Magnus Walch

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Magnus Walch Alpine skiing
nation AustriaAustria Austria
birthday 15th June 1992 (age 28)
place of birth Feldkirch , Austria
size 175 cm
Weight 74 kg
Career
discipline Giant slalom , slalom
society SC Arlberg
status active
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut December 14, 2013
 Overall World Cup 122. ( 2017/18 )
 Giant Slalom World Cup 43rd (2017/18)
last change: March 11, 2019

Magnus Walch (born June 15, 1992 in Feldkirch , Vorarlberg ) is an Austrian ski racer . He is currently (as of 2018) a member of the B-team of the Austrian Ski Association and specializes in the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom .

biography

Magnus Walch comes from Lech , where he came into contact with racing through the Arlberg Ski Club . During his primary and secondary school years, he regularly measured himself against his peers, but said he was never able to keep up. It was only when he switched to the ski hotel management school in Bad Hofgastein that he made the serious decision to pursue a racing career.

In December 2007 he contested his first FIS races in St. Moritz , but in the first two years he was always at the bottom of the result lists. After a successful overseas training camp in Australia , he was given the opportunity to train with the Vorarlberger Landesverband and after a national youth championship was accepted into the youth team of the ÖSV. On December 22nd, 2011 he made his European Cup debut in the slalom of Madonna di Campiglio . In 2012 and 2013 he took part in the Junior World Championships , his best result being a 32nd place in the giant slalom on Mont Sainte-Anne .

In the summer of 2013 he was deleted from all ÖSV squads, but fought his way back and made his World Cup debut in the giant slalom in Val-d'Isère on December 14th . At the end of the season, he won the silver medal in his favorite discipline in the Austrian championships, just behind Philipp Schörghofer . In the 2014/15 season, Walch struggled with a stubborn tibia and was unable to achieve the desired European Cup results in the following winter. But he managed to win the Far East Cup in Nozawa Onsen . At the beginning of the next season he suffered a severe concussion and a fracture of the left shoulder socket in a training fall . In March 2017 he was crowned Austrian runner-up in giant slalom for a second time.

In January 2018, he qualified for the second round for the first time in his fifth World Cup giant slalom on Chuenisbärgli . He finished the race in 14th place and won his first World Cup points. At the end of the season he was again Austrian runner-up.

successes

World cup

  • 1 place among the best 15

World Cup ratings

season total Giant slalom
space Points space Points
2017/18 122. 18th 43. 18th
2018/19 127. 15th 44. 15th

Australia New Zealand Cup

  • 2018 season : 3rd overall ranking, 3rd giant slalom ranking
  • Season 2019 : 1st overall ranking, 1st giant slalom ranking
  • 6 podium places, including 2 wins:
date place country discipline
23 August 2019 Mount Hotham Australia Giant slalom
5th September 2019 Cardrona New Zealand Giant slalom
  1. ↑ The races of the Australia New Zealand Cup are held annually in August and September (southern winter) and are already included in the coming international season.

Junior World Championships

More Achievements

  • Austrian runner-up in giant slalom 2014, 2017 and 2018
  • 2 victories at the German championships (giant slalom 2012 and 2018 )
  • Victory at the Slovenian giant slalom championships in 2017
  • 1 win in the Far East Cup
  • 14 victories in FIS races

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Magnus Walch. Olympiazentrum Vorarlberg, accessed on December 16, 2018 .
  2. ↑ ÖSV team - Alpine skiing - World Cup season 2018/2019. Sport Austria, accessed on December 16, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Magnus Walch in the Skiweltcup.TV interview: “The puffer fish and Olympic gold have something in common!” Skiweltcup.tv, 2016, accessed on December 16, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Walch, Magnus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Feldkirch , Austria