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Michael Matt
DisciplinesSlalom
ClubSK Flirsch – Tirol
Birth date13 May 1993 (age 33)
Birth placeZams, Tyrol, Austria
Family
Height1.85 m
Wcdebut17 November 2013
(age 20)
Olympicteams3 – (2018, 2022, 2026)
Olympicmedals3
Olympicgolds1
Worldsteams4 – (2015–2021)
Worldsmedals2
Worldsgolds0
Wcseasons13 – (2014–2026)
Wcwins1 – (1 SL)
Wcpodiums8 – (7 SL, 1 PS)
Wcoveralls0 – (18th in 2017)
Wctitles0 – (4th in SL, 2018)
Show-medalsyes

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 Winter Olympics and four World Championships.

Career

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

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

Season standings

Season
AgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom		Super GDownhillCombinedParallel
20152112442————rowspan=5
2016228427————
201723185————
20182419454———
2019253111————
202026389————34
2021273511———rowspan=630
2022285017————
2023297928———rowspan=4
2024305721———
2025316825———
2026323312———

Race podiums

  • 1 win – (1 SL)
  • 8 podiums – (7 SL, 1 PS)
Season
DateLocationDisciplinePlace
201713 November 2016Levi, FinlandSlalom2nd
5 March 2017Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom1st
19 March 2017Aspen, United StatesSlalom3rd
20181 January 2018  Oslo, NorwayParallel slalom2nd
4 January 2018Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom2nd
7 January 2018   Adelboden, SwitzerlandSlalom2nd
201922 December 2018Madonna di Campiglio, ItalySlalom3rd
202418 November 2023Gurgl, AustriaSlalom3rd

World Championship results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
slalom		Super-GDownhillCombinedTeam
 event 
201521DNF2—————
2017238—————
2019252————2
2021279—————

Olympic results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
slalom		Super GDownhillCombinedTeam
combined		Team
 event 
2018243————rowspan=22
202228DNF2————1
2026328———4

See also

References

  1. ^ "Matt-Bruder im Levi-Slalom dabei" [Matt brothers in Levi slalom at the same time] (in German). Kurier. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Men's Slalom Official Results". Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Audi FIS ski world cup 2016/17 - Official results". Archived 2017-03-08 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ "10th Men's Slalom 2nd run - OFFICIAL RESULTS". medias3.fis-ski.com. 2017-03-05.
  5. ^ Mulvenney, Nick (22 February 2018). "Alpine skiing: Matt completes family medal set to his own disbelief". reuters.com. Osmond, Ed (ed.). Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  6. ^ Rubinroit, Seth (24 February 2018). "Switzerland wins inaugural Olympic Alpine skiing team event". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Die Schachzüge der Matt-Brüder" [The maneuvers of the Matt brothers] (in German). nachrichten.at. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  8. ^ "ÖSV-Shootingstar - Wie Michael Matt einst eine Lawine überlebte | krone.at". 14 November 2016.