Hartmann "Harti" Weirather (born January 25, 1958) is a former

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alpine ski racer from

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. Born in

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, he specialized in the

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event.

Racing career

During the early 1980s, Weirather won six World Cup

races and won the downhill at the 1982 World Championships in

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. In addition, he won the World Cup season title in downhill in

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. Weirather's win at Kitzbühel in 1982 was the first-ever under two minutes on the full-length ''Streif'' course; his time (1:57.20) stood as the course record for ten years. (The two downhill races at Kitzbühel in 1982 were extremely fast compared to previous years; Weirather broke

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record (2:03.22) by over six seconds, and the top 15 finishers in both races were all under two minutes.)

Personal

Weirather is married to former World Cup champion

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. They run a business consultancy firm in

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, and their daughter,

Tina Weirather Christina "Tina" Weirather (born 24 May 1989) is a retired Liechtensteiner World Cup alpine ski racer. She won a bronze medal in Super-G for Liechtenstein at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Racing career Weirather made her World Cup ...

, is a former world junior champion and competes on the World Cup circuit for Liechtenstein.

World Cup results

Season titles

Season standings

Race podiums

*6 wins - (6 DH) *17 podiums - (17 DH)

World championship results

From 1948 through 1980, the

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were also the

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for alpine skiing.

Olympic results

References

External links

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Harti Weirather
World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weirather, Harti Austrian male alpine skiers 1958 births Living people FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of Austria Recipients of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria People from Reutte District Sportspeople from Tyrol (state)