On his 30th birthday in 2008, Macartney competed in the Hahnenkammdownhill in Kitzbühel, Austria. The second racer on the course, he had an excellent run going until he suffered a spectacular fall just five seconds from the finish line. After descending the steep Zielschuss section and reaching a speed of 87.75 mph (141.22 km/h), Macartney was challenging for a top ten finish. At the final jump (Zielsprung), he was twisted left while airborne, could not recover, and crashed whilst finishing the race. He was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in Innsbruck, said to have suffered bruising to the brain, and was put into an induced coma.[2] He regained consciousness the next day.[3] As Macartney did not miss a gate, he finished the race in 33rd place with a time of 1:55.91, 3.16 seconds behind the winner, Didier Cuche.[4] Macartney's speed at the end of the Zielschuss was the highest of the race; the next closest speed was 86.5 mph (139.2 km/h) by Bode Miller, who tied for second.
Macartney recovered from his injuries and was named to the top team ("A Team") of the U.S. Ski Team for the 2008-09World Cup season.[5]
scott, macartney, journalist, scott, mccartney, born, january, 1978, retired, american, world, alpine, racer, concentrated, speed, events, downhill, super, personal, informationborn, 1978, january, 1978, seattle, washington, occupationalpine, skierheight180, s. For the journalist see Scott McCartney Scott Macartney born January 19 1978 is a retired American World Cup alpine ski racer He concentrated in the speed events of downhill and super G Scott MacartneyPersonal informationBorn 1978 01 19 January 19 1978 age 46 Seattle Washington U S OccupationAlpine skierHeight180 cm 5 ft 11 in Skiing careerDisciplinesDownhill Super G CombinedClubCrystal MountainWorld Cup debutNovember 27 1999 age 21 WebsiteScott Macartney comOlympicsTeams2 2002 2006 Medals0World ChampionshipsTeams2 2005 2007 Medals0World CupSeasons10Wins0Podiums2Overall titles0Discipline titles0 15th in SG 2006 Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Injury at Kitzbuhel 2 World Cup results 2 1 Season standings 2 2 Top Ten finishes 3 World Championship results 4 Olympic results 5 References 5 1 Further reading 6 External linksBiography editBorn in Seattle Washington Macartney was raised in suburban Redmond where his parents were public school teachers He skied at the Crystal Mountain ski area located 75 miles 120 km southeast of Seattle where his parents were members of the volunteer ski patrol on weekends Macartney did not attend a ski academy but graduated from Redmond High School in 1996 while working his way up through regional teams in the Northwest with limited funding He attended Dartmouth College in Hanover New Hampshire where he earned a bachelor s degree in economics 1 Macartney competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and was the first racer on the course in the downhill event at Snowbasin and finished 29th He attained his first World Cup podium on January 29 2006 when he placed second at the Super G in Garmisch Partenkirchen Germany A few weeks later he competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino where he finished 16th in the men s combined 15th in the downhill and 7th in the super G at Sestriere Injury at Kitzbuhel edit On his 30th birthday in 2008 Macartney competed in the Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbuhel Austria The second racer on the course he had an excellent run going until he suffered a spectacular fall just five seconds from the finish line After descending the steep Zielschuss section and reaching a speed of 87 75 mph 141 22 km h Macartney was challenging for a top ten finish At the final jump Zielsprung he was twisted left while airborne could not recover and crashed whilst finishing the race He was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in Innsbruck said to have suffered bruising to the brain and was put into an induced coma 2 He regained consciousness the next day 3 As Macartney did not miss a gate he finished the race in 33rd place with a time of 1 55 91 3 16 seconds behind the winner Didier Cuche 4 Macartney s speed at the end of the Zielschuss was the highest of the race the next closest speed was 86 5 mph 139 2 km h by Bode Miller who tied for second Macartney recovered from his injuries and was named to the top team A Team of the U S Ski Team for the 2008 09 World Cup season 5 World Cup results editSeason standings edit Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Super G Downhill Combined 2002 24 135 52 2003 25 55 13 2004 26 135 43 2005 27 114 51 57 16 2006 28 42 15 26 39 2007 29 70 37 29 2008 30 70 34 26 2009 31 95 44 36 2010 32 138 50 Top Ten finishes edit 2 podiums 1 DH 1 SG Season Date Location Race Place 2003 19 Jan 2003 Wengen Switzerland Combined 8th 2006 16 Dec 2005 Val Gardena Italy Super G 7th 29 Jan 2006 Garmisch Germany Super G 2nd 2006 Winter Olympics 2007 1 Dec 2006 Beaver Creek CO USA Downhill 8th 2008 15 Dec 2007 Val Gardena Italy Downhill 3rdWorld Championship results edit Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super G Downhill Combined 2005 27 28 2007 29 31 30 Olympic results edit Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super G Downhill Combined 2002 24 25 29 2006 28 7 15 16References edit skiracing com BBC Online Alpine skier Macartney recovering after crash Reuters Archived from the original on 2008 09 23 FIS ski com Archived 2011 05 26 at the Wayback Machine U S Ski team Further reading edit Kahn Jennifer November 2009 Scott Macartney s Comeback Outside Santa Fe New Mexico Mariah Media External links editScott Macartney at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation Scott Macartney World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation Scott Macartney at Ski DB Alpine Ski Database Scott Macartney at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Scott Macartney personal website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scott Macartney amp oldid 1167645594, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
