Matthias Lanzinger
Matthias Lanzinger 
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 Matthias Lanzinger in December 2006 |
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| birthday | 9th December 1980 (age 39) | ||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Abtenau , Austria | ||||||||||||||||||
| size | 185 cm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
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Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom , combination |
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| society | Abtenau Sports Union | ||||||||||||||||||
| status | resigned (disabled skiing) | ||||||||||||||||||
| End of career | 5th March 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Matthias Lanzinger (born December 9, 1980 in Abtenau , Salzburg ) is a former Austrian ski racer . He was junior world champion and two-time Austrian champion , won the overall ranking of the European Cup in the 2003/04 season and reached a podium in the World Cup before a serious fall in March 2008, which resulted in an amputation of his left lower leg, interrupted his sporting career. From 2011 to 2015 Lanzinger took part in handicapped skiing races.
biography
Ski sports career
Lanzinger skied for the first time at the age of three and drove his first children's race at the local Abtenau ski club when he was five. After elementary and secondary school, Lanzinger, who was accepted into the state team of the Salzburg Ski Association at the age of 13, moved to the ski school in Stams , which he graduated from in 2000 with the Matura . Then he was stationed as a contract soldier for four years at the Rif Army Sports Center in Hallein . From the 1995/1996 season, Lanzinger took part in FIS races and national (youth) championships. In March 1997 he won the Austrian youth championship in slalom in his age group. In the same year he was accepted into the squad of the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV). From the winter of 1997/1998, the first isolated starts followed in the European and Nor-Am Cups , but for the time being he was mostly still in action in FIS races, in which he celebrated his first victory after several podium places in December 1999.
In February 2000, Lanzinger became junior world champion in combination and vice world champion in slalom, after which he belonged to the ÖSV European Cup group from next winter. In 2001 and 2002 he won the Austrian championship in combination. In the 2001/02 season Lanzinger made it to the top with several podiums in the European Cup. He celebrated his first European Cup victory on December 17, 2003 in the downhill run on the Tonale Pass . With another victory in the Super-G at Les Orres and a total of twelve top 10 results, Lanzinger won the overall ranking of the European Cup in the 2003/04 season . In addition, he was fourth in the downhill and giant slalom classification and second in the Super-G classification, which gave him a permanent place in the World Cup in this discipline and finally made his World Cup debut on November 28, 2004 in the Super-G of Lake Louise . He finished the race in a good twelfth place, which remained his best World Cup result this season. A year later, on December 1, 2005, Lanzinger achieved his only podium in the World Cup with a surprising third place in the Super-G at Beaver Creek . He finished the 2005/06 season in 14th position in the Super G World Cup. The breakthrough to the absolute top of the world did not succeed. After his podium finish, Lanzinger was among the fastest 20 in many World Cup races, but only made it into the top 10 twice, with a ninth place in the Lenzerheide Super G at the end of the 2006/07 season and a tenth place in the giant slalom from Sölden at the beginning of the 2007/08 season . In addition to the World Cup, Lanzinger continued to compete in the European Cup and achieved several podium places and victories. In the 2006/07 season he was second in the giant slalom ranking and third in the overall ranking of the European Cup.
Accident and further career
On March 2, 2008, Lanzinger suffered a multiple, open fracture of the lower leg with severe vascular injuries at the Super G World Cup race in Kvitfjell . The transport (first to Lillehammer , then to Ullevål University Hospital in Oslo ) took six hours. During the subsequent operation there were complications, only after the third vascular revision was the blood flow restored, but it could not be stabilized. Because of serious vascular injuries and the resulting insufficient oxygen supply and the temporarily non-intact blood circulation in the left lower leg, it had to be amputated below the knee on March 4, 2008 .
The ÖSV criticized that no ambulance helicopter was available during the race , so that a bench from a “tourist” helicopter had to be removed for transport. Valuable time was lost as a result. Lanzinger sued the FIS for compensation and loss of earnings, as the German expert Bernd Steckmeier found that both organizational fault and malpractice in Oslo made the amputation necessary. In September 2010, the Norwegian health authorities awarded Lanzinger the right to compensation for "failure to provide assistance".
In October 2008, Lanzinger began studying business administration and sports and event management at the private university at Schloss Seeburg . He also started to work as a marketing employee at the ski company Salomon . From winter 2008/09 he also worked as a columnist for the Kronen Zeitung and appeared as an expert on the ORF TV program Sport am Sonntag . In 2008 he was awarded the Skieur d'Or (Serge Lang Trophy) and the Special Award in the election for Austria's Sportsman of the Year . In July 2010 he married his long-time girlfriend.
Disabled sports
In October 2011, Lanzinger announced that it would compete in competitions in alpine sports for the disabled. His goal was to take part in the 2014 Paralympics in Sochi . Lanzinger starts in the standing men’s class and in his racing debut on November 17, 2011 in the IPCAS indoor slalom in Landgraaf , he immediately achieved third place (IPCAS = International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiing). On December 17, 2011, he celebrated his first victory in the European Cup at the giant slalom in Kühtai . In the further course of the 2011/12 season he became three-time Austrian national champion in slalom, giant slalom and super combined. On January 8, 2013, Lanzinger took part in a World Cup race as a disabled skier for the first time. At this giant slalom in Sestriere , he took second place. In the second giant slalom the next day, he celebrated his first World Cup victory.
On March 9, 2014, Lanzinger won his first Paralympic medal with second place in the Super-G at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi . He was also able to win the silver medal in the super combined .
successes
Alpine skiing
- World cup
- 1 podium and another 2 placements among the top ten
- European Cup
- 2003/04 season : 1st overall ranking, 2nd super-G ranking, 4th downhill ranking, 4th giant slalom ranking
- 2004/05 season : 4th Super-G classification
- 2006/07 season : 3rd overall ranking, 2nd giant slalom ranking
- 16 podium places, including 4 wins:
| date | place | country | discipline |
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| December 17, 2003 | Ponte Di Legno / Tonale Pass | Italy | Departure |
| February 6, 2004 | Les Orres | France | Super G |
| January 9, 2006 | Hinterstoder | Austria | Super G |
| February 27, 2007 | Hermagor | Austria | Giant slalom |
- Junior World Championships
- Québec 2000 : 1st combination, 2nd slalom, 8th downhill, 9th giant slalom
- More Achievements
- Two-time Austrian national champion in combination ( 2001 and 2002 )
- Military and police world champion in giant slalom 2006
- 7 victories in FIS races (5 × giant slalom, 2 × slalom)
Disabled skiing
- 2 Paralympic silver medals Winter Paralympics 2014 in Sochi
- 3 victories in world cup races
- 1 win in European Cup races
- 2 wins in IPCAS races
- Three times Austrian national champion (slalom, giant slalom and super combination 2012)
Awards
- 2008: Special Award in the election for Austria's Sportsman of the Year
- 2008 winner of the Skieur d'Or - Serge Lang Trophy
- 2013 Austria's disabled athlete of the year
literature
- Austrian Ski Association (Ed.): Austrian Ski Stars from A – Z. Ablinger & Garber, Hall in Tirol 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502285-7-1 , pp. 230-231.
Web links
- Matthias Lanzinger's website
- Profile on the website of the Austria Ski Team Disabled Sports
- Race results on the IPC Alpine Skiing website
- Matthias Lanzinger in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
- Matthias Lanzinger in the database of Ski-DB (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Matthias Lanzinger won medals at Austrian Youth Championships. ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ÖSV winner board, accessed on November 17, 2011.
- ↑ The drama in fast motion. ( Memento from October 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) kurier.at, October 27, 2008
- ↑ Lanzinger's lower leg amputated after a fall. Die Welt, March 4, 2008
- ↑ Alpine skiing: Lanzinger sued Skiverband diepresse.com , October 27, 2008, accessed on January 28, 2017.
- ↑ Breakdown series and paragraph slalom. ( Memento of October 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) courier, October 27, 2008
- ↑ Ski: Lanzinger receives compensation for amputation. DiePresse.com, September 7, 2010, accessed November 17, 2011.
- ↑ a b Lanzinger dares to make a racing comeback. sport.orf.at, October 19, 2011, accessed on November 17, 2011.
- ↑ a b c Matthias Lanzinger wants to go to the Paralympics! ( Memento of the original from November 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ÖSV, October 19, 2011, accessed on November 17, 2011.
- ↑ Lanzinger third in debut. sport.orf.at, November 17, 2011, accessed on November 17, 2011.
- ^ First European Cup victory for Lanzinger in Kühtai-RTL. sport.orf.at, December 18, 2011, accessed on January 9, 2013.
- ↑ Lanzinger in second place at comeback. salzburg.orf.at, January 8, 2013, accessed on January 9, 2013.
- ↑ Victory in only the second race. sport.orf.at, January 9, 2013, accessed on January 9, 2013.
- ^ Lanzinger winner of the Serge Lang Trophy. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. sport.orf.at, October 24, 2008
- ↑ 2008 Skieur d'Or - Serge Lang Trophy to Matthias Lanzinger. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. FIS, October 24, 2008
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lanzinger, Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Abtenau , Salzburg |