Atle Skårdal Explained

Atle Skårdal
Disciplines:Downhill, super-G, combined
Birth Date:17 February 1966
Birth Place:Lunde, Telemark, Norway
Wcdebut:21 January 1985 (age 18)
Olympicteams:3 – (1988, 1992, 1994)
      injured in 1992 [1]
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:7 – (19851997)
Worldsmedals:3
Worldsgolds:2
Wcseasons:13 – (19851997)
Wcwins:7 – (6 DH, 1 SG)
Wcpodiums:26 – (19 DH, 7 SG)
Wcoveralls:0 – (6th in 1990, '91, '93)
Wctitles:1 – (SG, 1996)
Show-Medals:yes

Atle Skårdal (born 17 February 1966) is a Norwegian former World Cup alpine ski racer in the speed events of Downhill and Super-G. Since 2012, he is FIS racing director for women races, as successor of Kurt Hoch.[2] 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.[3]

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).

Achievements

World Cup results

Season titles

1 title: 1 Super-G

Season standings

Season Age Overall  Slalom  Giant
 Slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
19 87 32
20 60 22
21 48 17
22 46 19
23 29 17 6
24 6 5 2
25 6 3 2
26 50 22 22
27 6 11 2
28 9 5 6 9
29 19 6 17 8
30 15 1 12
31 11 7 6

Race victories

SeasonDateLocationDiscipline
199020 Jan 1990 Kitzbühel, Austria
17 Mar 1990 Åre, Sweden Downhill
199115 Dec 1990 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill
15 Mar 1991 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill
199327 Feb 1993 Whistler, Canada Downhill
199412 Mar 1994 Downhill
199610 Dec 1995 Val d'Isère, France

World Championships results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
19 14
21 12
23 6 15
25 6
27 2
30 1 23
31 1 13

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
22
26
28

Skardal was injured in January 1992 and missed the Olympics.[1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Skiing . Pittsburgh Press . January 12, 1992 . D2.
  2. https://de.skiinfo.ch/news/a/576711/atle-skaardal-ersetzt-kurt-hoch-als-fis-renndirektor-der-damen Atle Skaardal ersetzt Kurt Hoch als FIS-Renndirektor der Damen
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034404/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sk/atle-skardal-1.html Olympic results