Daniel Yule (born 18 February 1993) is a Swiss

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and specializes in slalom. Born in

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, he is of

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parentage.

Racing career

Yule rose quickly to make his World Cup debut in the

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season in

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at the age of 18, he had achieved his first points at the European Cup level just a month earlier. Having had a year of solid results in the European Cup in 2013, he became a World Cup regular for the

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season.

2014

After earning his first European Cup victory in the early 2014 season, Yule achieved his first World Cup points in the third slalom of the year, a race that was moved to

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, where he took 17 place. The breakthrough result came on the same piste on which he had made his World Cup debut. With a start number of 41, Yule finished 30th after the first run, meaning he was the last person to qualify for a second. In that second run, Yule took 4 tenths of a second out of the rest of the field, which catapulted him up the order to eventual 7th position. This result was enough to earn him a place on the Swiss Olympic Team in

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, where he competed in the slalom. Twelfth after the first run, Yule was disqualified in the second. After the Olympics, Yule went to his first Junior World Championships, where he earned a Bronze Medal in the slalom.

2015

The

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season was to be the first which Yule concentrated on the World Cup, although Yule did claim back-to-back victories in the two European Cup slaloms in

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. He was able to find consistency in his skiing at the World Cup level, achieving points in 7 of the first 8 races of the season. Yule finished tenth three times; in

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, and

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. and with those results, he fulfilled the selection criteria for the

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. His run in the slalom at the Championships ended very quickly, as he skied out of the course after only three gates. Yule's season results were enough to qualify for the World Cup Finals for the first time, and he finished the slalom tour in 16th as highest ranked Swiss in the discipline.

2016

Yule began the year promisingly with a ninth place in the first slalom of the season in

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after the season opener in Levi was cancelled.

2018

During the

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season, Yule took his first World Cup podium finishes, taking third at both

and

2019

Yule started his

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season with a fifth place in

and a sixth in

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. He earned his first win on the World Cup circuit in the

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night slalom after finishing fourth in the first run. He benefited from both

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and

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straddling. Yule's victory was the first World Cup slalom win for a Swiss male skier since

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's first place in

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in November 2007.

2024

In a groundbreaking moment at the World Cup, Daniel Yule achieved a historic victory in the slalom event held in

. This remarkable triumph marked the first time in World Cup history that an athlete, initially ranking 30th after the initial run, secured a victory in such a competition. Yule's accomplishment marked a significant milestone, surpassing the prior achievement of

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, who had managed to secure victory in the Wengen slalom event in 2022 after beginning the race from the 29th position following the initial run.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 7 wins – (7 SL) * 17 podiums – (17 SL); 56 top tens

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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Daniel Yule
at the

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Daniel Yule at the Swiss Ski Team
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