Matthias Mayer
{{short description|Austrian alpine skier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox alpine ski racer
|name = Matthias Mayer
|image = Matthias Mayer January 2014.jpg
|image_size = 210
|caption = Mayer in January 2014
|disciplines = Downhill, super-G, combined, giant slalom
|club = SC Gerlitzen – Kärnten
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|6|9}}
|birth_place = Afritz am See, Carinthia, Austria
|death_date =
|death_place =
|height = 1.79 m
|wcdebut = 22 February 2009 (age 18)
|retired = 29 December 2022 (age 32)
|website = {{nowrap|[http://www.matthiasmayer.at/ matthiasmayer.at]}}
|wcwins = 11 – (7 DH, 3 SG, 1 AC)
|wcpodiums = 45 – (22 DH, 22 SG, 1 AC)
|wcoveralls = 0 – (4th in 2020 and 2022)
|wctitles = 0 – (2nd in DH, 2021)
|olympicteams = 3 – (2014, 2018, 2022)
|olympicmedals = 4
|olympicgolds = 3
|worldsteams = 5 – (2013–2021)
|worldsmedals = 0
|worldsgolds =
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Men's alpine skiing}}
{{Medal|Country|{{AUT}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Cup race podiums}}
{{MedalCount | total = yes
| Super-G | 3 | 10 | 9
| Downhill | 7 | 5 | 10
| Combined | 1 | 0 | 0
}}
{{Medal|Competition|International alpine ski competitions}}
{{MedalCount|total=yes
| Olympic Games | 3 | 0 | 1
| World Championships | 0 | 0 | 0
}}
{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2014 Sochi|Downhill}}
{{Medal|Gold|2018 Pyeongchang|Super-G}}
{{Medal|Gold|2022 Beijing|Super-G}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2022 Beijing|Downhill}}
{{Medal|Competition|Junior World Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2008 Formigal|Super-G}}
}}
Matthias Mayer ({{IPA|de|maˈtiːas ˈmaɪɐ}}; born 9 June 1990) is an Austrian retired World Cup alpine ski racer and {{nowrap|Olympic champion.{{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&competitorid=68636&type=result |title=biographie |publisher=FIS-Ski |access-date=22 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109212105/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&competitorid=68636&type=result |archive-date=9 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Matthias Mayer wins gold in Olympic downhill |work=Sochi2014 |date=9 February 2014 |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/news-matthias-mayer-wins-gold-in-olympic-downhill |access-date=10 February 2014 |archive-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705031414/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/news-matthias-mayer-wins-gold-in-olympic-downhill |url-status=dead }}}}
Career
Born in Afritz am See in Carinthia,{{cite web |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-matthias-mayer |title=Matthias MAYER | Alpine skiing | Austria – Sochi 2014 Olympics |website=Sochi2014.com |publisher=Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi|access-date=9 February 2014 |archive-date=19 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719062924/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-matthias-mayer |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite journal|url=http://www.skiracing.com/?q=node/21639|journal=Ski Racing |last=McKee |first=Hank |title=Svindal gets his 1st Kitzbuehel win in SG|date=25 January 2013 |access-date=1 March 2014}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/alpine-skiing-men-s-downhill |title=Men's Downhill – Alpine skiing – Sochi 2014 Olympics |website=Sochi2014.com |publisher=Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi|access-date=9 February 2014 |archive-date=19 March 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140319233013/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/alpine-skiing-men-s-downhill |url-status=dead }} Immediately after the Olympics, he had two podium finishes in Norway,{{cite journal|url=http://skiracing.com/stories/guay-wins-kvitfjell-downhill-with-ganong-fourth/ |journal=Ski Racing |last=McKee |first=Hank |title=Guay wins Kvitfjell downhill with Ganong fourth |date=1 March 2014 |access-date=2 March 2014}}{{cite journal|url=http://skiracing.com/stories/home-hill-advantage-to-jansrud-in-kvitfjell-sg/ |journal=Ski Racing |last=McKee |first=Hank |title=Home hill advantage to Jansrud in Kvitfjell SG |date=2 March 2014 |access-date=2 March 2014}} and a victory at the World Cup finals. He won his second Olympic gold medal in 2018 in the super G.
At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Mayer won the bronze medal in the downhill and successfully defended his title in the super G. With three Olympic titles in addition to a bronze, he is Austria’s most decorated Olympic alpine medalist.{{Cite web|last=red|first=ORF at|date=2022-02-08|title=Ski alpin: Mayer auf Augenhöhe mit Olympialegenden|url=https://sport.orf.at/beijing2022/stories/3090759/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=sport.ORF.at|language=de}}
On 29 December 2022, Mayer shocked the ski racing community when he announced his immediate retirement at 32 years old, just hours before a super-G race in Bormio he was scheduled to start.{{cite journal|url=https://skiracing.com/matthias-mayer-ends-his-skiing-career/|journal=Ski Racing |title=Matthias Mayer ends his skiing career|date=30 December 2022 |access-date=23 January 2023}} He finished his World Cup career with 11 wins and 45 podium finishes in 13 seasons.
Personal life
Mayer's father is Helmut Mayer (b.1966), the silver medalist in the first Olympic super-G in 1988;{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2013/01/25/aksel-lund-svindal-wins-super-g-kitzbuehel/1864281/ |title=Aksel Lund Svindal wins super-G for 20th career victory |date=25 January 2013 |newspaper=USA Today |agency=Associated Press |access-date=20 December 2013}} he also won a silver medal at the World Championships in 1989, in the giant slalom {{nowrap|at Vail.}}
World cup results
=Season standings=
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|rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="5%"|Season | |||||||
| style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"
| width="3%"|Age | width="5%"|Overall | width="5%"|Slalom | width="5%"|Giant | width="5%"|{{nowrap|Super G}} | width="5%"|Downhill | width="5%"|Combined | |||||||
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| 2011 | 20 | 150 | — | — | 48 | — | — |
| 2012 | 21 | 50 | — | — | 13 | — | 26 |
| 2013 | 22 | 17 | — | 39 | style="background:#c96;"|3 | 25 | 9 |
| 2014 | 23 | 9 | — | 44 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 2015 | 24 | 9 | — | 46 | style="background:#c96;"|3 | 4 | 10 |
| 2016 | 25 | 57 | — | — | 18 | 34 | — |
| 2017 | 26 | 13 | — | — | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 2018 | 27 | 9 | — | 41 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
| 2019 | 28 | 17 | — | 52 | 6 | 12 | — |
| 2020 | 29 | 4 | — | 33 | 4 | style="background:#c96;"|3 | style="background:#c96;"|3 |
| 2021 | 30 | 7 | — | 55 | style="background:#c96;"|3 | style="background:silver"|2 | rowspan=3 {{n/a}} |
| 2022 | 31 | 4 | — | — | 4 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 32 | 19 | — | — | 17 | 8 |
:{{small|Standings through 31 January 2023}}
=Race victories=
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|rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="2%"|Season | |||
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| width="4%"|Date | width="15%"|Location | width="7%"|Discipline | |||
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|2014 | align=right|12 Mar 2014 | align=left|{{nowrap| {{flagicon|SUI}} Lenzerheide, Switzerland}} | Downhill |
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|rowspan=2|2015 | align=right|21 Feb 2015 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria | Downhill |
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|align=right|{{nowrap|22 Feb 2015}} | Super-G | ||
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|2017 | align=right|20 Jan 2017 | align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Kitzbühel, Austria | Super-G |
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|2018 | align=right|14 Mar 2018 | align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Åre, Sweden | Downhill |
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|rowspan=4|2020 | align=right|1 Dec 2019 | align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Lake Louise, Canada | Super-G |
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|align=right|17 Jan 2020 | align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} Wengen, Switzerland | Combined | |
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|align=right|25 Jan 2020 | align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Kitzbühel, Austria | Downhill | |
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|align=right|7 Mar 2020 | align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}}{{nnbsp}} Kvitfjell, Norway | Downhill | |
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|2021 | align=right| 30 Dec 2020 | align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Bormio, Italy | Downhill |
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|2022 | align=right| 27 Nov 2021 | align=left| {{flagicon|CAN}} Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill |
World Championship results
Olympic results
References
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External links
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{{Footer Olympic Champions Downhill Men}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Super-G Men}}
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