Stephan Eberharter

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Medal record
Stephan Eberharter
Men's Skiing
Competitor for  Austria
Olympic Games
Gold	2002 Salt Lake City	Giant Slalom
Silver	1998 Nagano	Giant Slalom
Silver	2002 Salt Lake City	Super Giant Slalom
Bronze	2002 Salt Lake City	Downhill
World Championships
Gold	1991 Saalbach	Super-G
Gold	1991 Saalbach	Combined
Gold	2003 St. Moritz	Super-G
Silver	2001 Sant Ankton	Super-G

Stephan ("Steff") Eberharter (born March 24, 1969 in Brixlegg, Austria) is a former alpine ski racer, the winner of the overall World Cup title in 2002 and 2003. He was nearest rival of compatriot Hermann Maier in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

[edit] Career

Eberharter made his debut in the World Cup event during the 1990 season, where he finished 32nd. Particularly successful in the downhill event, he progressed to finishing third in the 1998 season and then runner-up in 2001. His nemesis Hermann Maier was then involved in a motorcycle accident in the summer of 2001, and Eberharter went on to take the overall World Cup title (and downhill and Super-G) in 2002 and 2003. His 2004 victory at the Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel is often regarded as one of the most impressive downhill victories in alpine skiing history, besting runner-up Daron Rahlves by a lengthy 1.21 seconds, an equivalent of 142 feet (43 m) at 80 mph (129 km/h).

Eberharter enjoyed success at the World Championships and Olympic Games as well. In 1991 in Saalbach, he won two gold medals in the Super-G and Combined events. Twelve years later at St. Moritz in 2003, he took gold in the Super-G event again. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, he finished second in the Giant Slalom, but went on to take gold in the same event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, where he also won the bronze medal in the downhill, and took silver in the Super-G.

[edit] World Cup results

[edit] Overall

[edit] Individual victories

Date	Location	Race
14 March 1998	Crans-Montana	Giant Slalom
20 November 1998	Park City	Giant Slalom
27 November 1998	Aspen	Super-G
27 February 1999	Ofterschwang	Giant Slalom
25 November 2000	Lake Louise	Downhill
3 March 2001	Kvitfjell	Downhill
7 December 2001	Val-d'Isère	Super-G
8 December 2001	Val-d'Isère	Downhill
15 December 2001	Gröden-Val Gardena	Downhill
12 January 2002	Wengen	Downhill
18 January 2002	Kitzbühel	Super-G
19 January 2002	Kitzbühel	Downhill
27 January 2002	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Super-G
2 February 2002	St. Moritz	Downhill
3 February 2002	St. Moritz	Giant Slalom
6 March 2002	Altenmarkt	Downhill
27 October 2002	Sölden	Giant Slalom
30 November 2002	Lake Louise	Downhill
1 December 2002	Lake Louise	Super-G
7 December 2002	Beaver Creek	Downhill
14 December 2002	Val-d'Isère	Downhill
11 January 2003	Bormio	Downhill
17 January 2003	Wengen	Downhill
22 February 2003	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Downhill
13 March 2003	Kvitfjell	Super-G
10 January 2004	Chamonix	Downhill
24 January 2004	Kitzbühel	Downhill
31 January 2004	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Downhill
6 March 2004	Kvitfjell	Downhill

[edit] External links

• Official website (in German)