Patrick Thaler
DisciplinesSlalom
ClubC.S. Carabinieri
Birth date23 March 1978 (age 48)
Birth placeBolzano, South Tyrol, Italy
Height177 cm
Wcdebut8 March 1997 (age 18)
Retired23 January 2018 (age 39)
Websitepatrickthaler.com
Olympicteams3 – (2006, 2010, 2014)
Olympicmedals0
Worldsteams5 – (2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Worldsmedals0
Wcseasons22 – (1997–2018)
Wcwins0
Wcpodiums3 – (3 SL)
Wcoveralls0 – (21st in 2014)
Wctitles0 – (4th in SL, 2014)
Show-medalsyes

Patrick Thaler (born 23 March 1978) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. Born in Bolzano, South Tyrol, he specialized in the slalom.[1] Thaler competed for Italy at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics but failed to finish. His best result from Alpine World Ski Championships is a seventh place in Val-d'Isère, France, in 2009.

Career

During his World Cup career, he reached three third-place finishes in the slalom – twice at Kitzbühel, Austria, and once at Val d'Isère.[2] In addition, he has 25 top-10 finishes. He is one of the oldest (35 years, 10 months, 2 days) slalom skiers to have finished in the top-3 in the World cup (in 2014) and the oldest (38 years, 11 months, 11 days) to have finished in the top-10 (in 2017).[3][4]

Thaler retired from ski racing on January 23, 2018, after having competed in the World Cup for a record of 22 seasons (1997–2018).[5][6]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
199718unranked0 points
199819103—42———
199920unranked0 points
200021117—44———
200122unranked0 points
200223unranked0 points
200324unranked0 points
20042510546————
2005265819————
2006275719————
20072810138————
2008295720————
2009305118————
2010319634————
20113213249————
2012335116————
2013344617————
201435214————
2015365618————
2016374210————
2017386422————
20183914149————

Race podiums

  • 3 podiums – (3 SL)
SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
200925 Jan 2009Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom3rd
201415 Dec 2013Val d'Isère, FranceSlalom3rd
24 Jan 2014Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom3rd

Olympic results

YearAgeSlalom
200627DNF1
201031DNF2
201435DNF1

World Championships results

YearAgeSlalom
200728DNF1
2009307
201334DNF2
201536DNF2
20173824

References

  1. ^ "Patrick Thaler". Ski Database. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  2. ^ "FIS Profile". FIS. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Men's World Cup oldest podium"
  4. ^ "Spendido Thaler strappa il pass per gli USA". Fantaski.it. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  5. ^ "FIS Profile". FIS. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Patrick Thaler si ritira". Neveitalia.it. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.