Niels Hintermann Explained

Niels Hintermann
Disciplines:Downhill, Super-G,
Combined
Club:Hausen am Albis
Birth Date:5 May 1995
Birth Place:Bülach, Zürich, Switzerland
Height:1.89 m
Website:nielshintermann.ch
Olympicteams:1 – (2022)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:3 – (2019, 2021, 2023)
Worldsmedals:0
Wcseasons:7 – (20162017, 20192023)
Wcwins:3 – (2 DH, 1 AC)
Wcpodiums:7 – (6 DH, 1 AC)
Wcoveralls:0 – (13th in 2022)
Wctitles:0 – (2nd in AC, 2017)
Show-Medals:yes

Niels Hintermann (born 5 May 1995) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Bülach, Zürich, he specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G.

Career

Hintermann made his World Cup debut at age 20 in November 2015 at Lake Louise, and was fortieth in the downhill. He scored his first World Cup points three weeks later at Val Gardena, at 29th place in the downhill. Hintermann won his first World Cup race (and first podium) the following season, in the combined at Wengen in January 2017.[1]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
2042
212
22no results due to injury
2328
2419
25rowspan=4
267
2724347
28496

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2017style=text-align:right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"13 Jan 2017style=text-align:left   Wengen, SwitzerlandCombined1st
2022style=text-align:right18 Dec 2021style=text-align:left Val Gardena, Italy3rd
style=text-align:right28 Dec 2021style=text-align:left Bormio, ItalyDownhill 3rd
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"4 Mar 2022align=left rowspan=2 Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill1st
style=text-align:right 5 Mar 2022 Downhill 3rd
2023style=text-align:right20 Jan 2023style=text-align:left Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill 3rd
2024align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"17 Feb 2024 Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill1st

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Sla­lom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Down­hill Com­bined
2323
25
27

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://apnews.com/a84ad1fce2de47d4b09c57bfc495423b Unheralded Swiss wins World Cup Alpine combined race