Stephan Görgl
Stephan Görgl 
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 Giant slalom victory at the World Cup final in Lenzerheide in 2005 |
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| birthday | 5th June 1978 (age 42) | ||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Bruck an der Mur , Austria | ||||||||||||||||
| size | 177 cm | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | Giant slalom , Super-G | ||||||||||||||||
| society | Kapfenberg Sports Association | ||||||||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||
| End of career | December 13, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
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Stephan Görgl (born June 5, 1978 in Bruck an der Mur ) is a former Austrian ski racer whose strongest disciplines were the giant slalom and the super-G . He is the son of Traudl Hecher and Anton Görgl. His sister Elisabeth Görgl was also a ski racer. In his career, which was interrupted several times by injuries, he achieved two World Cup victories in addition to successes in the European Cup .
biography
After primary school, Görgl attended the Bundesrealgymnasium in Kapfenberg for two years , then switched to the Schladming main ski school and then attended the ski school in Stams , where he graduated from high school in 1999. After his first appearances in FIS races , Görgl was twice Austrian youth champion in 1994 and 1995 in his age group. The first appearances in the European Cup followed in 1997 - initially without any major success. At the Junior World Championships in 1997 and 1998 he drove in the giant slalom both times just under the top ten. In the 1999/2000 season , Görgl achieved their first podium places in the European Cup, which was followed in the following winter , on January 19, 2001, with their first victory in the Super-G in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee . Nine days later, at the age of 22, he made his debut in the World Cup . He finished this Super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 27th position and immediately won World Cup points. In the next winter of 2001/02 , Görgl was often used in the World Cup, where at the beginning of the season he achieved a tenth place in the Super-G of Val-d'Isère as the best result for the time being . In addition, he continued to compete in the European Cup and achieved second place in the overall standings in the 2001/02 season, as in the previous year.
After another season in which Görgl was mainly used in the European Cup, he also achieved good results in the World Cup from the middle of the 2003/04 season , including two seventh places in the Super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and in the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora in February 2004. The upward trend continued in the next winter and Görgl celebrated his first World Cup victory on December 2nd, 2004 in the Super-G of Beaver Creek . The then 26-year-old was also used for the first time in a major event, but only achieved 21st place in the Super-G at the 2005 World Cup in Bormio . At the end of the 2004/05 season he celebrated his second World Cup victory in the giant slalom of the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide , making him 15th in the overall World Cup, 7th in the Super G World Cup and 9th in the Giant Slalom World Cup. In addition, in March 2005 he became Austrian national champion in giant slalom.
In the winter of 2005/06 Görgl could not quite match the results of the previous year. He only finished on the podium in one World Cup race (third place in the giant slalom in Adelboden ) and in some cases fell significantly behind in the World Cup rankings. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Görgl started in the giant slalom. He was in seventh position after the first run, but retired in the second run. The following 2006/07 season came to an early end for Görgl: On December 8, 2006, during training in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, he suffered serious injuries in his right knee (tears in the inner ligament, the anterior cruciate ligament and the patellar tendon) and had to do the rest take a break from winter.
After his serious injury, Görgl was among the top ten in a total of three World Cup races in the 2007/08 season and at the beginning of the 2008/09 season before he finished second in the giant slalom in Sestriere for the first time in over three years and at the same time on February 21, 2009 Took a podium finish last time in his career. The 2009/10 season was again overshadowed by injuries. On December 3, 2009, Görgl suffered a tear in the meniscus during a giant slalom at the Nor-Am Cup in Aspen . Three days later, he suffered a dislocation and a fractured right wrist in the World Cup giant slalom at Beaver Creek . His best World Cup placement of the winter was a 20th place in the giant slalom in Alta Badia at the end of December. Due to his knee and hand injuries, Görgl had little chance of qualifying for the 2010 Winter Olympics . For this reason, he ended the season prematurely in January in order to calmly prepare for the 2010/11 World Cup .
In the 2010/2011 season, Görgl again achieved two top 10 placements, namely tenth in the Super-G at Beaver Creek and ninth in the giant slalom in Alta Badia. At the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, he started for the injured Benjamin Raich in the giant slalom and finished 23rd. The 2011/12 season came to an early end for Görgl: Due to persistent pain, he had to have a spinal disc operation at the end of November the lumbar spine. At the beginning of the 2012/13 season , Görgl competed in his last three World Cup races, in which he remained without points. On December 13, 2012, he announced his resignation.
successes
World championships
- Bormio 2005 : 21st Super-G
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2011 : 23rd giant slalom
World cup
- 5 podium places in individual races, including 2 victories:
| date | place | country | discipline |
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| December 2, 2004 | Beaver Creek | United States | Super G |
| March 12, 2005 | Lenzerheide | Switzerland | Giant slalom |
- 1 win in team competitions
European Cup
- 2000/01 season : 2nd overall European Cup, 1st Super-G classification
- 2001/02 season : 2nd overall European Cup, 2nd giant slalom rating, 3rd Super-G rating
- 2002/03 season : 4th overall European Cup, 3rd Super-G ranking, 3rd giant slalom ranking
- 22 podium places, of which 11 wins (4 × Super-G and 7 × giant slalom)
Junior World Championships
- Schladming 1997 : 9th giant slalom, 20th Super-G
- Megève 1998 : 10th giant slalom
More Achievements
- Austrian champion in giant slalom 2005
- 6 victories in FIS races
Web links
- Stephan Görgl's website
- Stephan Görgl in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
- Stephan Görgl in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Stephan Görgl in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
literature
- Austrian Ski Association (Ed.): Austrian Ski Stars from A – Z. Ablinger & Garber, Hall in Tirol 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502285-7-1 , pp. 102-103.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephan Görgl won medals at Austrian youth championships. ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ÖSV winner board, accessed on September 3, 2012.
- ↑ a b End of the season for Görgl. derStandard.at , January 26, 2010, accessed on September 3, 2012.
- ↑ The next failure: Stephan Görgl has now been hit. ( Memento of December 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Kleine Zeitung , December 9, 2009, accessed on September 3, 2012.
- ↑ Stephan Görgl operated on after a herniated disc. sport1.de, November 28, 2011, accessed on September 3, 2012.
- ↑ "I want to create space for the youth." Sport.orf.at, December 13, 2012, accessed on December 13, 2012.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Görgl, Stephan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5th 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bruck an der Mur , Austria |