Skieur d'Or
The Skieur d'Or ( French for "Golden Skier") is an award given annually since 1963 by the International Association of Ski Journalists ( Association Internationale des Journalistes de Ski , AIJS). After the first president of the AIJS Serge Lang , it also bears the name Serge Lang Trophy .
The winner will of the journalists selected the AIJS that thus the most outstanding alpine ski racer distinguished or outstanding alpine skier of last winter. This is mostly determined by sporting successes - such as Olympic victories, world championship titles or world cup victories - but partly also by acting as a role model off the race track, as was the case with Matthias Lanzinger after his serious accident in 2008. One award is given each year, only in exceptional cases - previously in 1964, 1990 and 2015 - were there two winners. The Skieur d'Or was initially awarded at the end of the season on the occasion of the Arlberg-Kandahar races , today it will be awarded in October before the start of the next World Cup winter.
Up to and including 2018, the Skieur d'Or went to 25 ski racers and 16 female skiers from 13 countries, most of the award winners come from Austria (19 times) and Switzerland (11 times). The Swiss Pirmin Zurbriggen and the Austrian Marcel Hirscher have won the Skieur d'Or four times. Karl Schranz , Ingemar Stenmark and Alberto Tomba were each awarded three times , with Stenmark being the only one of all award winners to receive the award three times in a row.
Award winners
statistics
The following ski racers have been awarded the Skieur d'Or at least twice:
| number | Surname | country | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | Pirmin Zurbriggen |
 Switzerland
|
1984, 1985, 1987, 1990 |
| 4th | Marcel Hirscher |
 Austria
|
2012, 2015, 2016, 2018 |
| 3 | Karl Schranz |
Austria
|
1966, 1969, 1970 |
| 3 | Ingemar Stenmark |
 Sweden
|
1977, 1978, 1979 |
| 3 | Alberto Tomba |
 Italy
|
1988, 1992, 1996 |
| 2 | Jean-Claude Killy |
 France
|
1965, 1967 |
| 2 | Gustav Thöni |
Italy
|
1973, 1974 |
| 2 | Marc Girardelli |
 Luxembourg
|
1989, 1991 |
| 2 | Kjetil André Aamodt |
 Norway
|
1993, 2000 |
| 2 | Vreni Schneider |
Switzerland
|
1994, 1995 |
| 2 | Hermann Maier |
Austria
|
1998, 2004 |
| 2 | Stephan Eberharter |
Austria
|
2002, 2003 |
| 2 | Anna Fenninger |
Austria
|
2014, 2015 |
| 2 | Mikaela Shiffrin |
 United States
|
2017, 2019 |