Mario Matt

— Alpine skier —

Matt in January 2007

Disciplines

Slalom, Giant slalom, Combined

Club

SC Arlberg – Tirol

Born

9 April 1979 (age 37)
Flirsch, Tyrol, Austria

Height

1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)

World Cup debut

21 December 1999
(age 20)

Retired

12 March 2015
(age 35)

Website

mariomatt.com

Olympics

Teams

2 – (2006, 2014)

Medals

1 (1 gold)

World Championships

Teams

8 – (2001–15)

Medals

5 (3 gold)

World Cup

Seasons

16 – (2000–15)

Wins

15 – (14 SL, 1 SC)

Podiums

42 – (1 GS, 40 SL, 1 SC)

Overall titles

0 – (5th in 2007)

Discipline titles

0 – (2nd in SL, 2007)

Medal record

Men's alpine skiing
Representing Austria
Olympic Games
	2014 Sochi	Slalom
World Championships
	2001 St. Anton	Slalom
	2007 Åre	Slalom
	2007 Åre	Team event
	2001 St. Anton	Combined
	2013 Schladming	Slalom
Junior World Ski Championships
	1998 Megève	Slalom
	1999 Pra Loup	Combined

Mario Matt (born 9 April 1979) is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.

Born in Flirsch, Tyrol, Matt made his World Cup debut in December 1999. He claimed 15 World Cup victories: 14 in slalom and one super combined. Matt is also a two-time world champion in slalom, with titles in 2001 and 2007. With a remarkably long career as a top slalom racer, he is the oldest to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing (in Sochi at the 2014 Winter olympics) and the oldest to win a World Cup slalom race. Matt also has the third longest time interval between first and last World Cup victories (13 years, 10 months, and 22 days), after Ingemar Stenmark and Didier Cuche.

Matt announced his retirement from ski racing on March 12, 2015.

Matt is the brother of skicross competitor Andreas Matt and fellow alpine skier Michael Matt.

...
Wikipedia