Patrick Ortlieb

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Patrick Ortlieb
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Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Albertville Downhill
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Sierra Nevada Downhill

Patrick Ortlieb (born 20 May 1967) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria.[1][2] A specialist in the speed events, he was also a world champion in the downhill event.[3]

Born in Bregenz in Vorarlberg, Ortlieb started skiing early at the age of three. He won the downhill event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in France, gathered twenty World Cup podiums (sixty top tens), and was World Champion in 1996 in downhill. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, he finished fourth in the downhill at Kvitfjell.[4][5][6][7] A month earlier, he won the famed downhill on the Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel, Austria.[8]

Five years later in January

National Council of Austria for the Freedom Party of Austria
, where he stayed for three years.

He currently runs a four-star hotel, named Hotel Montana, in

.

He is the father of fellow alpine skier Nina Ortlieb.[10]

World Cup results

Race podiums

  • 4 wins – (3 DH, 1 SG)
  • 20 podiums – (18 DH, 2 SG)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
1989
10 Dec 1988 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 2nd
1991
16 Mar 1991
Lake Louise
, Canada
Downhill 3rd
1992
11 Jan 1992 Garmisch, Germany Downhill 2nd
18 Jan 1992 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 3rd
14 Mar 1992 Aspen, USA Downhill 3rd
1993
11 Dec 1992 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 3rd
23 Jan 1993 Veysonnaz, Switzerland Downhill 2nd
28 Feb 1993 Whistler, Canada Super-G 3rd
1994
18 Dec 1993 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 1st
15 Jan 1994 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 1st
15 Mar 1994 Vail, USA Downhill 3rd
1995
11 Dec 1994 Tignes, France Super-G 1st
17 Dec 1994
Val d'Isère
, France
Downhill 2nd
13 Jan 1995 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 2nd
25 Feb 1995 Whistler, Canada Downhill 3rd
11 Mar 1995 Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 3rd
1996
1 Dec 1995 Vail, USA Downhill 3rd
16 Dec 1995 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 1st
20 Jan 1996 Veysonnaz, Switzerland Downhill 2nd
1997
15 Dec 1996 Val d'Isère, France Downhill 3rd

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
1989
21 30  –  –  – 12  —
1990
22 43  –  –  – 17 14
1991
23 23  –  – 26 6  —
1992
24 10  –  – 18 4 18
1993
25 7  –  – 7 7 6
1994
26 12  –  – 21 3  —
1995
27 11  –  – 9 3  —
1996
28 20  –  – 27 3  —
1997
29 33  –  – 16 14  —
1998
30 62  –  – 32 27  —
1999
31 82  –  –  – 35  —

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
1991 23 7
1993 25 cancelled 8
1996 28 1
1997 29 8
  • The Super-G in 1993 was cancelled after multiple weather delays.

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
1992 24 18 1
1994 26 4

References

  1. ^ "It's all downhill for Austria's alpine gold medalist". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 10 February 1992. p. 1D.
  2. ^ Johnson, William Oscar (17 February 1992). "La Face job". Sports Illustrated. p. 36.
  3. ^ New York Times – Skiing: Austrian captures downhill in a glide – 18 February 1996
  4. ^ Johnson, William Oscar (21 February 1994). "The Son finally rises". Sports Illustrated. p. 20. {{cite magazine}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Powers, Tom (14 February 1994). "This Moe's no stooge on the slopes". Lewiston (ME) Sun-Journal. Knight-Ridder. p. 23.
  6. ^ Philips, Angus (14 February 1994). "Unheralded Tommy Moe races to first U.S. medal". Washington Post. p. A1.
  7. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Patrick Ortlieb". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  8. ^ "World Cup: Men's Downhill". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). 16 January 1994. p. 10E.
  9. ^ The Independent – Skiing: Ortlieb suffers horrific accident – 22 January 1999
  10. ^ "Ortlieb wins 1st World Cup, Brignone extends overall lead". Yahoo! Sports. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2021.

External links

Awards
Preceded by
Austrian Sportsman of the year

1992
Succeeded by