Andreas Wenzel

Andreas Wenzel

File:Andreas Wenzel.JPG Wenzel in April 2014
Personal information
Born	(1958-03-18) 18 March 1958 Planken, Liechtenstein
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, combined
World Cup debut	1976 – (age 17)
Retired	March 1988 – (age 30)
Olympics
Teams	4 – (1976–88)
Medals	2
World Championships
Teams	6 – (1976–87) includes two Olympics
Medals	4 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	13
Wins	14
Podiums	48
Overall titles	1 – (1980)
Discipline titles	2 – (2 K, 1984, 1985)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing Liechtenstein World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 4 4 4 Giant slalom 3 3 3 Super-G 1 1 1 Combined 6 13 5 Total 14 21 13 Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 1980 Lake Placid Giant slalom Bronze medal – third place 1984 Sarajevo Giant slalom World Championships Gold medal – first place 1978 Garmisch Combined Silver medal – second place 1978 Garmisch Giant slalom Silver medal – second place 1980 Lake Placid Combined

Andreas Wenzel (born 18 March 1958) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein, active from 1976 to 1988. Born in Planken, he was the overall World Cup champion in 1980, the same season in which his older sister Hanni won the women's overall title. He also won two season titles in the combined event, in 1984 and 1985.

Career

Wenzel competed in four Winter Olympics, and won two Olympic medals and four World Championship medals, including one gold (through 1980, the Olympics doubled as the World Championships). One of the top five-event racers of his era, he finished his World Cup career with 14 victories, 48 podiums, and 122 top ten finishes.

Up to the 2018 Winter Olympics, Liechtenstein has won ten medals in its history of competition in the Winter Olympics, with eight of these medals achieved by two sets of siblings – Andreas and his sister Hanni are responsible for six medals, while brothers Willi and Paul Frommelt are responsible for two more. His niece Tina Weirather won a bronze medal in Super-G for Liechtenstein at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
1977	18	21	16	11	not run	—	not awarded
1978	19	3	7	2		—
1979	20	6	15	7		—
1980	21	1	8	4		13	2
1981	22	7	17	16		33	2
1982	23	5	13	11		—	2
1983	24	3	3	12	not awarded	30	5
1984	25	4	6	8		37	1
1985	26	3	4	14		35	1
1986	27	14	12	22	22	40	5
1987	28	19	28	19	13	—	2
1988	29	59	—	21	19	—	—

Season titles

3 titles – (1 overall, 2 combined)

Season	Discipline
1980	Overall
1984	Combined
1985	Combined

Individual races

14 wins: 1 super-G, 3 giant slalom, 4 slalom, 6 combined

Season	Date	Location	Race
1978	17 Jan 1978	Adelboden, Switzerland	Giant slalom
	6 Mar 1978	Waterville Valley, USA	Giant slalom
1980	12 Jan 1980	Lenggries, West Germany	Combined
	13 Jan 1980	Kitzbühel, Austria	Slalom
	8 Mar 1980	Oberstaufen, West Germany	Giant slalom
1981	4 Jan 1981	Ebnat-Kappel, Switzerland	Combined
1983	23 Feb 1983	Tärnaby, Sweden	Slalom
1984	1 Dec 1983	Kranjska Gora, Yugoslavia	Slalom
	20 Dec 1983	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	Combined
	15 Jan 1984	Parpan, Switzerland	Combined
	29 Jan 1984	Garmisch, West Germany	Super-G
1985	16 Dec 1984	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	Combined
	6 Jan 1985	La Mongie, France	Slalom
	13 Jan 1985	Kitzbühel, Austria	Combined

See also

• List of Olympic medalist families

External links

• Andreas Wenzel at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database