Alpine Ski World Cup 1995/96
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 Leave kjus
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 Katja Seizinger
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| Departure |
 Luc Alphand
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 Picabo Street
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| Super G |
Atle Skårdal
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Katja Seizinger
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| Giant slalom |
 Michael von Grünigen
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Martina Ertl
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| slalom |
Sébastien Amiez
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 Elfi Eder
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| combination |
Günther Mader
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Anita Wachter
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| Nations Cup |
Austria
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| Nations Cup |
Austria
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Austria
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| Competitions | ||
| Venues | 20th | 14th |
| Individual competitions | 35 | 33 |
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← 1994/95
1996/97 →
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The 1995/96 season of the Alpine Ski World Cup organized by the FIS began on November 12, 1995 in Tignes (men) and on November 16 in Vail (women) and ended on March 10, 1996 on the occasion of the World Cup final in Kvitfjell / Hafjell . 33 races were held for the men (9 downhill runs , 6 super-G , 9 giant slaloms , 9 slaloms ). For women there were 33 races (9 downhill runs, 7 super-G, 7 giant slaloms, 10 slaloms). There were also two combined scores for men and one for women.
The highlight of the season was the 1996 World Cup in the Sierra Nevada , which was postponed by a year .
World Cup ratings
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Departure
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Super G
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Giant slalom
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slalom
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combination
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Podium placements men
Departure
| date | place | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
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| December 01, 1995 | Vail ( USA ) |
Luc Alphand
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Leave kjus
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Patrick Ortlieb
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| 12/09/1995 | Val d'Isère ( FRA ) |
Luc Alphand
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Roland Assinger
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Hannes Trinkl
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| December 16, 1995 | Val Gardena ( ITA ) |
Patrick Ortlieb
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Xavier Gigandet
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Luc Alphand
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| 12/29/1995 | Bormio ( ITA ) |
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Andreas Schifferer
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 Ed Podivinsky
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| 01/13/1996 | Kitzbühel ( AUT ) |
Günther Mader
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Luc Alphand
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 Peter Runggaldier
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| 01/19/1996 | Veysonnaz ( SUI ) |
Bruno Kernen
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William Besse
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Daniel Mahrer
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| 01/20/1996 | Veysonnaz ( SUI ) |
Bruno Kernen
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Luc Alphand Patrick Ortlieb
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| 02/02/1996 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( GER ) |
Luc Alphand
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Brian Stemmle
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Peter Runggaldier
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| 03/06/1996 | Kvitfjell ( NOR ) |
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Günther Mader
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Kristian Ghedina
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Super G
| date | place | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
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| 12/02/1995 | Vail ( USA ) |
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Richard Kroell
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Pietro Vitalini
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| 12/10/1995 | Val d'Isère ( FRA ) |
Atle Skårdal
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Hans Knauß
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| 01/23/1996 | Valloire ( FRA ) |
Hans Knauß
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Atle Skårdal
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 Fredrik Nyberg
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| 02/05/1996 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( GER ) |
Werner Perathoner
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Luc Alphand
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Patrick Wirth
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| 03/03/1996 | Happo One ( JPN ) |
Peter Runggaldier
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Atle Skårdal
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Hans Knauß
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| 03/07/1996 | Kvitfjell ( NOR ) |
Kjetil André Aamodt
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Luc Alphand
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Giant slalom
| date | place | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
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| 11/12/1995 | Tignes ( FRA ) |
Michael von Grünigen
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Leave kjus
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Urs Kälin
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| 11/17/1995 | Beaver Creek ( USA ) |
Michael von Grünigen
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Leave kjus
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Urs Kälin
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| 11/25/1995 | Park City ( USA ) |
Michael von Grünigen
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Leave kjus
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Hans Knauß
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| 12/17/1995 | Alta Badia ( ITA ) |
Hans Knauß
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Michael von Grünigen
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Alberto Tomba
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| December 21, 1995 | Kranjska Gora ( SLO ) |
Leave kjus
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Michael von Grünigen
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Mario Reiter
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| 01/06/1996 | Flachau ( AUT ) |
Urs Kälin
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Alberto Tomba
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Michael von Grünigen
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| 01/16/1996 | Adelboden ( SUI ) |
Michael von Grünigen
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Urs Kälin
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Tom Stiansen
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| 02/10/1996 | Hinterstoder ( AUT ) |
Michael von Grünigen
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Urs Kälin
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Mario Reiter
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| 03/09/1996 | Hafjell ( NOR ) |
Urs Kälin
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Tom Stiansen
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Christophe Saioni
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slalom
| date | place | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
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| 11/19/1995 | Beaver Creek ( USA ) |
Michael Tritscher
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Sébastien Amiez
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Alberto Tomba
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| 11/26/1995 | Park City ( USA ) |
 Andrei Miklavc
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Christian Mayer
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Fabio De Crignis
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| December 19, 1995 | Madonna di Campiglio ( ITA ) |
Alberto Tomba
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Yves Dimier
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Konrad Kurt Ladstätter
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| 12/22/1995 | Kranjska Gora ( SLO ) |
Alberto Tomba
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Jure Košir
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Sébastien Amiez
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| 01/07/1996 | Flachau ( AUT ) |
Alberto Tomba
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Mario Reiter
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Jure Košir
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| 01/14/1996 | Kitzbühel ( AUT ) |
Thomas Sykora
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Alberto Tomba
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Jure Košir
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| 01/21/1996 | Veysonnaz ( SUI ) |
Sébastien Amiez
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Rene Mlekuž
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Thomas Sykora
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| 01/27/1996 | Sestriere ( ITA ) |
Mario Reiter
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Thomas Sykora
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Thomas Stangassinger
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| 03/10/1996 | Hafjell ( NOR ) |
Thomas Sykora
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Sébastien Amiez
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Jure Košir
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combination
| date | place | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
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| January 13/14, 1996 | Kitzbühel ( AUT ) |
Günther Mader
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Hans Knauß
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Bruno Kernen
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| January 20/21, 1996 | Veysonnaz ( SUI ) |
 Marc Girardelli
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Günther Mader
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Kjetil André Aamodt
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Podium placements women
Departure
| date | place | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
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| December 3rd, 1995 | Lake Louise ( CAN ) |
Picabo Street
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Katja Seizinger
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 Varvara Zelenskaya
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| 12/15/1995 | St. Anton am Arlberg ( AUT ) |
Katja Seizinger
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Heidi Zurbriggen
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Alexandra Meissnitzer
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| December 16, 1995 | St. Anton am Arlberg ( AUT ) |
Michaela Dorfmeister
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Alexandra Meissnitzer
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Picabo Street Renate Götschl
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| 01/19/1996 | Cortina d'Ampezzo ( ITA ) |
Picabo Street
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Pernilla Wiberg
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Isolde Kostner
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| 01/20/1996 | Cortina d'Ampezzo ( ITA ) |
Isolde Kostner
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Picabo Street
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Renate Götschl
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| 02/03/1996 | Val d'Isère ( FRA ) |
Katja Seizinger
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Picabo Street
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Isolde Kostner
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| 02/29/1996 | Narvik ( NOR ) |
Picabo Street
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Varvara Zelenskaya
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Heidi Zurbriggen
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| 03/01/1996 | Narvik ( NOR ) |
Varvara Zelenskaya
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Picabo Street
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Heidi Zurbriggen
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| 03/06/1996 | Kvitfjell ( NOR ) |
Heidi Zurbriggen
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Isolde Kostner
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Katja Seizinger
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Super G
| date | place | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
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| 11/16/1995 | Vail ( USA ) |
Martina Ertl
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Katja Seizinger
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Isolde Kostner
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| 12/10/1995 | Val d'Isère ( FRA ) |
Alexandra Meissnitzer
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Heidi Zeller-Bähler
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Mojca Suhadolc
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| 12/20/1995 | Veysonnaz ( SUI ) |
Alexandra Meissnitzer
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Heidi Zurbriggen
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Michaela Dorfmeister
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| 01/13/1996 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( GER ) |
Katja Seizinger
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Martina Ertl
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Alexandra Meissnitzer
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| 02/02/1996 | Val d'Isère ( FRA ) |
Katja Seizinger
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Renate Götschl
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Hilde Gerg
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| 02/04/1996 | Val d'Isère ( FRA ) |
Katja Seizinger
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Isolde Kostner
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Renate Götschl
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| 03/07/1996 | Kvitfjell ( NOR ) |
Ingeborg Helen Marken
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Katja Seizinger
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Isolde Kostner
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Giant slalom
| date | place | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
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| 12/11/1995 | Val d'Isère ( FRA ) |
Martina Ertl
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Mojca Suhadolc
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Alexandra Meissnitzer
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| December 21, 1995 | Veysonnaz ( SUI ) |
Martina Ertl
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Sabina Panzanini
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Anita Wachter
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| 01/05/1996 | Maribor ( SLO ) |
Martina Ertl
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Deborah Compagnoni
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Katja Seizinger
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| 01/06/1996 | Maribor ( SLO ) |
Katja Seizinger
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Sonja Nef
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Martina Ertl
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| 01/21/1996 | Cortina d'Ampezzo ( ITA ) |
Anita Wachter
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Erika Hansson
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Katja Seizinger
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| 03/02/1996 | Narvik ( NOR ) |
Deborah Compagnoni
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Sabina Panzanini
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Isolde Kostner
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| 03/09/1996 | Hafjell ( NOR ) |
Katja Seizinger
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Martina Ertl
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Alexandra Meissnitzer
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slalom
| date | place | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
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| 11/18/1995 | Vail ( USA ) |
Elfi Eder
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Marianne Kjørstad
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Gabriela Zingre-Graf
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| 12/17/1995 | St. Anton am Arlberg ( AUT ) |
Elfi Eder
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Urška Hrovat
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Katja Koren
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| 12/22/1995 | Veysonnaz ( SUI ) |
Pernilla Wiberg
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Urška Hrovat
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Kristina Andersson
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| 12/29/1995 | Semmering ( AUT ) |
Pernilla Wiberg
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Karin Roten
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Elfi Eder
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| 12/30/1995 | Semmering ( AUT ) |
Elfi Eder
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Marianne Kjørstad
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Kristina Andersson
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| 01/07/1996 | Maribor ( SLO ) |
Kristina Andersson
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Elfi Eder
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 Claudia Riegler
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| 01/14/1996 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( GER ) |
Urška Hrovat
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Elfi Eder
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Roberta Serra
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| 01/26/1996 | Sestriere ( ITA ) |
Sonja Nef
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Marlies Oester
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Pernilla Wiberg
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| 01/28/1996 | Serre Chevalier ( FRA ) |
Claudia Riegler
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Karin Roten
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Pernilla Wiberg
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| 03/10/1996 | Hafjell ( NOR ) |
Karin Roten
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Pernilla Wiberg
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Marianne Kjørstad
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combination
| date | place | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
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| 16./17.12.1995 | St. Anton am Arlberg ( AUT ) |
Anita Wachter
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Ingeborg Helen Marken
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Hilde Gerg
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Nations Cup
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statistics
Men 1967-1996:
Subtotal up to 1995: 860 races: DH 253, SG 62, GS 220, SL 255 + 1, C 69
1996: 35 races: DH 9, SG 6, GS 9, SL 9, C 2
Subtotal: 895 races: DH 262, SG 68, GS 229, SL 264 + 1, C 71
1995/96 SEASON:
Men:
Downhill (9):
Rank 1: FRA 3, AUT 2, NOR 2, SUI 2
Rank 2 (plus one ex aequo): AUT 4, FRA 2, SUI 2, CAN 1, NOR 1
Rank 3 (less. an ex aequo of rank 2): ITA 3, AUT 2, CAN 1, FRA 1, SUI 1
Super-G (6):
Rank 1: NOR 3, ITA 2, AUT 1
Rank 2: NOR 3, FRA 2, AUT 1
Rank 3: AUT 3, ITA 1, NOR 1, SWE 1
Giant Slalom (9):
Rank 1: SUI 7, AUT 1, NOR 1
Rank 2: NOR 4, SUI 4, ITA 1
Rank 3: AUT 3, SUI 3 , FRA 1, ITA 1, NOR 1
Slalom (9):
Rank 1: AUT 4, ITA 3, FRA 1, SLO 1
Rank 2: AUT 3, FRA 3, SLO 2, ITA 1
Rank 3: ITA 3, SLO 3 , AUT 2, FRA 1
combination (2):
Rank 1: LUX 2
Rank 2: AUT 2
Rank 3: NOR 1, SUI 1
Total (35):
Rank 1: SUI 9, AUT 8, NOR 6, ITA 5, FRA 4, LUX 2, SLO 1
Rank 2 (plus one ex aequo): AUT 10, NOR 8, FRA 7, SUI 6, ITA 2, SLO 2, CAN 1
rank 3 (minus an ex aequo of rank 2): AUT 10, ITA 8, SUI 5, FRA 3, NOR 3, SLO 3, SWE 1
Overview:
SUI 9 | 6 | 5
AUT 8 | 10 | 10
NOR 6 | 8 | 3
ITA 5 | 2 | 8
FRA 4 | 7 | 3
LUX 2 | - | -
SLO 1 | 2 | 3
CAN - | 1 | 1
SWE - | - | 1
Women 1967-1996:
Subtotal up to 1995: 802 races: DH 213, SG 63, GS 217, SL 247 + 1, C 61
1996: 34 races: DH 9, SG 7, GS 7, SL 10, C 1
Subtotal: 836 races: DH 222, SG 70, GS 224, SL 257 + 1, C 62
1995/96 SEASON:
Women:
Downhill (9):
Rank 1: USA 3, GER 2, AUT 1, ITA 1, RUS 1, SUI 1
Rank 2: USA 3, AUT 1, GER 1, ITA 1, RUS 1, SUI 1, SWE 1
Rank 3 (plus one ex aequo): AUT 3, ITA 2, SUI 2, GER 1, RUS 1, USA 1
Super-G (7):
Rank 1: GER 4, AUT 2, NOR 1
Rank 2: GER 3 , SUI 2, AUT 1, ITA 1
Rank 3: AUT 3, ITA 2, GER 1, SLO 1
Giant Slalom (7):
Rank 1: GER 5, AUT 1, ITA 1
Rank 2: ITA 3, GER 1, SLO 1 , SUI 1, SWE 1
Rank 3: AUT 3, GER 3, ITA 1
Slalom (10):
Rank 1: AUT 3, SWE 3, SUI 2, NZE 1, SLO 1
Rank 2: SUI 3, AUT 2, NOR 2 , SLO 2, SWE 1
Rank 3: SWE 4, AUT 1, ITA 1, NOR 1, NZE 1, SLO 1, SUI 1
Combination (1):
Rank 1: AUT 1
Rank 2: NOR 1
Rank 3: GER 1
Overall (34):
Rank 1: GER 11, AUT 8, USA 3, SUI 3, SWE 3, ITA 2, NOR 1, NZE 1, RUS 1, SLO 1
Rank 2: SUI 7, GER 5, ITA 5, AUT 4, NOR 3, SLO 3, SWE 3, USA 3, RUS 1
Rank 3 (plus one ex aequo): AUT 10, GER 6, ITA 6, SWE 4, SUI 3, SLO 2, NOR 1, NZE 1, USA 1
Overview:
GER 11 | 5 | 6
AUT 8 | 4 | 10
SUI 3 | 7 | 3
SWE 3 | 3 | 4
USA 3 | 3 | 1
ITA 2 | 5 | 6
SLO 1 | 3 | 2
NOR 1 | 3 | 1st
RUS 1 | 1 | 1
NZE 1 | - | 1
Season course
Premier victories
15 new names (five men, ten women) entered the list of winners.
Men's:
- Andrej Miklavc was in his first (and only) World Cup victory at the slalom in Park City (November 26th) after the first run in 13th place - just behind Christian Mayer . Both succeeded in this advance in the second round, with the Slovene finally having the upper hand after being slightly behind Mayer by this smallest possible difference of 0.01 s.
- With his maiden win on the occasion of the giant slalom on the Gran Risa slope in Alta Badia (December 17th), Hans Knauß stopped Michael von Grünigen's winning streak .
- Thomas Sykora was 0.06 seconds faster than the discipline dominator Alberto Tomba in his maiden win in the slalom on the “Ganslernhang” in the so-called “Ski Mecca” Kitzbühel (January 14th) .
- Bruno Kernen , who became known as the "two-man" kernel, made his first big appearance on the double descent in Veysonnaz when he doubled the next day after his first win on January 19th.
- Veysonnaz was also good ground for Sébastien Amiez , because here he achieved his first and only World Cup victory in the slalom on January 21 (he improved from 4th place).
Women:
- With her maiden win at the first slalom of the season in Vail (November 18), Elfi Eder , who has already won two slalom medals at major events, started her formidable season in which she won the Slalom World Cup.
- Alexandra Meissnitzer landed her first World Cup victory at the Super-G in Val-d'Isère (December 7th).
- In her first World Cup victory , the second downhill from St. Anton am Arlberg (December 16), Michaela Dorfmeister led an Austrian triple victory (third Renate Götschl shared this place with Picabo Street ).
- Kristina Andersson achieved her only World Cup victory on January 7th in Maribor , where she benefited from the failure of her team colleague Pernilla Wiberg , who was superior after the first run , and who nevertheless drove with full aggressiveness in the second run.
- After Sonja Nef had won slalom World Cup points for the first time on December 29th at Semmering (please see “Other events”), she recorded her first victory in this discipline on January 26th in Sestriere , but afterwards she developed into an outstanding giant slalom -Size.
- Claudia Riegler from Salzburg, who starts for New Zealand, scored her first victory on January 28th in Serre Chevalier's slalom ; that was also the second World Cup victory ever for the New Zealand Ski Association (previously Annelise Coberger as slalom winner in Hinterstoder on January 14, 1992).
- Varvara Selenskaja achieved (after finishing 2nd the day before) the first victory in the second descent from Narvik (March 1st), which was a "sprint descent ". A possible victory for her had not come about on December 2nd, as the departure in Lake Louise had been canceled on that day .
- On March 13th, Heidi Zurbriggen achieved her first victory on the descent in Kvitfjell .
- Kvitfjell also had a maiden win the day after, when Ingeborg Helen Marken won the Super-G there, which was her only success in the World Cup. She was the second Norwegian (after Merete Fjeldavlie ) to win the World Cup.
- The last slalom of the season on March 17th in Hafjell brought Karin Roten , who had only achieved podium places for the first time last season, the maiden victory.
Cancellations and postponements
Men's:
- The giant slalom in Kranjska Gora with a start time of 10:15 h was canceled after 12 runners and started again two hours later. Jure Košir had led it before Alberto Tomba and Hans Knauss. At the restart, Tomba did not take part. (Košir was eliminated.)
- The sprint downhill run planned on January 12th at the Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel was prevented by a persistent foehn.
- The precarious snow conditions in Wengen meant that the Lauberhorn event (January 19-21) was taken over by Veysonnaz.
- The organizers in Garmisch-Partenkirchen had big problems. For the time being, the descent on February 2nd was due to the too soft slope according to start no. 65 canceled. The next departure was brought forward to February 4th (start 12:10 pm), the Super-G was fixed on February 5th, but the departure had to be canceled due to rain and fog. The plan to run both races on February 5th, which would have been a premiere in the men's area, failed because German television had already dismantled its cameras in the upper part of the track. So there was an additional date in Happo 'One for the departure.
- The Super-G, which started one hour late on February 5th due to snowfall, had to be interrupted again for an hour after Lasse Kjus (who was disqualified). Perathoner had previously taken the lead with No. 10. Since the team leaders still needed results for their World Cup squad, the race was pulled through despite the irregularity. With the Austrian team, Patrick Wirth was the real beneficiary, because thanks to the third rank he made the nomination for Sierra Nevada.
- In Happo 'One (that's the correct spelling - in German "The Eight Ways") the departure from March 1st had to be canceled due to snowfall. Also on March 2nd it was not possible to drive. A postponement to March 4th was not possible because the runners (via Tokyo and Oslo) had to travel to the finals in Kvitfjell, which meant that the early decision was made in favor of Alphand in the discipline classification.
Women:
- The season started with a cancellation of the giant slalom in Tignes on November 11th, and this race was canceled without replacement. A storm of 60 km / h led to the demolition after 21 runners ( Martina Ertl in the lead ahead of Leila Piccard and Heidi Zeller-Bähler ).
- In Lake Louise , a giant slalom was scheduled for November 25th and a slalom two days later. The outside ambience couldn't have been better, but the organizer had started the slope preparation way too late due to internal financial disputes in Canada. The giant slalom was added on January 5th in Maribor, so there were two giant slaloms there (and one slalom on January 7th).
- As already mentioned in the article "Premier Victories" in the subtitle "Women" regarding Varvara Zelenskaya, the descent in Lake Louise on December 2nd was canceled due to a snow storm according to start no. 29 aborted and thus canceled after a waiting period. The fastest in training, Selenskaja, was ahead of Hilary Lindh and Bibiana Perez .
- The departure planned for January 27 in Cortina has been canceled. For the time being, there had been no training due to incomplete preparation (a boycott planned by Picabo Street was up for discussion), the training that was still being carried out on the day of the race was stopped by FIS race director Kurt Hoch after eleven runners because of a jump that was too long despite the best weather the race canceled. The DSV team was annoyed because of the missing combination, Martina Ertl spoke of “pure sports politics” because after Anita Wachter's elimination from the slalom she would have been one of the favorites for the win or top spot.
Illnesses / injuries
Men's:
- At the women's slalom in St. Anton (December 17), Michael Tritscher (who won the World Cup slalom in Beaver Creek a month ago ) acted as a forerunner, where he fell and tore the collateral ligament and meniscus in his left knee and he was canceled for the rest of the season.
- The training sessions for the Kitzbühel runs already claimed several victims: Lasse Kjus fell on January 11th during the first training session on the Kitzbühel Streif; he suffered a concussion and severe bruise on his neck; his face was badly bruised (left eye closed). After being rescued by helicopter and winch, he spent four days in hospital; he was out for three weeks. At Dieter Bartsch's request, the Austrian team doctor, the surgeon Karl Benedetto, looked after him. (After that, the route was defused.) The debutant Andreas Schifferer suffered bruises and a concussion (after brainwave measurements at Schifferer the end of the season had to be reported), Markus Foser a capsule injury in his left knee, Josef Strobl a concussion and a slight strain in the right ankle ( thus a start ban was imposed on him); Franco Cavegn suffered the most severe injury - after a fall on the Hausberg he suffered a cruciate ligament rupture; and Pietro Vitalini (no. 5; fall in the steep slope exit) was injured.
- Alberto Tomba had to skip the giant slalom in Adelboden because of flu.
- On the descent in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (February 2), Årne Sæter, who started the race with no. 66, fell because of the softened edge of the piste; the Norwegian suffered a concussion, a broken arm and a shoulder dislocation.
- Hans Knauss had to give “wo” as second in the fight for the “small ball” in the Super-G because he was in bed with a temperature of 40 degrees; she even had to be hospitalized because of a rash.
Women:
- Florence Masnada suffered a pelvic dislocation in a fall after crossing the finish line at the Super-G in Veysonnaz on December 20 (there was diffuse light and there was not enough scatter - she was lifted by a wave and twisted her knee); the Frenchwoman, who came ninth-fastest in the ranking, was flown to Sion by helicopter.
Other happenings
General:
- The ski brand Rossignol was the winner of the season for both women and men ahead of Atomic and Völkl.
Men's:
- The descent in Val-d'Isère (December 9th) was a "sprint descent" (thus ridden in two runs, whereby only the first thirty could qualify for the second run) and with Luc Alphand the first and the one with No. 38 "equipped" Roland Assinger won (s) the second run.
- At the slalom in Madonna di Campiglio (December 19) only 22 runners were classified, on January 21 in Veysonnaz there were only 21.
- Andreas Schifferer achieved his first podium with second place on the downhill in Bormio (December 29th), with start no. 35 also improved the result of the Austrians (at this point Günther Mader in 6th place).
- After a good six years (November 30, 1989 in Waterville Valley ), Urs Kälin succeeded again on January 6 at the giant slalom in Flachau .
- A later publication informed about a special side effect of the aforementioned giant slalom in Flachau, when a certain Hermann Maier, who at that time was known only to a few officials of the Austrian Ski Association in terms of skiing qualities, had ridden the forerunner of the second round with the twelfth best run time (although still a coincidence was responsible for Maier being allowed to drive this run). And since Maier had won the European Cup giant slalom in Sella Nevea on February 9th, he had already been nominated for Hinterstoder for the next day and he finished - with start number. 32 started the race - 26th place out of 28 classified runners (the deficit on winner Von Grünigen was 4.48 s - and Maier was just able to qualify with 30th place in the first run).
- With the victory in the Hahnenkamm downhill (January 13th), which was also his only downhill victory, Günther Mader was only the third man to win in all disciplines at that time (after Pirmin Zurbriggen and Marc Girardelli ). Incidentally, Mader's winning time of 1: 54.29 meant a new course record.
The successes in downhill, slalom and combination were the first “triple” for the ÖSV runners since 1958, when Andreas Molterer had all three wins.
- The SSV team had another four- fold victory on their first descent in Veysonnaz (January 19) - this since the Calgary dress rehearsal on March 14, 1987 in Nakiska ; on the other hand, it was the worst result for the ÖSV men with Patrick Ortlieb's 8th place since March 5th, 1994 in Aspen (Ortlieb also back then, but only 18th).
- At the night slalom on January 27th in Sestriere , the Austrian men managed to take the entire podium in this discipline for the first time.
- A runner from Flachau in Salzburg's Pongau had also earned the number of points for the season finale in Super-G and giant slalom - the media interest, and apparently also that of the ÖSV, was aimed at the established runners. There was no other explanation for the fact that the 23-year-old "season newcomer" Hermann Maier skied with a race suit borrowed from an ÖSV snowboarder and in the Super-G, which he competed with No. 20, with skis borrowed from Lasse Kjus and as 3rd best of 7 ÖSV runners finished 11th with 1.64 seconds behind (in the giant slalom he was eliminated in the 1st run). (And please also see “Triumph of the Norwegians” in the article “World Cup decisions in the Super-G”).
- Men's head coach Dieter Bartsch, a Styrian, left the Norwegian association after seven successful years.
Women:
- At the giant slalom in Val-d'Isère (December 11th), three runners with start numbers outside the top group came in behind Martina Ertl, who won with no.6 with a margin of 0.23 seconds: Mojca Suhadolc with 24, Alexandra Meissnitzer at 25 and Karin Roten at 23.
- The first descent in St. Anton am Arlberg (December 15) was a "sprint descent", whereby only the first thirty of the first run were eligible to participate in the second run. Katja Seizinger won the first run, Picabo Street the second - and Austria's “newcomer” Alexandra Meissnitzer took a sensational third place in the overall standings.
- At the first slalom on Semmering (December 29th) there were "first experiences" for two Swiss runners, because Karin Roten made it onto a World Cup podium for the first time (with the fastest time in the second run, she climbed the second-highest step after rank 5 in the first run) , Sonja Nef, who started the race with no. 37, took eighth World Cup points for the first time in slalom.
- Deborah Compagnoni celebrated an impressive comeback after a nine-month injury break on January 5th in Maribor with rank 2 (even fastest time in the first run). In August she had a third knee operation, her main focus being the World Championships.
- The slalom in Sestriere was a night slalom with starting times at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
- Katja Seizinger achieved three victories from February 2nd to 4th when she was successful in one downhill and two super Gs in Val-d'Isère.
- The two runs in Narvik (February 29 and March 1) were also “sprint runs”.
- In Narvik on March 2nd, the Italian team achieved a triple victory for the first time in World Cup history with an outstanding Compagnoni and also Panzanini and Kostner (for whom it was also the only giant slalom podium in their career).
World Cup decisions
Men's
Overall:
Lasse Kjus managed to start with three second places in the giant slalom, plus victory and second place in the Super-G and also victory and a second place in the downhill as "highlights" a small preliminary decision. As a result, after Bormio (December 29) with 885 points, he was already clearly ahead of Michael von Grünigen with 287 points ; Hans Knauß (439) was third ahead of Alberto Tomba (356). After February 10th, the giant slalom in Hinterstoder (6th place), 6 races to go, with 1,014 points, Kjus had a lead of 176 points over Von Grünigen and 189 over Mader; Alphand and Knauß had 688 points and Tomba 666 ex aequo. After his third place in the Super-G in Kvitfjell (7th place for Mader), Kjus had reached the goal - the score 1198 to 991 was impossible to catch.
Downhill:
After the December races, Luc Alphand was leading with 263 points ahead of Kjus (225), Patrick Ortlieb & Xavier Gigandet (175 each), Roland Assinger (146), Günther Mader (144), Andreas Schifferer (120) and Franco Cavegn ( 101). With his victory in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (February 2) Alphand had already brought about the decision; he was ahead with 532 points; Ortlieb (6th place) had 359 ahead of Mader (327).
Super-G:
After Garmisch-Partenkirchen (February 5), Hans Knauß was in the lead with 207 points, just ahead of Atle Skårdal (200), Kjus (180) and Richard Kröll and Fredrik Nyberg (each 161), who were fourth ex aequo . With his second place in Happo 'One, Skårdal overtook Knauß, who had landed on rank 3 (0.12 s behind him) - as Knauß could not compete in the final (please see article “Illnesses / Injuries”) and the other pursuers could not had achieved the necessary "big points", Skårdal, who started the race with no. 5, would have been 9th in the event of a victory for Kjus, who started immediately after him (in the end it was 8th for Skårdal - and because Kjus denied to this When Alphand had not been able to overtake him at the point in time with No. 2, the discipline success was realized; thanks to Aamodt's victory with No. 16, the Norwegians achieved a complete triumph).
Giant slalom:
After the victory in Hinterstoder (February 10th) Michael von Grünigen secured the score with 720 points; Urs Kälin took 2nd place (501) ahead of Kjus (375) and Knauß (306).
Slalom:
Before the final, Amiez was only 19 points ahead of Tomba with 459 points; Sykora (346) was already "out" - and rank 2 for the French and 4 for Tomba brought a clear result.
Combination:
“Sovereign” success for Günther Mader with a victory and a second place, whereby he benefited from the fact that Knauß and Kernen, who landed in the ranks 2 and 3 in Kitzbühel, were eliminated in the second round of the Veysonnaz slalom. However, they weren't good slalom runners, so they couldn't seriously endanger him in any phase of this race. Mader himself only had to get through to a certain extent - in the end he finished 15th. On the other hand, Marc Girardelli and Aamodt , who came in first and third in Veysonnaz, did not make it into the combined ranking in Kitzbühel; the “Luxemburger” was not at the start, Aamodt (in the descent only in 37th place, 3.71 seconds behind winner Mader) was eliminated in the first slalom run.
Ladies
Overall:
At the turn of the year Katja Seizinger was third with 413 points behind Anita Wachter (504) and Alexandra Meissnitzer (488). They were followed by Elfi Eder (360), Michaela Dorfmeister (349), Picabo Street (328), Heidi Zurbriggen (300) and Pernilla Wiberg (291). Seizinger was ahead with 1,082 points after February 4; the other places were held by Wachter (891), Ertl (889) and Meissnitzer (716). The win of the "big ball" was clear for Seizinger after the departure in the final on March 6th when she was third and rival Wachter fifteenth, whereby the intermediate result was 1292 to 943.
Departure:
After the departure in Val-d'Isère, Picabo Street led with 460 points ahead of Seizinger (325), Isolde Kostner (305) and Meissnitzer (247).
Super-G:
Thanks to her two victories in Val-d'Isère (February 2nd and 4th), Katja Seizinger was already the winner of the "small ball" with 465 points, because the second-placed Meissnitzer was behind with 354 points (Ertl had 335 points ).
Giant slalom:
It was practically a season for the DSV runners with five wins and a total of nine out of 21 podium places (only in Narvik the "Squadra Azzura" intervened fabulously), with Martina Ertl pulling away with three wins in a row and then Seizinger had worked up to "number two".
Slalom:
After the two competitions at Semmering, thus five seasonal slaloms, Elfi Eder was ahead with 360 points; Her pursuers were Marianne Kjørstad (214), Martina Accola (210), Wiberg (200) and Urška Hrovat (192). After Eder was only seventh in Sestriere (after leading), one race later (and this despite rank 11) in Sierre Chevallier she was able to call the "slalom ball" with 580 points against 400 from Hrovat (rank 8).
Combination:
Only the “Arlberg-Kandahar Combination” was held, whereby Anita Wachter won it with ranks 17 in the downhill and 12 in the slalom (with only nine runners in the ranking).
Resignations
- At the national championships in Engelberg , Heidi Zeller-Bähler announced her resignation after 12 years of membership in the team. At the same time Angelo Maina, who had only been a women's coach since 1993 (he had been with the Swiss Ski Federation since 1984), surprisingly announced his resignation.
- Another resignation, also from the Swiss team, was on May 31st by Daniel Mahrer , who was retained in skiing by his sponsors and his outfitter «Rossignol» due to PR tasks.
Race outside the World Cup
In the Challenge organized by the Italian sports newspaper “Gazzetta dello Sport” in Sestriere in the first few days of January, a night slalom in three rounds with the ten best current slalom runners (prize money approx. 5,000 DM for the victory, still approx. 450 DM for 10th place), Jure Košir won ahead of Michael von Grünigen, Finn Christian Jagge and Sébastien Amiez; 6th place for Christian Mayer and 8th for Bernhard Bauer; Tomba failed.
A "show race" with the 32 best drivers planned for February 3rd as part of the men's World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen by the French news agency AFP with Volker Schmid as the responsible promoter had to be canceled due to the bad weather. For this event, for which prize money totaling approx. 200,000 DM (170,000 CHFr / 1.4 million S), some national associations, including the ÖSV (the term "pirate race" was used), no starting permit. On the other hand (in Austria) the question arose to what extent the ski association had such a right to issue instructions over its runners. In contrast to footballers, these are not club employees, but are in a different position with works contracts , all of which was nourished by the current “Bosman judgment” ( Bosman decision ).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "Mayer only a hundredth past total triumph" in "Kronenzeitung" of November 27, 1995, pages 7 and 6 from the back
- ^ "Ski in the car, away - Tomba struck Giant Slalom II" in "Kronenzeitung" of December 22, 1995, pages 9 and 8 from the back
- ↑ "Two degrees less should save the 'big' descent" in "Kronenzeitung" of January 13, 1996, pages 7 and 6 from the back
- ^ "Veysonnaz jumps in for Wengen" in "Kronenzeitung" of January 10, 1996, pages 8 from the back; POS .: second box, middle
- ^ "Wengen gave up" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 7 of January 10, 1996, page 25; POS .: left center
- ↑ "Mader seeks revenge with softer shoes" in "Kronenzeitung" of February 3, 1996, pages 7 and 6 from the back
- ^ "Skimarathon an Perathoner" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 30 of February 6, 1996, page 23
- ↑ "The game of misery in 'Hell' had two winners" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" on February 6, 1996, page 21
- ↑ "Sieger Ortlieb and Mader insist on a World Cup fixed place" in "Kronenzeitung" of February 4, 1996, pages 7 and 6 from the back
- ^ "Mader brother as a detective" in "Kronenzeitung" of February 5, 1996, pages 7 and 6 from the back
- ↑ "Fortunately better than in Morioka" in "Kronenzeitung" of February 29, 1996, pages 10 and 9 from the back
- ↑ "Snowfall! Departure in Japan canceled ”in“ Kronenzeitung ”of March 2, 1996, page 10 from the back; POS .: top right
- ^ "Japan departures canceled again" in "Kronenzeitung" of March 3, 1996, page 13 from the back; POS .: box in column 3
- ^ "Luc Alphand, the winner without a race" in "Kronenzeitung" of March 4, 1996, pages 13 and 12 from the back
- ↑ "In Club Med the ski aces rehearsed the uprising!" In "Kronenzeitung" of November 12, 1995, pages 11 and 10 from the back
- ^ "Compulsory break for our ski ladies" and glossary on the right "On the way with the ski circus" in "Kronenzeitung" of November 26, 1995, pages 10 and 9 from the back
- ↑ "Wonderful winter landscape, but no races because of internal financial disputes" in "Kronenzeitung" of November 27, 1995, page 6 from the back
- ↑ "Wachter is having a flu in front of Marburg" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of January 5, 1996, page 23
- ^ "Snowstorm stopped the downhill skiers, today the next attempt in Lake Louise" in "Kronenzeitung" of December 3, 1995, page 8 from the back
- ↑ "Women threaten with boycott" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of January 27, 1996, page 25; POS .: columns 1 and 2; second heading
- ^ "World Cup diary" with the title "Before the World Cup to Obertauern" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of January 29, 1996, page 11; POS .: columns 1 and 2, middle
- ↑ “ What bad luck! The forerunner of Mike's sideband is from "in" Kronenzeitung "of December 18, 1995, page 8 from the back (blue box)
- ↑ "The season is over for Michael Tritscher - 'but I'll be back in Nagano!'" In "Kronenzeitung" of December 19, 1995, page 6 from the back
- ^ "Season over for Andi" in "Kronenzeitung" of January 26, 1996, page 9 from the back; POS .: box in column
- ↑ “The icy 'Streif' was relentless. Schifferer, Strobl, Kjus and Foser im Spital ”in“ Salzburger Nachrichten ”of January 11, 1996, page 23
- ↑ “Starting shot with a sprint and bonus for the old hands!” In “Kronenzeitung” of January 12, 1996, pages 7 and 6 from the back
- ↑ "World Cup live" with subtitle "No photos from Lasse" in "Kronenzeitung" of January 12, 1996, page 7 from the back; POS .: Column 1
- ^ "World Cup Diary" heading with the title "ÖSV doctor issues start ban" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of January 11, 1996, page 23; POS .: columns 2 and 3; below
- ↑ "The Triumph of the Silent" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of March 11, 1996, page 24; POS .: columns 1 and 2, below
- ^ "World Cup live" with subtitle "Bologna instead of Kuonisbergli" in "Kronenzeitung" from January 15, 1996, page 9 from the back; POS .: column one
- ↑ "Mader shortened to 176 points" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 28 of 3rd / 4th. February 1996, page 39
- ↑ "The World Cup fixed - Norway's 'Schweiger' Lasse Kjus smiled" in "Kronenzeitung" of March 8, 1996, page 10 from the back
- ↑ heading "Triumph of the Norwegians: Kjus, Aamodt, Skaardal, brands" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" on 8 March 1996, page 22; POS .: columns 3 and 4, below
- ↑ "Das Unglück wore number 13" in "Kronenzeitung" of December 21, 1995, page 8 from the back; POS .: right column
- ^ "Question of the day" section in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 250 of October 28, 1996, page 25, POS .: bottom right
- ^ "Mensch Maier - a special career" in "Kronenzeitung" of March 9, 1996, page 12 from the back
- ↑ Glossary "Unterwegs mit dem skirkus" with the title "Bartsch will not rust" in "Kronenzeitung" of March 11, 1996, page 15 from the back; POS .: left
- ↑ "Alexandra's stubbornness made her 3rd!" In "Kronenzeitung" of December 16, 1995, pages 7 and 6 from the back
- ↑ "Later called slalom winner. Swede Andersson in front of Eder ”in“ Salzburger Nachrichten ”of January 8, 1996, page 22
- ↑ “'Glad it's over': Only Wachter fulfilled expectations” in “Salzburger Nachrichten” of February 23, 1996, page 12; last paragraph
- ↑ "Eder reaches for the Slalom World Cup" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 21 of January 26, 1996, page 21
- ↑ “That has a future! Mayer enthusiastic about three slalom runs ”and“ Tomba against all! The ski show under floodlights ”in“ Kronenzeitung ”from January 5, 1996, pages 8 and 6 from the back
- ↑ "Today Super-G, departure in Japan" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 29 of February 5, 1996, page 29
- ↑ Glossary "Stopplicht", subtitle "Ski-Bosmänner" in "Kronenzeitung" from February 5, 1996, page 7 from the back; POS .: right
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