Nils Mani Explained

Nils Mani
Disciplines:Downhill, Super-G, Alpine Combined
Club:SC Schwenden
Birth Date:23 May 1992
Birth Place:Switzerland
Height:182cm
Wcdebut:15 December 2012 (age 20)
Retired:25 January 2022 (age 29)
Wcseasons:4th – (201316)
Wcwins:0
Wcpodiums:0
Wcoveralls:0 – (113th in 2016)
Wctitles:0 – (24th in AC, 2016)
Show-Medals:yes

Nils Mani (born 23 May 1992) is a Swiss former alpine ski racer. Mani specialized in the speed events of Downhill and Super-G. Mani made his World Cup debut on 15 December 2012 in Val Gardena, Italy finishing in 40th place.[1]

Career

Mani competed for Switzerland at the 2011 Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. He finished 33rd in the giant slalom, 20th in the slalom, 8th in the combined, 6th in the downhill, and 11th in the Super-G.[2] He competed for Switzerland at the 2012 Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships in Roccaraso, Italy. He won the bronze medal in the Downhill, silver medal in the Super-G and finished 11th in the giant slalom.[3] On 15 December 2012 he made his World Cup debut in the Val Gardena Downhill, he finished 40th. He scored his first World Cup points on 29 December 2012 in the Bormio Downhill, finishing in 27th. He competed for Switzerland at the 2013 Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships in Québec, Canada. He won the gold medal in the Downhill, silver medal in the Super-G, finished 13th in the giant slalom and failed to finish in the slalom.[4] On 17 December 2016 he achieved his first World Cup Top 10 result, finishing in 9th place at the Val Gardena Downhill. He competed for Switzerland at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He finished 23rd in the Downhill.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season
AgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
20 139 53
21 129 48
22 151 60
23 113 57 24
24 79 35 11
25 121 51 30
26 145 54
27 95 38

Top Ten finishes

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2017 17 Dec 2016Val Gardena, Italy9th
13 Jan 2017Wengen, SwitzerlandAlpine Combined5th

Junior World Championship results

YearAgeSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
201118 20331168
201219 1123
201320 DNF11321

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/events-and-places/results/?season=2013&discipline=&gender=all&race_id=70987&sector=AL Men’s Downhill, Val Gardena-Groeden (ITA)
  2. http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&competitorid=138503&type=result&category=WJC&season=2011&sort=&discipline=ALL&position=&place=&Submit=Search&limit=50 MANI Nils - Results, 2011 FIS Junior World Ski Championships
  3. http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&competitorid=138503&type=result&category=WJC&season=2012&sort=&discipline=ALL&position=&place=&Submit=Search&limit=50 MANI Nils - Results, 2012 FIS Junior World Ski Championships
  4. http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&competitorid=138503&type=result&category=WJC&season=2013&sort=&discipline=ALL&position=&place=&Submit=Search&limit=50 MANI Nils - Results, 2013 FIS Junior World Ski Championships