Markus Eberle
Markus Eberle 
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 Austria , Germany
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| birthday | 2nd February 1969 (age 51) | ||||||||
| place of birth | Riezlern , Austria | ||||||||
| size | 182 cm | ||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg | ||||||||
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| discipline | Slalom , giant slalom | ||||||||
| society | SV Kleinwalsertal | ||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||
| End of career | 2003 | ||||||||
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Markus Eberle (born February 2, 1969 in Riezlern ) is a former Austrian - German ski racer and today's trainer . He specialized in the technical disciplines of slalom and giant slalom , was one of the best Germans in these disciplines for several years and was a six-time German champion .
biography
Eberle started skiing at the age of two. The Vorarlberg native from Kleinwalsertal celebrated his first successes in school races and was Austrian school champion in slalom in 1983. In the next few years he began to take part in FIS races and later in European Cup races and was accepted into the squad of the Austrian Ski Association . Eberle celebrated his first major successes in the European Cup in the 1990/91 season . He was tied with the German Tobias Barnerssoi overall winner and fifth in the giant slalom classification.
After his European Cup successes, Eberle started in the Alpine Ski World Cup in the 1991/92 season . He scored his first points on December 17, 1991 with 18th place in the slalom of Madonna di Campiglio , but this was his only season result. In the 1992/93 season he came three times in the points, but was then thrown back by a cruciate ligament rupture .
In 1993 Eberle moved to the German Ski Association and on December 5, 1993, he once again reached the points in the slalom in Stoneham . Then began a long dry spell with many failures. It was only three years later that he achieved another World Cup result in the Park City slalom on November 24, 1996. In January 1997 he came in the slalom of Kitzbühel and Schladming for the first time in the top ten and finished twelfth in the Slalom World Cup, his best result in this discipline. In the same winter, he took part in a world championship for the first time in Sestriere , but was eliminated in both slalom and giant slalom in the first round.
In the 1997/98 season his best result was seventh in the slalom in Kitzbühel, at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , he dropped out in both competitions. At the beginning of the 1998/99 season , Eberle achieved his best ever World Cup result: In the Park City slalom on November 22nd, he finished fourth at the same time as Norwegian Finn Christian Jagge and only missed the podium by four hundredths of a second. At the 1999 World Championships , he came in 23rd place in the giant slalom, he could not finish the slalom again.
In the 1999/2000 season Eberle came under the top ten four times and achieved his second-best World Cup result with fifth place in the giant slalom in Hinterstoder . His performances in the 2000/01 season were somewhat less good, but at the World Championships in St. Anton he achieved his best result at major events with 14th place in the slalom.
In the 2001/02 and 2002/03 seasons , Eberle only started in slalom, but did not achieve any top ten results. Neither at the 2002 Winter Olympics nor at the 2003 World Championships was he able to finish the slalom race, so he only got two results in nine major events. After a rather disappointing season, Eberle announced his retirement in August 2003, but from January to March 2004 he still took part in a few FIS races. After his active career he works as a trainer.
successes
World championships
- Vail / Beaver Creek 1999 : 23rd giant slalom
- St. Anton 2001 : 14th slalom
World cup
- Twelve placements in the top ten, including two in the top five
European Cup
- 1990/91 season : 1st overall ranking, 5th giant slalom ranking
- 1992/93 season : 4th slalom ranking
Junior World Championships
- Sälen 1987 : 28th giant slalom
National championships
- Six times German champion (slalom 1997 and 1998, giant slalom 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2003)
Web links
- Markus Eberle in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
- Markus Eberle (AUT) in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Markus Eberle (GER) in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Markus Eberle in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Profile of Markus Eberle as a trainer at the German Ski Association
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| SURNAME | Eberle, Markus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-German ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd February 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riezlern , Austria |