Kjetil André Aamodt

Kjetil André Aamodt
Kjetil André Aamodt in June 2009
nation	Norway
birthday	2nd September 1971 (age 48)
place of birth	Oslo , Norway
size	176 cm
Weight	85 kg
Career
discipline	Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom , slalom , combination
society	Nordstrand IF
status	resigned
End of career	2007
Medal table
Olympic games 4 × 2 × 2 × World championships 5 × 4 × 3 × Junior World Championship 3 × 2 × 0 ×
winter Olympics gold Albertville 1992 Super G bronze Albertville 1992 Giant slalom silver Lillehammer 1994 Departure silver Lillehammer 1994 combination bronze Lillehammer 1994 Super G gold Salt Lake City 2002 combination gold Salt Lake City 2002 Super G gold Turin 2006 Super G  Alpine World Ski Championships silver Saalbach 1991 Super G gold Morioka 1993 slalom gold Morioka 1993 Giant slalom silver Morioka 1993 combination bronze Sierra Nevada 1996 Super G gold Sestriere 1997 combination gold Vail / Beaver Creek 1999 combination bronze Vail / Beaver Creek 1999 Departure gold St. Anton 2001 combination silver St. Anton 2001 Giant slalom silver St. Moritz 2003 Departure bronze St. Moritz 2003 combination  Alpine Ski Junior World Championships gold Zinal 1990 Departure gold Zinal 1990 Super G gold Zinal 1990 combination silver Zinal 1990 Giant slalom silver Zinal 1990 slalom
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual World Cup debut November 23, 1989  Individual world cup victories 21st  Overall World Cup 1. ( 1993/94 )  Downhill World Cup 5. ( 1998/99 )  Super G World Cup 1. ( 1992/93 )  Giant Slalom World Cup 1. (1992/93)  Slalom World Cup 1. ( 1999/00 )  Combination World Cup 1. (1993/94, 1996/97 , 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2001/02 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Departure 1 3 4th  Super G 5 2 2  Giant slalom 6th 4th 7th  slalom 1 6th 5  combination 8th 5 2  Parallel races 0 1 0

Kjetil André Aamodt (born September 2, 1971 in Oslo ) is a former Norwegian ski racer . As the only male ski racer to date, he was able to win four Olympic gold medals and four other medals, making him the most successful ski racer at the Olympic Games . He is also the male ski racer with the most world championship medals (twelve, including five gold). His collection of medals is on display in the Norwegian Olympic Museum in Lillehammer. Along with Alberto Tomba, Aamodt is the only male runner who was able to repeat an Olympic title in the following games and one of the five runners who became winners in all disciplines in the Alpine Ski World Cup . This makes him one of the most successful ski racers of all time.

biography

Kjetil André Aamodt in January 2000

Aamodt started active skiing at the age of seven. In the 1993/94 season he won the overall World Cup at the age of 22. Between 1994 and 1995 he was operated on on the meniscus and had to pause. Aamodt lives with his wife, daughter and son in Oslo , where his father Finn also works in the Olympic training center. This often accompanied him to competitions to support him there. In addition to ski racing, he does other sports such as golf, ice hockey, football and basketball as training, compensation and hobbies. He is good friends with the equally successful former ski racer Lasse Kjus and often shared a hotel room with him on trips. On January 6, 2007, he announced that he was retiring at the Norwegian Sportsman of the Year event . He had previously been awarded the Aftenposten gold medal and the Fearnleys olympiske ærespris . Due to persistent knee problems, he did not contest any World Cup races in the 2006/2007 season. In 1993 and 2000 he received the Skieur d'Or award from the International Association of Ski Journalists (AIJS) .

In January 2008, the Aamodt Tribute Collection of a Japanese ski clothing brand, created in his honor, was presented at the world's largest sporting goods fair, Ispo in Munich. Aamodt competed in company suits for 15 years.

successes

Olympic games

• Albertville 1992 : 1st Super-G, 3rd giant slalom, 26th downhill
• Lillehammer 1994 : 2nd downhill, 2nd combination, 3rd Super-G, 12th giant slalom
• Nagano 1998 : 5th Super-G, 13th downhill
• Salt Lake City 2002 : 1st Super-G, 1st combination, 4th downhill, 6th slalom, 7th giant slalom
• Turin 2006 : 1st Super-G, 4th Downhill

World championships

• Saalbach-Hinterglemm 1991 : 2nd Super-G, 12th slalom
• Morioka 1993 : 1st slalom, 1st giant slalom, 2nd combination
• Sierra Nevada 1996 : 3rd Super-G, 6th combination, 8th slalom, 11th giant slalom, 27th downhill
• Sestriere 1997 : 1st combination, 6th giant slalom, 8th Super-G, 9th descent
• Vail / Beaver Creek 1999 : 1st combination, 3rd downhill, 7th slalom, 9th Super-G
• St. Anton am Arlberg 2001 : 1st combination, 2nd giant slalom, 7th slalom, 18th super-G
• St. Moritz 2003 : 2nd descent, 3rd combination, 5th Super-G, 9th slalom, 24th giant slalom
• Bormio 2005 : 14th slalom, 22nd Super-G, 23rd descent

World Cup ratings

season	total		Departure		Super G		Giant slalom		slalom		combination		Parallel
	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points
1989/90	39.	34	-	-	19th	13	14th	21st	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990/91	17th	67	-	-	8th.	19th	10.	32	20th	16	-	-	-	-
1991/92	13.	543	-	-	5.	220	11	196	26th	72	17th	55	-	-
1992/93	2.	1347	28.	90	1.	420	1.	410	5.	267	3.	160	-	-
1993/94	1.	1392	10.	296	4th	207	2.	494	9.	215	1.	180	-	-
1994/95	5.	708	33.	43	19th	79	4th	307	14th	179	4th	100	-	-
1995/96	10.	560	44.	26th	8th.	179	14th	168	18th	127	7th	60	-	-
1996/97	2.	1096	24.	92	12.	153	2.	387	6th	304	1.	160	-	-
1997/98	4th	901	12.	255	21st	63	9.	226	13.	177	2.	100	2.	80
1998/99	2.	1442	5.	397	9.	167	4th	335	4th	363	1.	180	-	-
1999/00	2.	1440	13.	255	13	158	9.	259	1.	598	1.	200	-	-
2000/01	7th	668	36.	43	10.	124	16.	150	7th	291	3.	60	-	-
2001/02	2.	1096	6th	337	6th	210	16.	117	9.	232	1.	200	-	-
2002/03	3.	940	7th	334	4th	251	14th	156	13.	99	2.	100	-	-
2003/04	No results due to injury
2004/05	26th	311	28.	104	14th	134	40.	28	-	-	5.	45	-	-
2005/06	8th.	707	6th	322	5.	223	-	-	-	-	5.	162	-	-
2006/07	No results due to injury

World Cup victories

Aamodt won 21 World Cup races from 1992 to 2003 (1 × downhill, 5 × super-G, 6 × giant slalom, 1 × slalom, 8 × combination) and achieved a further 41 podium places.

Giant slalom date place country November 28, 1992 Sestriere Italy March 23, 1993 Oppdal Norway March 27, 1993 Are Sweden January 11, 1994 Hinterstoder Austria March 19, 1994 Vail United States January 14, 1997 Adelboden Switzerland Super G date place country March 15, 1992 Aspen United States March 7, 1993 Aspen United States March 21, 1993 Kvitfjell Norway March 26, 1993 Are Sweden March 7, 1996 Kvitfjell Norway

combination date place country January 30, 1994 Chamonix France January 25, 1998 Kitzbühel Austria January 24, 1999 Kitzbühel Austria January 9, 2000 Chamonix France January 23, 2000 Kitzbühel Austria January 13, 2002 Wengen Switzerland January 20, 2002 Kitzbühel Austria January 19, 2003 Wengen Switzerland Departure date place country January 29, 1994 Chamonix France slalom date place country January 16, 2000 Wengen Switzerland

Junior World Championships

• Sälen 1987 : 22nd slalom, 38th giant slalom
• Madonna di Campiglio 1988 : 11th combination, 12th descent, 24th slalom, 32nd giant slalom
• Aleyska 1989 : 5th giant slalom, 10th Super-G, 15th downhill
• Zinal 1990 : 1st descent, 1st Super-G, 1st combination, 2nd giant slalom, 2nd slalom

Norwegian championships

Aamodt won 22 Norwegian championship titles from 1990 to 2005 , making them the Norwegian record champions:

• 5 × downhill (1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005)
• 7 × Super-G (1990, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003)
• 4 × giant slalom (1992, 1993, 1994, 1999)
• 1 × slalom (1999)
• 5 × combination (1990, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2005)

Awards

• 1993 and 2000: Skieur d'Or
• 2006: Norway's Sportsman of the Year
• 2006: Aftenposten gold medal
• 2006: Fearnleys olympiske ærespris

Web links

Commons : Kjetil André Aamodt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kjetil André Aamodt in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Kjetil André Aamodt in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Kjetil André Aamodt in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )