Beni Hofer

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Hofer Beni Alpine skiing
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
birthday May 3, 1978
place of birth Davos
job Carpenter
Career
discipline Downhill, Super-G,
giant slalom, combination
society Davos ski club
status resigned
End of career 2008
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
World Championship 0 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut March 11, 2000
 Overall World Cup 113th (2007/08)
 Downhill World Cup 42nd (2007/08)
 Super G World Cup 51st (2007/08)
last change: January 16, 2009

Beni Hofer (born May 3, 1978 in Davos ) is a Swiss freestyle skier and former ski racer .

In eight years in the Alpine Ski World Cup (2000 to 2008) he made 54 appearances, where he was twice in the top 20 (2007 in Wengen and Val Gardena ) and achieved a total of eight World Cup points. In the European Cup he recorded two victories in 153 races, both in 2001 in Ravascletto and Courchevel . The trained carpenter announced his retirement from alpine skiing in March 2008 and now works for his cousin Paul Accola's company .

Since January 2009, Beni Hofer has been racing in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup in the ski cross discipline .

successes

European Cup

  • 2nd place in the giant slalom ranking 2000/01
  • 4th place in the overall ranking 2000/01

European Cup victories

date place country discipline
January 25, 2001 Courchevel France Giant slalom
February 14, 2001 Ravascletto Italy Giant slalom

More Achievements

  • 13 victories in FIS races

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beni Hofer stops Beni Hofer stops , report by Swiss television , March 30, 2008
  2. ↑ Beni Hofer quits on March 30, 2008 on news.ch
personal data
SURNAME Hofer, Beni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ski racers and freestyle skis
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Davos