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Atle Skardal

Atle Skårdal
— Alpine skier —
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Skårdal in December 2006
Disciplines Downhill, super-G, combined
Born (1966-02-17) 17 February 1966 (age 51)
Lunde, Telemark, Norway
World Cup debut 21 January 1985 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams 3 – (1988, 1992, 1994)
      injured in 1992
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 7 – (19851997)
Medals 3 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 13 – (19851997)
Wins 7 – (6 DH, 1 SG)
Podiums 26 – (19 DH, 7 SG)
Overall titles 0 – (6th in 1990, '91, '93)
Discipline titles 1 – (SG, 1996)

Atle Skårdal (born 17 February 1966, in Lunde, Telemark, Norway) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer in the speed events of Downhill and Super-G. A two-time world champion in the Super-G in 1996 and 1997, he was also the World Cup champion in Super-G in 1996. Skårdal competed at the 1988 and 1994 Winter Olympics, with a 6th place in the 1994 Super G his best finish.

In 2000, Skårdal was appointed as national team coach of Norway. He has been FIS race director for the women's World Cup since 2005.

He is married to former alpine ski racer Karin Köllerer of Austria; they have three children (2010).

1 title: 1 Super-G

Skardal was injured in January 1992 and missed the Olympics.




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