Marcus Peschek

Marcus Peschek
Marcus Peschek at the ÖM 2010
nation	Austria
birthday	May 25, 1967
place of birth	Klosterneuburg
size	170 cm
job	Master painter
Career
discipline	Slalom , giant slalom , super-G , combination
society	BBSV Vienna
status	not active
End of career	2010
Medal table
World championships 2 × 5 × 4 × European championships 6 × 4 × 0 × Junior European Championship 0 × 4 × 2 ×
Grass ski world championships bronze Nobeyama 1987 Giant slalom gold Kindberg 1989 Giant slalom gold Kindberg 1989 combination bronze Kindberg 1989 slalom silver Bursa 1991 combination bronze Bursa 1991 slalom silver Asiago 1993 Super G bronze Asiago 1993 Giant slalom silver Kálnica 1995 Super G silver Castione 2003 slalom silver Castione 2003 Giant slalom  European Grass Ski Championships silver Gutenstein 1988 Giant slalom silver Gutenstein 1988 Super G silver Gutenstein 1988 combination gold Vars 1990 slalom gold Vars 1990 Super G gold Faistenau 1992 slalom gold Faistenau 1992 combination silver Faistenau 1992 Super G gold Kálnica 1994 Giant slalom gold Kálnica 1994 Super G  Grasski Junior European Championship silver Falconara 1984 slalom silver Falconara 1984 Giant slalom silver Falconara 1984 combination silver Hof 1985 Giant slalom bronze Hof 1985 slalom bronze Hof 1985 combination
Placements in the World Cup
Debut in the World Cup 2000  Overall World Cup 3rd ( 2001 )
Placements in the European Cup
All European Cup 1. (1991-1995)

Marcus Peschek (born May 25, 1967 in Klosterneuburg , Lower Austria ) is a former Austrian grass skier . He became two-time world champion , six -time European champion and 30-time Austrian champion . From 1991 to 1995 he won the overall European Cup five times in a row .

Career

Peschek came to grass skiing as a primary school student. At the age of 12 he became Austrian student champion for the first time and later several junior titles followed. He celebrated his first international successes at the Junior European Championships in 1984 and 1985, where he won a total of four silver and two bronze medals. In 1985 he also took part in a world championship in the general class for the first time, but could not achieve top positions.

Peschek won his first World Championship medal in Nobeyama in 1987 when he finished third in the giant slalom. In the same year he also won his first two Austrian championship titles and by 2010 he had them followed by 28 more titles. In 1988 Peschek won three silver medals in giant slalom, super-G and combined at the European Championships in Gutenstein . He celebrated his first major successes at the 1989 World Cup in Kindberg . In both giant slalom and combined he became world champion and in slalom he finished third. He won two more gold medals at the 1990 European Championships in slalom and Super-G. The Lower Austrian also won two titles at the next two European championships. In 1992 he won gold in the slalom and combined as well as silver in the Super-G in Faistenau and gold in the giant slalom and the Super-G in Kálnica in 1994 . In addition to his successes at the European Championships, Peschek also celebrated numerous victories in the European Cup and he won the overall standings five times in a row from 1991 to 1995. At the world championships in 1991, 1993 and 1995, however, Peschek could not quite repeat his successes from 1989. He came second three times (Combination 1991, Super-G 1993 and 1995) and third twice (Slalom 1991, Giant Slalom 1993).

In 1996 Peschek interrupted his sporting career for three years. He devoted himself to his professional development and in 1997 passed the master's examination as a painter . In the 1999 comeback season, the 32-year-old won his 20th Austrian championship title and at the World Championships in Gaal he came in sixth in slalom and in combination and seventh in Super-G. In 2001 Peschek achieved his first victory in the World Cup , which has been held since 2000 , he finished the season in third place overall. At the 2001 World Championships , he just missed a medal with fourth place in the slalom. Two years later, the now 36-year-old won two medals at the 2003 World Championships in Castione della Presolana : he finished second in both the slalom and giant slalom.

After Peschek had won all competitions at the Austrian championships in 2004, a broken collarbone forced him to take a break for more than a year in July . He was only able to take part in competitions again in August 2005 and only one month later he finished fifth in the giant slalom and eleventh in the Super-G at the World Championships in Dizin .

In 2006 and 2007 Peschek did not take part in any races for professional reasons. He started his own painting business and found little time for sport. In 2008 he returned to competition at the age of 41. Several top 10 results, including two third places in the Super-G and in the giant slalom in Marbachegg , helped him finish ninth in the overall World Cup in the 2008 season. Due to a few failures he was only able to score once in the World Cup in the 2009 season and fell back to 24th place. At the 2009 World Championships in Rettenbach , Peschek was eighth in the giant slalom and ninth in the Super-G. In June 2010, six years after his previous title, he became Austrian Super-G Champion. As in the previous year, he was only able to score in one World Cup race in the 2010 season , in the overall classification he was 32nd. After 2010, Peschek did not take part in any competitions.

successes

World championships

• Nobeyama 1987 : 3rd giant slalom, 6th Super-G
• Kindberg 1989 : 1st giant slalom, 1st combination, 3rd slalom
• Bursa 1991 : 2nd combination, 3rd slalom
• Asiago 1993 : 2nd Super-G, 3rd giant slalom
• Kálnica 1995 : 2nd Super-G, 4th giant slalom
• Gaal 1999 : 6th slalom, 6th combination, 7th super-G
• Forni di Sopra 2001 : 4th slalom, 5th combination, 9th Super-G
• Castione della Presolana 2003 : 2nd slalom, 2nd giant slalom
• Dizin 2005 : 5th giant slalom, 11th super-G
• Rettenbach 2009 : 8th giant slalom, 9th Super-G

European championships

• Gutenstein 1988 : 2nd giant slalom, 2nd Super-G, 2nd combination
• Vars 1990 : 1st slalom, 1st super-G
• Faistenau 1992 : 1st slalom, 1st combination, 2nd Super-G
• Kálnica 1994 : 1st giant slalom, 1st super-G

Junior European Championships

• Falconara 1984 : 2nd slalom, 2nd giant slalom, 2nd combination
• Hof 1985 : 2nd giant slalom, 3rd slalom, 3rd combination

World cup

• 3rd overall: 2001

European Cup

• 1st overall: 1991 to 1995

Austrian championships

• Marcus Peschek won 30 Austrian championship titles from 1987 to 2010 : 11 × slalom, 9 × giant slalom, 5 × super-G, 1 × parallel slalom and 4 × combination

literature

• Austrian Ski (ed.): Austrian ski stars of A-Z . Ablinger & Garber, Hall in Tirol 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502285-7-1 , p. 315-316 .

Web links

Commons : Marcus Peschek  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Marcus Peschek in the database of the International Ski Federation (English) - results only registered since 2004