Harti Weirather
{{Short description|Austrian alpine ski racer}}
{{other uses|Harti (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox alpine ski racer
|name = Harti Weirather
|image =
|disciplines = Downhill, Super-G, Combined
|club = SV Wängle
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|1|25|df=y}}
|birth_place = Reutte, Tyrol, Austria
|death_date =
|death_place =
|height = 1.78 m
|wcdebut = December 1978 (age 20)
|retired = January 1987 (age 29)
|website =
|olympicteams = 1 – (1980)
|olympicmedals = 0
|olympicgolds =
|worldsteams = 3 – (1980, 1982, 1985)
|worldsmedals = 1
|worldsgolds = 1
|wcwins = 6 – (6 DH)
|wcpodiums = 17 – (17 DH)
|wcoveralls = 0 – (8th in 1981)
|medals =
{{MedalSport | Men's alpine skiing}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUT}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1982 Schladming|Downhill}}
|show-medals = yes
}}
Hartmann "Harti" Weirather (born 25 January 1958) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Reutte, Tyrol, he specialized in the downhill event.
Racing career
During the early 1980s, Weirather won six World Cup downhill races and won the downhill at the 1982 World Championships in Schladming, Austria. In addition, he won the World Cup season title in downhill in 1981.{{cite web| url = http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/wrtha.asp | title = Harti Weirather AUT | access-date = 2010-01-27 | publisher = SKI DB Alpine Ski Database}}
Weirather's win at Kitzbühel in 1982 was the first-ever under two minutes on the full-length Streif course; his time (1:57.20){{cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&competitorid=65668&raceid=9025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216022037/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&competitorid=65668&raceid=9025|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2013|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS)|title=Official results: Kitzbuehel - men's downhill|date=January 15, 1982|access-date=January 26, 2013}} stood as the course record for ten years.{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnenkamm.com/race-records.html|publisher=Hahnenkamm.com|title=Distance Records "Streif" - Course Record|access-date=January 26, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106090555/http://www.hahnenkamm.com/race-records.html|archive-date=January 6, 2013}} (The two downhill races at Kitzbühel in 1982 were extremely fast compared to previous years; Weirather broke Franz Klammer's 1975 record (2:03.22){{cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&competitorid=30884&raceid=8593|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS)|title=Official results: Kitzbuehel - men's downhill|date=January 18, 1975|access-date=January 26, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216014118/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&competitorid=30884&raceid=8593|archive-date=February 16, 2013}} by over six seconds, and the top 15 finishers in both races were all under two minutes.){{cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&competitorid=65668&raceid=9026|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS)|title=Official results: Kitzbuehel - men's downhill|date=January 16, 1982|access-date=January 26, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216015558/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&competitorid=65668&raceid=9026|archive-date=February 16, 2013}}
Personal
Weirather is married to former World Cup champion Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein. They run a business consultancy firm in Planken, Liechtenstein, and their daughter, Tina Weirather, is a former world junior champion and competes on the World Cup circuit for Liechtenstein.
World Cup results
=Season titles=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
! Season ! Discipline | |
| 1981 | Downhill |
=Season standings=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Season !! Age !! Overall !! Slalom !! Giant | |||||||
| 1979 | 21 | 53 | — | — | rowspan=4|not run | 20 | |
| 1980 | 22 | 15 | — | — | 4 | — | |
| 1981 | 23 | 8 | — | — | bgcolor="gold"|1 | — | |
| 1982 | 24 | 10 | — | — | bgcolor="cc9966"|3 | — | |
| 1983 | 25 | 13 | — | 24 | rowspan=3|not awarded (w/ GS) | bgcolor="cc9966"|3 | 15 |
| 1984 | 26 | 27 | — | — | 11 | — | |
| 1985 | 27 | 54 | — | — | 17 | — | |
| 1986 | 28 | 83 | — | — | — | 33 | — |
=Race podiums=
- 6 wins - (6 DH)
- 17 podiums - (17 DH)
| class="wikitable"
! Season ! Date ! Location ! Discipline ! Place | ||||
| rowspan=2 align=center|1980 | align=right|12 Jan 1980 | {{flagicon|AUT}} Kitzbühel, Austria | align=center|Downhill | align=center|2nd |
| align=right|4 Mar 1981 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Lake Louise, Canada | align=center|Downhill | align=center|2nd | |
| rowspan=7 align=center|1981 | align=right|14 Dec 1980 | rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ITA}} Val Gardena, Italy | align=center|Downhill | align=center|2nd |
| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|15 Dec 1980 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=center|Downhill | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=center|1st | ||
| align=right|10 Jan 1981 | {{flagicon|FRG}} Garmisch, W.Germany | align=center|Downhill | align=center|3rd | |
| align=right|24 Jan 1981 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Wengen, Switzerland | align=center|Downhill | align=center|2nd | |
| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|31 Jan 1981 | {{flagicon|AUT}} St. Anton, Austria | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=center|Downhill | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=center|1st | |
| align=right|5 Mar 1981 | rowspan=2|{{flagicon|USA}} Aspen, USA | align=center|Downhill | align=center|2nd | |
| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|6 Mar 1981 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=center|Downhill | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=center|1st | ||
| rowspan=4 align=center|1982 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|15 Jan 1982 | {{flagicon|AUT}} Kitzbühel, Austria | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=center|Downhill | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=center|1st |
| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|23 Jan 1982 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Wengen, Switzerland | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=center|Downhill | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=center|1st | |
| align=right|13 Feb 1982 | {{flagicon|FRG}} Garmisch, W.Germany | align=center|Downhill | align=center|3rd | |
| align=right|5 Mar 1982 | {{flagicon|USA}} Aspen, USA | align=center|Downhill | align=center|2nd | |
| rowspan=2 align=center|1983 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|5 Dec 1982 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Pontresina, Switzerland | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=center|Downhill | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=center|1st |
| align=right|5 Feb 1983 | {{flagicon|AUT}} St. Anton, Austria | align=center|Downhill | align=center|3rd | |
| rowspan=2 align=center|1984 | align=right|4 Dec 1983 | {{flagicon|AUT}} Schladming, Austria | align=center|Downhill | align=center|2nd |
| align=right|9 Dec 1983 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Val d'Isère, France | align=center|Downhill | align=center|3rd |
World championship results
Olympic results [[File:Olympic rings.svg|50px]]
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{FIS alpine skier|65668}}
- [https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=AL&competitorid=65668&type=cups Harti Weirather] World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- {{Ski-DB|harti_weirather_aut_wrtha}}
- {{SR/Olympics profile|we/harti-weirather-1}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|harti-weirather}}
{{Footer World Champions Downhill Men}}
{{Footer Downhill World Cup Winners Men}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weirather, Harti}}
Category:Austrian male alpine skiers
Category:FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions
Category:Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic alpine skiers for Austria
Category:Recipients of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
Category:People from Reutte District