Daniel Hemetsberger
Daniel Hemetsberger | |||||||
nation | Austria | ||||||
birthday | 23rd May 1991 (age 29) | ||||||
place of birth | Vöcklabruck , Austria | ||||||
job | Customs officer | ||||||
Career | |||||||
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discipline | Downhill , Super-G , combination | ||||||
society | SV Unterach | ||||||
status | active | ||||||
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup | |||||||
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last change: March 16, 2020 |
Daniel Hemetsberger (born May 23, 1991 in Vöcklabruck , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian ski racer . He specializes in the fast downhill and super-G disciplines.
biography
Daniel Hemetsberger comes from Nussdorf am Attersee and starts for SV Unterach .
At the age of 15 he competed in his first FIS races in Jerzens . In December 2008 he started in the Super-G on the Reiteralm for the first time in a European Cup race. His greatest success for the time being was at the Austrian championships in Innerkrems in 2014 when he won his first title in the Super-G. After a few top 10 results, he achieved his first European Cup podium with third place in the Wengen Super G in January 2017. In February he achieved another top result with the same result in the Sarntal descent . In the following season 2017/18 he was able to improve again and initially finished third in two Nor-Am-Cup races in Lake Louise . In January he won the European Cup home run in Saalbach-Hinterglemm .
On January 20, 2018, he made his World Cup debut on the Hahnenkamm run in Kitzbühel . At the end of the season he won the bronze medal in the Super-G at the Austrian championships and was included in the ÖSV squad for the first time. In December 2018 he qualified with convincing training performances for the World Cup downhill in Bormio , which he finished just outside the points in 32nd place. The next day he had a bad fall in the Super-G and tore a cruciate ligament , inner ligament and meniscus in his left knee. This was the fourth time in his career that he suffered a cruciate ligament rupture.
In March 2020 he won his first World Cup points as 15th on the downhill from Kvitfjell .
successes
World cup
- 1 place among the best 15
World Cup ratings
season | total | Departure | ||
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space | Points | space | Points | |
2019/20 | 133. | 46 | 46. | 16 |
European Cup
- 2013/14 season : 9th downhill classification
- Season 2016/17 : 9th downhill classification
- 2017/18 season : 5th downhill classification, 8th Super-G classification
- Season 2019/20 : 3rd downhill classification
- 5 podium places, including 1 victory:
date | place | country | discipline |
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January 10, 2018 | Saalbach | Austria | Departure |
More Achievements
- Austrian champion in the Super-G 2014
- 2 podium places in the Nor-Am Cup
- 2 victories in FIS races
Web links
- Daniel Hemetsberger in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Daniel Hemetsberger in the database of Ski-DB (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Top sport in the BMF. Federal Ministry of Finance , October 2018, accessed on December 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Daniel Hemetsberger strengthens the ÖSV Speed Team. State Ski Association of Upper Austria, April 26, 2018, accessed on December 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Hemetsberger suffered ligament tears in his knee in Bormio. ORF , December 29, 2018, accessed on December 29, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hemetsberger, Daniel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian ski racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vöcklabruck |