Mario Matt
{{short description|Austrian alpine skier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox alpine ski racer
|name = Mario Matt
|image = Mario Matt.jpg
|image_size = 200px
|caption = Matt during January 2007 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup competitions in Schladming, Styria, Austria
|disciplines = Slalom, giant slalom, combined
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|4|9|df=y}}
|birth_place = Zams, Tyrol, Austria
|death_date =
|death_place =
|height = 190 cm
|wcdebut = 21 December 1999
(age 20)
|retired = 12 March 2015
(age 35)
|website = [http://mariomatt.com/ mariomatt.com]
|olympicteams = 2 – (2006, 2014)
|olympicmedals = 1
|olympicgolds = 1
|worldsmedals = 5
|worldsgolds = 3
|wcpodiums = 42 – (1 GS, 40 SL, 1 SC)
|wcoveralls = 0 – (5th in 2007)
|wctitles = 0 – (2nd in SL, 2007)
|medals =
{{Medal|Sport|Men's alpine skiing}}
{{Medal|Country|{{AUT}}}}
{{MedalCount|total=yes|type=World Cup race podiums
| Slalom | 14 | 11 | 15
| Giant slalom | 0 | 1 | 0
| Combined | 1 | 0 | 0
}}
{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2014 Sochi|Slalom}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2001 St. Anton|Slalom}}
{{Medal|Gold|2007 Åre|Slalom}}
{{Medal|Gold|2007 Åre|Team event}}
{{Medal|Silver|2001 St. Anton|Combined}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2013 Schladming|Slalom}}
{{Medal|Competition|Junior World Ski Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|1998 Megève|Slalom}}
{{Medal|Silver|1999 Pra Loup|Combined}}
|show-medals = yes
}}
Mario Matt (born 9 April 1979) is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.{{cite magazine|url=http://skiracing.com/stories/mens_olympic_slalom/ |magazine=Ski Racing |title=Mario Matt holds on for gold, as Ligety blasts course |last=Etchells |first=Tim |date=22 February 2014 |access-date=22 February 2014}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/sports/olympics/mario-matt-of-austria-becomes-oldest-olympic-slalom-champion.html?_r=0 |newspaper=New York Times |last=Pennington |first=Bill |title=Slalom champion sets an age record |date=22 February 2014 |access-date=25 February 2014}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/sochi/2014/02/22/ted-ligety-slalom-winter-olympics-sochi-2014/5721297/|newspaper=USA Today |last=Moore |first=David Leon |title=After fast start, Ted Ligety falls short in slalom |date=22 February 2014 |access-date=25 February 2014}}
Slalom racing career
Born in Zams, Tyrol,{{cite web |url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/sport/cose-matt-micheal-bronzo-1497561.html |title=Cose da Matt, Micheal è di bronzo |last=Arcobelli |first=Sergio|date=23 February 2018 |website=ilgiornale.it|language=it |access-date=1 March 2018}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&competitorid=38570&type=result |title=FIS-Ski - biographie |website=www.fis-ski.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041126233234/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&competitorid=38570&type=result |archive-date=2004-11-26}} With a remarkably long career as a top slalom racer, he is the second oldest (after André Myhrer, who won gold in 2018) to win an Olympic gold medal in slalom skiing (in Sochi at the 2014 Winter olympics) and also the second oldest (after Dave Ryding) to win a (regular) World Cup slalom race.{{cite magazine|url=http://skiracing.com/stories/matt-becomes-oldest-man-to-win-world-cup-slalom/ |magazine=Ski Racing |last=McKee|first=Hank |title=Matt becomes oldest man to win World Cup slalom |date=15 December 2013|access-date=22 February 2014}} Matt also has the third-longest time interval between first and last World Cup victories (13 years, 10 months, and 22 days), after Ingemar Stenmark and Didier Cuche.
Matt announced his retirement from ski racing on 12 March 2015.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/news-multimedia/news/article=mario-matt-bids-farewell.html |magazine=www.skionline.ch |title=Mario Matt bids farewell |date=12 March 2015 |access-date=12 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034328/http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/news-multimedia/news/article=mario-matt-bids-farewell.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}
=World Cup results=
==Season standings==
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Season !! Age !! Overall !! Slalom !! Giant | |||||||
| 2000 | 20 | 23 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 21 | 17 | bgcolor="CC9966" |3 | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 37 | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 23 | 91 | 35 | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 24 | 23 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 25 | 29 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 26 | 36 | 16 | 23 | — | — | 32 |
| 2007 | 27 | 5 | bgcolor="silver" |2 | 25 | — | — | 11 |
| 2008 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 15 | — | — | 29 |
| 2009 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 40 | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 30 | 85 | 31 | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 31 | 20 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 32 | 28 | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 33 | 21 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 34 | 27 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 35 | 96 | 29 | — | — | — | — |
==Race victories==
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Season
! Date ! Location ! Discipline | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2 align=center|2000 | align=right|23 Jan 2000 | {{flagicon|AUT}} Kitzbühel, Austria | align=center|Slalom |
| align=right|9 Mar 2000 | {{flagicon|AUT}} Schladming, Austria | align=center|Slalom | |
| align=center|2001 | align=right|19 Dec 2000 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Madonna di Campiglio, Italy | align=center|Slalom |
| align=center|2002 | align=right|26 Nov 2001 | {{flagicon|USA}} Aspen, USA | align=center|Slalom |
| align=center|2005 | align=right|13 Mar 2005 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Lenzerheide, Switzerland | align=center|Slalom |
| rowspan=3 align=center|2007 | align=right|14 Jan 2007 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Wengen, Switzerland | align=center|Super combined |
| align=right|25 Feb 2007 | {{flagicon|GER}} Garmisch, Germany | align=center|Slalom | |
| align=right|4 Mar 2007 | {{flagicon|SLO}} Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | align=center|Slalom | |
| rowspan=3 align=center|2008 | align=right|6 Jan 2008 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Adelboden, Switzerland | align=center|Slalom |
| align=right|22 Jan 2008 | {{flagicon|AUT}} Schladming, Austria | align=center|Slalom | |
| align=right|17 Feb 2008 | {{flagicon|CRO}} Zagreb, Croatia | align=center|Slalom | |
| align=center|2009 | align=right|14 Mar 2009 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Åre, Sweden | align=center|Slalom |
| rowspan=2 align=center|2011 | align=right|27 Feb 2011 | {{flagicon|BUL}} Bansko, Bulgaria | align=center|Slalom |
| align=right|6 Mar 2011 | {{flagicon|SLO}} Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | align=center|Slalom | |
| align=center|2014 | align=right|15 Dec 2013 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Val d'Isère, France | align=center|Slalom |
=World Championships results=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
! Year !! Age !! Slalom !! Giant | ||||||
| 2001 | 21 | style="background:gold;"|1 | — | — | — | style="background:silver;"|2 |
| 2003 | 23 | DNF1 | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 25 | DNF1 | — | — | — | 11 |
| 2007 | 27 | style="background:gold;"|1 | — | — | |— | 11 |
| 2009 | 29 | DNF1 | — | |— | — | — |
| 2011 | 31 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 33 | style="background:#c96;"|3 | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 35 | DNF1 | — | — | — | — |
=Olympic results [[File:Olympic rings.svg|50px]]=
Business career
In 2009, Matt purchased the Krazy Kanguruh bar at the Arlberg resort St. Anton. He also runs a stable where he breeds Arabian horses.{{Cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/14/sport/mario-matt-alpine-edge-krazy-kanguruh-st-anton-spt-intl/index.html|title=How a Krazy Kanguruh keeps skiing great Mario Matt busy|website=CNN|date=14 January 2019 |access-date=2019-01-16}}
Personal
Matt is the brother of skicross competitor and Olympic silver winner Andreas Matt and fellow alpine skier Michael Matt.{{cite web |url=http://www.nachrichten.at/sport/wintersport/ski-wm/Die-Schachzuege-der-Matt-Brueder;art134896,1647930 |title=Die Schachzüge der Matt-Brüder |author=|date=14 February 2015|website=nachrichten.at|language=de |trans-title=The maneuvers of the Matt brothers|access-date=14 March 2015}}
See also
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- {{sports links}}
- {{Ski-DB}}
- {{official website|http://mariomatt.com/}} {{in lang|de}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Slalom Men}}
{{Footer World Champions Slalom Men}}
{{Footer World Champions Mixed Team}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Matt, Mario}}
Category:Austrian male alpine skiers
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic alpine skiers for Austria
Category:Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Austria
Category:Skiers from Tyrol (federal state)
Category:Sportspeople from Zams
Category:Recipients of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria