| Patrick Thaler | |
| Disciplines: | Slalom |
| Club: | C.S. Carabinieri |
| Birth Date: | 23 March 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy |
| Height: | 177 cm |
| Wcdebut: | 8 March 1997 (age 18) |
| Retired: | 23 January 2018 (age 39) |
| Website: | patrickthaler.com |
| Olympicmedals: | 0 |
| Worldsteams: | 5 – (2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017) |
| Worldsmedals: | 0 |
| Wcseasons: | 22 – (1997–2018) |
| Wcwins: | 0 |
| Wcpodiums: | 3 – (3 SL) |
| Wcoveralls: | 0 – (21st in 2014) |
| Wctitles: | 0 – (4th in SL, 2014) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Patrick Thaler (born March 23, 1978) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. Born in Bolzano, South Tyrol, he specialized in the slalom.[1] Thaler competed for Italy at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics but failed to finish. His best result from Alpine World Ski Championships is a seventh place in Val-d'Isère, France, in 2009.
During his World Cup career, he reached three third-place finishes in the slalom – twice at Kitzbühel, Austria, and once at Val d'Isère.[2] In addition, he has 25 top-10 finishes. He is one of the oldest (35 years, 10 months, 2 days) slalom skiers to have finished in the top-3 in the World cup (in 2014) and the oldest (38 years, 11 months, 11 days) to have finished in the top-10 (in 2017).[3] [4]
Thaler retired from ski racing on January 23, 2018, after having competed in the World Cup for a record of 22 seasons (1997–2018).[5] [6]
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | unranked | 0 points | ||||||
| 19 | 103 | — | 42 | — | — | — | ||
| 20 | unranked | 0 points | ||||||
| 21 | 117 | — | 44 | — | — | — | ||
| 22 | unranked | 0 points | ||||||
| 23 | unranked | 0 points | ||||||
| 24 | unranked | 0 points | ||||||
| 25 | 105 | 46 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 26 | 58 | 19 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 27 | 57 | 19 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 28 | 101 | 38 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 29 | 57 | 20 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 30 | 51 | 18 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 31 | 96 | 34 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 32 | 132 | 49 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 33 | 51 | 16 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 34 | 46 | 17 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 35 | 21 | 4 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 36 | 56 | 18 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 37 | 42 | 10 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 38 | 64 | 22 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 39 | 141 | 49 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 25 Jan 2009 |  Kitzbühel, Austria | 3rd | ||
| 2014 | 15 Dec 2013 |  Val d'Isère, France | Slalom | 3rd | |
| align=right | 24 Jan 2014 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Slalom | 3rd |
| Year | Age | Slalom | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | DNF1 | ||
| 31 | DNF2 | ||
| 35 | DNF1 |
| Year | Age | Slalom |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | DNF1 | |
| 30 | 7 | |
| 34 | DNF2 | |
| 36 | DNF2 | |
| 38 | 24 | |