Patrick Wirth

Patrick Wirth
nation	Austria
birthday	17th September 1971 (age 48)
place of birth	Bezau , Austria
Career
discipline	Super-G, giant slalom
society	SC Bezau
status	resigned
End of career	March 21, 2001
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual World Cup debut January 22, 1992  Overall World Cup 44th (1995/96)  Downhill World Cup 33rd (2000/01)  Super G World Cup 39th (1995/96)  Giant Slalom World Cup 12. (1995/96)
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Super G 0 0 1

Patrick Wirth (born September 17, 1971 in Bezau ) is a former Austrian ski racer . He finished fifth in the Super-G at the 1996 Alpine World Ski Championships . His sister Katja Wirth also competed in ski races for the Austrian Ski Association .

Career

Wirth graduated from the Schruns main ski school and started for the SC Bezau ski club. His favorite discipline was the Super-G. In this he finished third in the 1996 Super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . In the seasons 1994/95 , 1998/99 and 1999/2000 he won the discipline classification in the European Cup .

successes

Alpine World Ski Championships

• 5th place in the Super-G 1996

Alpine Ski World Cup

• 3rd place in the Super-G of Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1996
• 12th place in the Super G World Cup 1996
• 7th place in the nine-time victory of the ÖSV ski team on the Patscherkofel

Alpine Ski European Cup

• Winning the Super-G European Cup: 1995, 1999, 2000
• 13 victories in European Cup races

National championships

• Austrian champion in giant slalom 1999

Junior World Championships

• 8th place in the giant slalom in 1990

Web links

• Patrick Wirth in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
• Patrick Wirth in the database of Ski-DB (English)