Michael Matt
| File:Michael Matt in action.jpg Matt in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 May 1993 |
| Occupation | Alpine skier |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Sport | |
| Skiing career | |
| Disciplines | Slalom |
| Club | SK Flirsch – Tirol |
| World Cup debut | 17 November 2013 (age 20) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 1 – (2018, 2022) |
| Medals | 3 (1 gold) |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 3 – (2015–19) |
| Medals | 2 (0 gold) |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 11 – (2014–2024) |
| Wins | 1 – (1 SL) |
| Podiums | 8 – (7 SL, 1 PS) |
| Overall titles | 0 – (18th in 2017) |
| Discipline titles | 0 – (4th in SL, 2018) |
Medal record | |
Michael Matt (born 13 May 1993) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialises in the Slalom discipline and has competed in three World Championships.
Career
[edit | edit source]Matt made his World Cup debut at age 20 in the Levi slalom in November 2013, racing alongside his brother Mario.[1] He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, US. Matt raced in the slalom, but failed to finish the second run.[2] Matt gained his first World Cup podium in Finland as the runner-up at Levi on 13 November 2016,[3] and celebrated his first victory on 5 March 2017 in Slovenia at Kranjska Gora.[4]
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyongchang, South Korea, Matt finished the first run of the slalom competition in 12th place but moved up to third after the second run, securing himself the bronze medal.[5] He was also part of the Austrian squad which took a silver medal in the team event.[6]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Matt is the brother of double World and Olympic champion Mario Matt and ski cross world champion Andreas Matt.[7] In 2001, at the age of eight, Michael Matt was buried by an avalanche.[8]
World Cup results
[edit | edit source]| Season | |||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2015 | 21 | 124 | 42 | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 22 | 84 | 27 | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 23 | 18 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 54 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 25 | 31 | 11 | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 26 | 38 | 9 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 27 | 24 | 9 | — | — | — | — |
- Standings through 17 January 2021
Race podiums
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| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2017 | 13 November 2016 | Finland Levi, Finland | Slalom | 2nd |
| 5 March 2017 | Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom | 1st | |
| 19 March 2017 | United States Aspen, USA | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2018 | 1 January 2018 | Norway Oslo, Norway | Parallel slalom | 2nd |
| 4 January 2018 | Croatia Zagreb, Croatia | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 7 January 2018 | Switzerland Adelboden, Switzerland | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2019 | 22 December 2018 | Italy Madonna di Campiglio, Italy | Slalom | 3rd |
| 2024 | 18 November 2023 | Austria Gurgl, Austria | Slalom | 3rd |
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World Championship results
[edit | edit source]| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2015 | 21 | DNF2 | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 23 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
Olympic results
[edit | edit source]| Year | |||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | Team | |
| 2018 | 24 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
See also
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External links
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- Michael Matt at the International Ski and Snowboard FederationLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Michael Matt at Ski-DB Alpine Ski DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Michael Matt at Rossignol Skis (archived)
- Michael Matt at Ski Austria (in German) (archive)
- Michael Matt at OlympediaLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Michael Matt at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Michael Matt at Team Austria (in German)
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- 1993 births
- Austrian male alpine skiers
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Zams
- Skiers from Tyrol (state)
- Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers for Austria
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
- Olympic gold medalists for Austria
- Olympic silver medalists for Austria
- Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
- 21st-century Austrian sportsmen