Harti Weirather Explained

Harti Weirather
Disciplines:Downhill, Super-G, Combined
Club:SV Wängle
Birth Date:25 January 1958
Birth Place:Reutte, Tyrol, Austria
Height:1.78 m
Wcdebut:December 1978 (age 20)
Retired:January 1987 (age 29)
Olympicteams:1 – (1980)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:3 – (1980, 1982, 1985)
Worldsmedals:1
Worldsgolds:1
Wcseasons:8 – (19791986)
Wcwins:6 – (6 DH)
Wcpodiums:17 – (17 DH)
Wcoveralls:0 – (8th in 1981)
Wctitles:1 – (DH, 1981)
Show-Medals:yes

Hartmann "Harti" Weirather (born 25 January 1958) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Reutte, Tyrol, he specialized in the downhill event.

Racing career

During the early 1980s, Weirather won six World Cup downhill races and won the downhill at the 1982 World Championships in Schladming, Austria. In addition, he won the World Cup season title in downhill in 1981.[1]

Weirather's win at Kitzbühel in 1982 was the first-ever under two minutes on the full-length Streif course; his time (1:57.20)[2] stood as the course record for ten years.[3] (The two downhill races at Kitzbühel in 1982 were extremely fast compared to previous years; Weirather broke Franz Klammer's 1975 record (2:03.22)[4] by over six seconds,[3] and the top 15 finishers in both races were all under two minutes.)[2] [5]

Personal

Weirather is married to former World Cup champion Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein. They run a business consultancy firm in Planken, Liechtenstein, and their daughter, Tina Weirather, is a former world junior champion and competes on the World Cup circuit for Liechtenstein.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
21 53 not
run
20
22 15 4
23 8 1
24 10 3
25 13 24 not
awarded
(w/ GS)
3 15
26 27 11
27 54 17
28 83 33

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
1980 12 Jan 1980 Downhill2nd
4 Mar 1981 Downhill2nd
1981 14 Dec 1980 Downhill2nd
15 Dec 1980 Downhill1st
10 Jan 1981 Downhill3rd
24 Jan 1981 Downhill2nd
31 Jan 1981 St. Anton, Austria Downhill1st
5 Mar 1981 Downhill2nd
6 Mar 1981 Downhill 1st
1982 15 Jan 1982 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 1st
23 Jan 1982    Wengen, Switzerland Downhill 1st
13 Feb 1982 Garmisch, W.Germany Downhill3rd
5 Mar 1982 Aspen, USA Downhill2nd
1983 5 Dec 1982    Pontresina, Switzerland Downhill 1st
5 Feb 1983 St. Anton, Austria Downhill3rd
1984 4 Dec 1983 Schladming, Austria Downhill2nd
9 Dec 1983 Downhill3rd

World championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 Slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
22 not
run
24 1
27 17
From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harti Weirather AUT . 2010-01-27 . SKI DB Alpine Ski Database.
  2. Web site: Official results: Kitzbuehel - men's downhill. https://archive.today/20130216022037/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&competitorid=65668&raceid=9025. dead. February 16, 2013. International Ski Federation (FIS). January 15, 1982. January 26, 2013.
  3. Web site: Distance Records "Streif" - Course Record. Hahnenkamm.com. January 26, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130106090555/http://www.hahnenkamm.com/race-records.html. January 6, 2013.
  4. Web site: Official results: Kitzbuehel - men's downhill. International Ski Federation (FIS). January 18, 1975. January 26, 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130216014118/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&competitorid=30884&raceid=8593. February 16, 2013.
  5. Web site: Official results: Kitzbuehel - men's downhill. International Ski Federation (FIS). January 16, 1982. January 26, 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130216015558/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&competitorid=65668&raceid=9026. February 16, 2013.