jan 2008 | Schladming, Austria | Slalom |
2008 | 17 Feb 2008 | Zagreb, Croatia | Slalom |
2009 | 14 Mar 2009 | Åre, Sweden | Slalom |
2011 | 27 Feb 2011 | Bansko, Bulgaria | Slalom |
2011 | 6 Mar 2011 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom |
2014 | 15 Dec 2013 | Val d'Isère, France | Slalom |