Markus Wasmeier

Markus Wasmeier

— Alpine skier —
Wasmeier in July 2011
Disciplines	Downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, Combined
Born	(1963-09-09) 9 September 1963 (age 53)
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
World Cup debut	29 January, 1984 (age 20)
Retired	March 1994 (age 30)
Website	wasmeier.de
Olympics
Teams	3 - (1988–94)
Medals	2 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams	5 - (1985–93)
Medals	2 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	11 - (1984–94)
Wins	9 - (2 DH, 6 SG, 1 K)
Podiums	31
Overall titles	0 - (3rd in 1986, 1987)
Discipline titles	1 - (1 SG, 1986)
Medal record Representing  Germany Men's Alpine Skiing Olympic Games 1994 Lillehammer Giant Slalom 1994 Lillehammer Super-G World Championships 1985 Bormio Giant Slalom 1987 Crans Montana Super-G

Markus Wasmeier (born 9 September 1963 in Schliersee, Bavaria, Germany) is a former alpine ski racer. He was world champion and twice Olympic champion.

At the 1985 World Championships at Bormio, Italy, he won the Giant Slalom at age 21, before recording a World Cup victory.

His first World Cup Race was on February 5th, 1983, when he ´finished 49th in the Downhill Race at St. Anton am Arlberg. He gained his first World Cup points by capturing 10th place in the Alpine Combined at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on January 29th, 1984, and on December 11th, 1984, he achieved his first podium in (Giant Slalom at Sestiere). In a downhill race on February 28th, 1987, at Furano he broke two vertebrae and missed the rest of the season.

Wasmeier won a total of nine World Cup races, starting with two victories on 9 February 1986, in the Combined and Super-G events at Morzine, France.

The surprising result of double Olympic gold for Wasmeier at age 30 gained him the title of 1994 "Sportsman of the Year" in Germany,

9 wins (2 DH, 6 SG, 1 K)

After retiring from competitive skiing, Wasmeier founded the farm and winter sport museum Bauernhof- und Wintersportmuseum Schliersee on May 1st, 2007, and he has remained its curator and patron ever since. The museum provides insight into traditional Bavarian peasant life and aims to preserve old traditions by communicating them to coming generations.

In 2009, Wasmeier shared his passion for building restoration and preserving tradition with an international group of young people through his involvement with the D&F Academy (now The DO School). Wasmeier worked with an international group of young people to restore a 17th-century farmhouse in the German Alps utilizing original materials, traditional tools, wood-crafting and handicraft techniques. He remains involved with the DO School as an advisor and supporter.