Manfred Mölgg Explained

Manfred Mölgg
Disciplines:Slalom, giant slalom
Club:G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Birth Date:3 June 1982
Birth Place:Bruneck, South Tyrol, Italy
Height:180 cm
Wcdebut:12 January 2003 (age 20)
Retired:9 March 2022 (age 39)
Website:moelgg.com
Olympicteams:4 – (20062018)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:9 – (20052021)
Worldsmedals:3
Worldsgolds:0
Wcseasons:20 – (20032022)
Wcwins:3 – (3 SL)
Wcpodiums:20 – (3 GS, 16 SL, 1 SC)
Wcoveralls:0 – (4th in 2008)
Wctitles:1 – (SL, 2008)
Show-Medals:yes

Manfred Mölgg (born 3 June 1982) is an Italian former World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialized in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.[1]

Mölgg's younger sister Manuela is also a former alpine racer with ten World Cup podiums.[2]

Biography

Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made his World Cup debut in January 2003 at Bormio. As of mid-January 2021, he has 20 World Cup podiums with three victories, all achieved in slalom. Mölgg won the World Cup season title in slalom in 2008, and finished fourth in the overall standings, the best result for an Italian since Kristian Ghedina finished fourth overall in 2000.[1]

Mölgg has won three medals at the World Championships; a silver in slalom in 2007, a bronze in slalom in 2011, and a bronze in giant slalom in 2013.[1]

On 11 January 2020 Mölgg suffered damage to his anterior cruciate ligament during a race at Adelboden, but returned to competition during the 2021 season.[3]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
21 27 9 23
22 19 8 15
23 56 28 25
24 18 5 10
25 4 1 3 35 51
26 17 6 19 52 34
27 14 12 13 36 13
28 19 6 20 28
29 41 26 20
30 7 5 4
31 17 10 16
32 74 31 37
33 33 17 23
34 9 3 21
35 21 10 15
36 26 12 21
37 72 22 39
38 55 23 39
39 103 37

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2004 27 Jan 2004 Schladming, Austria 2nd
2007 28 Jan 2007 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 3rd
align=right 4 Mar 2007 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom 3rd
align=right 18 Mar 2007    Lenzerheide, Switzerland Slalom 3rd
2008 align=right 11 Nov 2007 Reiteralm, Austria Slalom 3rd
align=right 8 Dec 2007 align=left rowspan=2 Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria   2nd
9 Dec 2007 Slalom 3rd
22 Jan 2008 Schladming, Austria Slalom 3rd
9 Feb 2008 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Slalom 2nd
8 Mar 2008 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 2nd
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"9 Mar 2008 Slalom 1st
2009 align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"1 Feb 2009 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Slalom 1st
2010 align=right 11 Dec 2009 Val-d'Isère, France 3rd
align=right 6 Jan 2010 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 2nd
align=center rowspan=2 2013 28 Oct 2012 Sölden, Austria Giant slalom 2nd
align=right 13 Jan 2013    Adelboden, Switzerland Slalom 3rd
2014 6 Jan 2014 Bormio, Italy Slalom 3rd
2017 13 Nov 2016 Levi, Finland Slalom 3rd
5 Jan 2017 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 1st
align=right 8 Jan 2017    Adelboden, Switzerland Slalom 2nd

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
22 DNF1 13
24
26
28
30
32
34
36
38

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
23
27
31
35

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Manfred Mölgg - Athlete Information. fis-ski.com. 21 February 2021.
  2. Web site: Mölgg Ski Adventures - Manfred Mölgg & Manuela Mölgg. moelgg-dolomites.com. 21 February 2021.
  3. News: Broken knees: shock for Manfred Mölgg. 11 January 2020.