Andreas Schifferer
| Medal record | ||
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| Alpine skiing | ||
| Winter Olympics | ||
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2002 Salt Lake City | Super G |
| World Championships | ||
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1997 Sestriere | Giant slalom |
| World Cup | ||
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1998 World Cup | Downhill Cup |
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1998 World Cup | Overall Cup |
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1999 World Cup | Downhill Cup |
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1997 World Cup | Super G Cup |
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1999 World Cup | Super G Cup |
| European Cup | ||
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1994–95 European Cup | Overall Cup |
Andreas "Andi" Schifferer (born 3 August 1974) is a former Austrian alpine skier who was known to be a downhill specialist, but also competed in other disciplines.
Schifferer was born in Radstadt, Salzburger Land in Austria and skied his first races at the age of three. After his high school period he joined the Skigymnasium school in Stams and was invited to join the Austrian national team, which dominated the World Cups in 1995.
In his first season, 1994/1995 he made his World Cup debut in Val d'Isère, but mainly participated in the European Cup and won two downhills in La Thuile and Saalbach-Hinterglemm. In the other races and disciplines he also qualified among the best skiers, which brought him the Overall European Cup win. He won his first World Cup points the next season, when finishing in 25th position in Adelboden. In the same season, in Bormio he reached his first podium position when he finished in second position at the downhill.
In 1997 at the World Championships in Sestriere he finished in third position at the giant slalom, securing him the bronze medal. He just missed out on a second medal when he finished in fifth position at the downhill. One year later Schifferer had a good season when he won four World Cup meetings in downhill, which resulted in the downhill World Cup win. Due to his good performances during the season on other disciplines as well he finished in second position for the overall World Cup. Only Hermann Maier collected more points. He made his Olympic debut at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, finishing 7th at the downhill and 19th at the Super G. Also in the 1998–99 season Schifferer achieved good results in downhill competitions. He won for instance two downhill races in two days in Kvitfjell, Norway and ended in second position in the World Cup standing at the end of the year. In the overall rankings he could not repeat his former results and finished in sixth position.
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