Atle Skårdal

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Atle Skårdal Alpine skiing
Atle Skårdal in December 2006
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday 17th February 1966 (age 54)
place of birth Lunde , Norway
Career
discipline Downhill , Super G
status resigned
End of career 1997
Medal table
World championships 2 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
silver Morioka 1993 Departure
gold Sierra Nevada 1996 Super G
gold Sestriere 1997 Super G
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual world cup victories 7th
 Overall World Cup 6. ( 1989/90 , 1990/91 ,
1992/93 )
 Downhill World Cup 2. (1989/90, 1990/91,
1992/93)
 Super G World Cup 1. ( 1995/96 )
 Combination World Cup 6. ( 1988/89 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Departure 6th 8th 5
 Super G 1 3 3
 

Atle Skårdal (born February 17, 1966 in Lunde , Telemark ) is a former Norwegian ski racer . The specialist in the fast downhill and super-G disciplines has twice been world champion in super-G and has won seven world cup races .

biography

Skårdal was world champion in Super-G at the 1996 World Ski Championships in the Sierra Nevada . He was able to successfully defend this title the following year at the 1997 World Ski Championships in Sestriere . Before that, he had already won the silver medal behind Swiss Urs Lehmann at the 1993 World Ski Championships in Morioka . In the World Cup , Skårdal scored seven victories in downhill and super-G races between 1990 and 1995. In the 1995/96 season he won the individual World Cup in the Super-G. In 1990 he won the election for Norway's Sportsman of the Year .

After the 1996/97 season Skårdal ended his career. From 2000 to 2005 he was the trainer of the Norwegian national ski team. Since then he has been employed as race director for the women's world cup races at the International Ski Federation FIS until June 2, 2019; he was replaced by Peter Gerdol . His nomination was announced on March 7, 2005; he replaced the Austrian Kurt Hoch , who had held this post since 1991.

Skårdal is married to the former Austrian ski racer Karin Köllerer . The couple has three children.

successes

winter Olympics

World championships

World Cup ratings

Atle Skårdal once the discipline ranking in the Super-G.

season total Departure Super G combination
space Points space Points space Points space Points
1984/85 87. 6th - - - - 32. 6th
1985/86 60. 25th 22nd 25th - - - -
1986/87 48. 23 17th 23 - - - -
1987/88 46. 23 19th 23 - - - -
1988/89 29 48 17th 28 - - 6th 20th
1989/90 6th 167 2. 120 5. 47 - -
1990/91 6th 153 2. 125 3. 28 - -
1991/92 50. 183 22nd 103 22nd 80 - -
1992/93 6th 596 2. 427 11. 169 - -
1993/94 9. 641 6th 399 5. 202 9. 40
1994/95 19th 355 17th 168 6th 142 8th. 45
1995/96 15th 492 12. 180 1. 312 - -
1996/97 11. 644 6th 452 7th 192 - -

World Cup victories

date place country discipline
January 20, 1990 Kitzbühel Austria Departure
March 17, 1990 Are Sweden Departure
December 15, 1990 Val Gardena Italy Departure
March 15, 1991 Lake Louise Canada Departure
February 27, 1993 Whistler Canada Departure
March 12, 1994 Whistler Canada Departure
December 10, 1995 Val d'Isère France Super G

Norwegian championships

Skårdal is a nine-time Norwegian champion :

  • 6 × downhill (1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996)
  • 3 × Super-G (1988, 1991, 1994)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerdol takes over from Skaardal as women's race director. sport.orf.at, June 2, 2019, accessed on June 3, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Skårdal, Atle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skaardal, Atle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Lunde , Norway