Alexander Hödlmoser

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Alexander Hödlmoser (* 1968 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian alpine ski trainer and former ski racer. Hödlmoser became Austrian giant slalom champion in 1989 , began his coaching activity in the USA in 1997 and has been the head coach of the US women's team since 2010. He lives in Sankt Johann im Pongau .

biography

Alexander Hödlmoser started for Union Sportklub Hof and was in the squad of the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) from 1984 to 1992 . One of his greatest successes as an active ski racer was his victory in the giant slalom at the Austrian Alpine Ski Championships in 1989 , where he also came second in the combined ranking and third in slalom. Three years earlier he had become Austrian youth champion in giant slalom. Hödlmoser was not very successful at the international level. In the World Cup he remained without points and in the European Cup a sixth place in the giant slalom ranking in 1989 was his best result. In 1992 he ended his career with the amateurs and took part in professional races for another four years.

Alexander Hödlmoser began his work as a trainer in the ÖSV, before he switched to the US ski association in 1997. After a year as the European head coach, he became the assistant coach of the World Cup downhill and super-G groups and from 2004 was primarily responsible for the downhill and super-G runners. In 2010 Hödlmoser succeeded Jim Tracy as head coach of the US women's team. In 2004 and 2007 he was named USSA Alpine International Coach of the Year .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Hödlmoser won medals at Austrian championships ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 October 1, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oesv.at
  2. ↑ a b U.S. names women's alpine skiing coach . The Salt Lake Tribune , April 7, 2010, accessed October 1, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Hödlmoser, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ski racer and alpine ski trainer
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzburg , Austria