Paul Accola (born 20 February 1967 in

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. He came in first in the overall

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in 1992, and won a total of four medals at the Winter Olympics and World Championships in the combined event. By the end of his career, he won seven world cup victories and was on the podium 26 times, the last time being in 2000. In 2002 Accola suffered a serious ankle injury, breaking both of his talus bones. In February 2005, on his 38th birthday, Accola announced that he would retire as alpine skier after nearly two decades in the sport. He is the sixth Swiss athlete to compete at five Olympics, after middle-distance runner

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, equestrians

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, as he was found to have told the nearby children not to play in the area where he was mowing multiple times. He is the brother of fellow former alpine skier Martina Accola.

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* * * 1967 births Living people Romansh people Swiss male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions Skiers from Davos Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub

World Cup victories

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