Michael Matt Explained

Michael Matt
Disciplines:Slalom
Club:SK FlirschTirol
Birth Date:13 May 1993
Birth Place:Zams, Tyrol, Austria
Height:1.85 m
Wcdebut:17 November 2013
(age 20)
Olympicteams:1 – (2018, 2022)
Olympicmedals:3
Olympicgolds:1
Worldsteams:3 – (201519)
Worldsmedals:2
Worldsgolds:0
Wcseasons:11 – (20142024)
Wcwins:1 – (1 SL)
Wcpodiums:8 – (7 SL, 1 PS)
Wcoveralls:0 – (18th in 2017)
Wctitles:0 – (4th in SL, 2018)
Show-Medals:yes

Michael Matt (born 13 May 1993) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialises in the Slalom discipline and has competed in three World Championships.

Career

Matt made his World Cup debut at age 20 in the Levi slalom in November 2013, racing alongside his brother Mario.[1] He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, US. Matt raced in the slalom, but failed to finish the second run.[2] Matt gained his first World Cup podium in Finland as the runner-up at Levi on 13 November 2016,[3] and celebrated his first victory on 5 March 2017 in Slovenia at Kranjska Gora.[4]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyongchang, South Korea, Matt finished the first run of the slalom competition in 12th place but moved up to third after the second run, securing himself the bronze medal.[5] He was also part of the Austrian squad which took a silver medal in the team event.[6]

Personal life

Matt is the brother of double World and Olympic champion Mario Matt and ski cross world champion In 2001, at the age of eight, Michael Matt was buried by an avalanche.[7]

World Cup results

Season
AgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
21124 42
2284 27
2318 5
2419 4 54
2531 11
2638 9
27249

Standings through 17 January 2021

Race podiums

Season
DateLocationDisciplinePlace
201713 November 2016 Levi, FinlandSlalom2nd
5 March 2017 Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom1st
19 March 2017 Aspen, USASlalom3rd
20181 January 2018 Oslo, NorwayParallel slalom2nd
4 January 2018 Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom2nd
7 January 2018   Adelboden, SwitzerlandSlalom2nd
201922 December 2018 Madonna di Campiglio, ItalySlalom3rd
202418 November 2023 Gurgl, AustriaSlalom3rd

World Championship results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
201521DNF2
2017238

Olympic results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombinedTeam
24 bgcolor=#c96bgcolor=silver2

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Matt-Bruder im Levi-Slalom dabei . . 29 October 2013. Kurier. German. Matt brothers in Levi slalom at the same time. 14 March 2015.
  2. Web site: Men's Slalom Official Results. 16 February 2015.
  3. http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2017/AL/0101/2017AL0101RLR2.pdf
  4. http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2017/AL/0194/2017AL0194RLR2.pdf
  5. Web site: Alpine skiing: Matt completes family medal set to his own disbelief . Mulvenney . Nick. 22 February 2018 . Osmond . Ed . reuters.com. 3 March 2018.
  6. Web site: Switzerland wins inaugural Olympic Alpine skiing team event . Rubinroit . Seth . 24 February 2018 . nbcolympics.com . 3 March 2018.
  7. Web site: ÖSV-Shootingstar - Wie Michael Matt einst eine Lawine überlebte krone.at. 14 November 2016.