Marc Girardelli
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| Full name | Marc Girardelli |
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18 July 1963 Lustenau, Austria |
| World Cup career | |
| Seasons | 1980 – 1996 |
| Individual wins | 46 |
| Indiv. podiums | 101 |
| Updated on 2010-12-22. | |
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Luxembourg
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1992 Albertville | Super G |
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1992 Albertville | Giant Slalom |
| World Championships | ||
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1987 Crans-Montana | Combined |
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1989 Vail | Combined |
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1991 Saalbach | Slalom |
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1996 Sierra Nevada | Combined |
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1985 Bormio | Slalom |
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1987 Crans-Montana | Giant Slalom |
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1987 Crans-Montana | Super-G |
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1993 Morioka | Slalom |
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1985 Bormio | Giant Slalom |
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1989 Vail | Slalom |
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1993 Morioka | Combined |
Marc Girardelli (born 18 July 1963) is a former alpine ski racer, a five-time World Cup overall champion who excelled in all five alpine disciplines.
Girardelli was born in Lustenau, Austria, started skiing at the age of five, and started racing at seven. He enjoyed significant success at junior level, winning local competitions in not only alpine skiing but also ski jumping. After initially racing for Austria until 1976, he switched to racing for Luxembourg due to disagreements about coaching – the Austrian skiing federation wanted Girardelli to attend a ski boarding school in Schruns, which is 30 miles from Lustenau, whilst his parents preferred for him to stay in his hometown. In 1981, he started to make significant progress with his first podium (top-three finish) in Wengen, Switzerland, and from that moment was in contention for slalom and giant slalom podiums on a regular basis.
In 1983 he achieved his first victory in Sweden, but shortly thereafter he received his first major injury, when he tore all the ligaments, cartilage and a tendon in his left knee in a crash during a World Cup downhill at Lake Louise. In spite of this major injury, he went on to win five slalom races in 1984 and placed third in the overall World Cup standings.
In 1985, Girardelli won 11 races and the World Cup overall title. This was followed by another World Cup in 1986 and a third in 1989. After another major accident in 1990, in which he narrowly avoided paraplegia, he recovered to win the overall World Cup title again in 1991 and then in 1993 for a fifth time – an achievement he shares with Marcel Hirscher on the men's side (Annemarie Moser-Pröll won six women's World Cups). In total, Girardelli won 46 World Cup races (fourth-most of all time among men) and recorded 100 podiums.
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