Mader made his World Cup debut at age 18 and competed for 16 seasons, including four Winter Olympics and seven world championships. He was the bronze medalist in the downhill at the 1992 Olympics and won a total of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races.[clarification needed]
His only World Cup victory in downhill was the prestigious Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel, Austria, in 1996 at age 31. Mader retired from competition after the 1998 season with 14 World Cup victories, 44 podiums, and 146 top ten finishes.[1]
Only 13 days after his retirement in March 1998, he suffered a stroke: as a result the right side of his body was paralysed and he lost 85 percent of his vocabulary. However he recovered to the greatest possible extent. After convalescence, he wrote a book titled ÜberLeben which covered his career, the stroke and his work as director of racing at ski manufacturer Salomon in Austria, a position he took up during his recovery from his stroke. ÜberLeben has a double meaning in German, translatable as "about life" but also as "survival".
günther, mader, born, june, 1964, former, alpine, racer, olympic, medalist, from, austria, born, matrei, brenner, tyrol, only, five, have, world, races, five, alpine, disciplines, downhill, super, giant, slalom, slalom, combined, born, 1964, june, 1964, matrei. Gunther Mader born 24 June 1964 is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist from Austria Born in Matrei am Brenner Tyrol he is one of only five men to have won World Cup races in all five alpine disciplines downhill super G giant slalom slalom and combined Gunther MaderBorn 1964 06 24 June 24 1964 age 59 Matrei am Brenner Tyrol AustriaOccupationAlpine skierHeight177 cm 5 ft 10 in Skiing careerDisciplinesDownhill Super G Giant slalom Slalom CombinedClubSC Gries Am BrennerWorld Cup debut22 December 1982 age 18 RetiredMarch 1998 age 33 Websiteguenthermader atOlympicsTeams4 1988 98 Medals1 0 gold World ChampionshipsTeams7 1985 97 Medals6 0 gold World CupSeasons16 1983 98 Wins14Podiums44Overall titles0 2nd in 1995 amp 1996 Discipline titles2 1 GS 1 K Medal record Men s alpine skiingRepresenting AustriaWorld Cup race podiumsEvent 1st 2nd 3rdSlalom 1 0 4Giant slalom 2 3 3Downhill 1 2 3Super G 6 4 2Combined 4 2 4Total 14 11 16Olympic Games1992 Albertville DownhillWorld Championships1987 Crans Montana Slalom1987 Crans Montana Combined1989 Vail Combined1991 Saalbach Combined1996 Sierra Nevada Combined1997 Sestriere Super G Contents 1 Career 2 World Cup victories 2 1 Season titles 2 2 Individual races 3 References 4 External linksCareer EditMader made his World Cup debut at age 18 and competed for 16 seasons including four Winter Olympics and seven world championships He was the bronze medalist in the downhill at the 1992 Olympics and won a total of six medals in the world championships He won his first championship medal the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987 after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition Mader won two World Cup season titles giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996 and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996 and third in 1990 Without his 14 wins he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races clarification needed His only World Cup victory in downhill was the prestigious Hahnenkamm in Kitzbuhel Austria in 1996 at age 31 Mader retired from competition after the 1998 season with 14 World Cup victories 44 podiums and 146 top ten finishes 1 Only 13 days after his retirement in March 1998 he suffered a stroke as a result the right side of his body was paralysed and he lost 85 percent of his vocabulary However he recovered to the greatest possible extent After convalescence he wrote a book titled UberLeben which covered his career the stroke and his work as director of racing at ski manufacturer Salomon in Austria a position he took up during his recovery from his stroke UberLeben has a double meaning in German translatable as about life but also as survival World Cup victories EditSeason titles Edit Season Discipline1990 Giant slalom1996 CombinedIndividual races Edit 14 victories 1 DH 6 SG 2 GS 1 SL 4 K 44 podiums 6 DH 12 SG 8 GS 5 SL 13 K Season Date Location Race1986 21 Feb 1986 Wengen Switzerland Combined2 Mar 1986 Geilo Norway Slalom1988 20 Mar 1988 Are Sweden Combined1990 2 Dec 1989 Mt Ste Anne Canada Giant slalom30 Jan 1990 Les Menuires France Super G1991 6 Jan 1991 Garmisch Germany Super G1992 8 Mar 1992 Panorama Canada Super G1993 28 Mar 1993 Whistler Canada Super G1994 27 Nov 1993 Park City USA Giant slalom12 Dec 1993 Val d Isere France Super G1995 16 Jan 1995 Kitzbuhel Austria Super G1996 13 Jan 1996 Kitzbuhel Austria Downhill14 Jan 1996 Combined1997 12 Jan 1997 Chamonix France CombinedReferences Edit Ski db com results Gunther Mader accessed 2011 01 16External links EditGunther Mader at FIS alpine Gunther Mader at Olympedia Gunther Mader at Ski DB Alpine Ski Database Official website in German Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gunther Mader amp oldid 1172192823, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
