Marco Odermatt
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| Born | 8 October 1997 Buochs, Nidwalden, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disciplines | Downhill, super-G Giant slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Hergiswil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 19 March 2016 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | marcoodermatt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 1 – (2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 4 – (2019–2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 3 (3 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 10 – (2016–2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 45 – (26 GS, 15 SG, 4 DH) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 88 – (42 GS, 25 SG, 21 DH) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 4 – (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 9 – (GS – 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, SG – 2023, 2024, 2025, DH – 2024, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marco Odermatt (born 8 October 1997) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who races in giant slalom, super-G and downhill. He is considered the most complete alpine ski racer of his generation. In addition to the World Cup, Odermatt has competed for Switzerland at two Junior World Championships, three World Championships, and the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Career
At the 2016 Junior World Championships in Sochi, Odermatt won the bronze medal in super-G and the gold medal in giant slalom, which allowed him to make his World Cup debut in March 2016 in the giant slalom at the season finals in St. Moritz. At the 2018 Junior World Championships in Davos, Odermatt won an unprecedented five gold medals (combined, downhill, super-G, giant slalom, and team event).
He gained his first World Cup podium at Kranjska Gora in March 2019,[1] and his first win in December 2019 in a super-G at Beaver Creek.[2] In the next season, Odermatt achieved his first victory in giant slalom in Santa Caterina[3] and finished second in the giant slalom and overall World Cup titles, both times after Alexis Pinturault.
Odermatt had his breakthrough in the 2021–22 season, winning seven races as well as the overall and giant slalom season titles. He achieved his childhood dream of winning the historic giant slalom in Adelboden and represented Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the giant slalom, recording the fastest time in the first run and finishing 0.19 seconds ahead of runner-up Žan Kranjec.[4] The next season, Odermatt set a new record for overall men's points in a World Cup season with 2,042,[5] overtaking Hermann Maier, and tied Maier (2000–01), Ingemar Stenmark (1978–79) and Marcel Hirscher (2017–18) for the men's record for most wins in a World Cup season with 13. He also won gold medals in downhill[6] and giant slalom[7] at the 2023 World Ski Championships, recording his first win in a professional downhill event.
In the 2023–24 season, Odermatt again claimed 13 wins, including the first nine giant slalom races, and became the fourth man in World Cup history to win four season titles in the same year, claiming the overall, downhill, super-G and giant slalom globes.[8] The following year, Odermatt surpassed Pirmin Zurbriggen as the most successful male Swiss skier in World Cup history with his 41st victory,[9] and became the second man to win four consecutive GS races in Adelboden after Stenmark (1979–1982).[10]
World Cup results
- 13 titles – (4 Overall, 4 Giant Slalom, 3 Super-G, 2 Downhill)
Season titles
| Season | |
| Discipline | |
| 2022 | Overall |
|---|---|
| Giant slalom | |
| 2023 | Overall |
| Super-G | |
| Giant slalom | |
| 2024 | Overall |
| Super-G | |
| Giant slalom | |
| Downhill | |
| 2025 | Overall |
| Super-G | |
| Giant slalom | |
| Downhill |
Season standings
| Season | |||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2016 | 18 | 163 | — | 58 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 19 | 114 | — | 41 | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 20 | 76 | — | 46 | 34 | 38 | — |
| 2019 | 21 | 24 | — | 8 | 20 | 53 | 35 |
| 2020 | 22 | 17 | — | 9 | 7 | 43 | — |
| 2021 | 23 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 16 | — |
| 2022 | 24 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 25 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 26 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 27 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Standings through 22 March 2025
Race victories
| Total | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | |
| Wins | 45 | 26 | 15 | 4 |
| Podiums | 88 | 42 | 25 | 21 |
| Season | |||
| Date | Location | Discipline | |
| 2020 | 6 December 2019 | Beaver Creek, USA | Super-G |
| 2021
3 victories (2 GS, 1 SG) |
7 December 2020 | Santa Caterina, Italy | Giant slalom |
| 7 March 2021 | Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria | Super-G | |
| 13 March 2021 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | |
| 2022
7 victories (5 GS, 2 SG) |
24 October 2021 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom |
| 2 December 2021 | Beaver Creek, USA | Super-G | |
| 11 December 2021 | Val d'Isère, France | Giant slalom | |
| 20 December 2021 | Alta Badia, Italy | Giant slalom | |
| 8 January 2022 | Adelboden, Switzerland | Giant slalom | |
| 13 January 2022 | Wengen, Switzerland | Super-G | |
| 19 March 2022 | Méribel, France | Giant slalom | |
| 2023
13 victories (7 GS, 6 SG) |
23 October 2022 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom |
| 27 November 2022 | Lake Louise, Canada | Super-G | |
| 10 December 2022 | Val d'Isère, France | Giant slalom | |
| 19 December 2022 | Alta Badia, Italy | Giant slalom | |
| 29 December 2022 | Bormio, Italy | Super-G | |
| 7 January 2023 | Adelboden, Switzerland | Giant slalom | |
| 28 January 2023 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Super-G | |
| 29 January 2023 | Super-G | ||
| 5 March 2023 | Aspen, USA | Super-G | |
| 11 March 2023 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | |
| 12 March 2023 | Giant slalom | ||
| 16 March 2023 | Soldeu, Andorra | Super-G | |
| 18 March 2023 | Giant slalom | ||
| 2024
13 victories (9 GS, 2 SG, 2 DH) |
9 December 2023 | Val d'Isère, France | Giant slalom |
| 17 December 2023 | Alta Badia, Italy | Giant slalom | |
| 18 December 2023 | Giant slalom | ||
| 29 December 2023 | Bormio, Italy | Super-G | |
| 6 January 2024 | Adelboden, Switzerland | Giant slalom | |
| 11 January 2024 | Wengen, Switzerland | Downhill | |
| 13 January 2024 | Downhill | ||
| 23 January 2024 | Schladming, Austria | Giant slalom | |
| 28 January 2024 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Super-G | |
| 10 February 2024 | Bansko, Bulgaria | Giant slalom | |
| 24 February 2024 | Palisades Tahoe, USA | Giant slalom | |
| 1 March 2024 | Aspen, USA | Giant slalom | |
| 2 March 2024 | Giant slalom | ||
| 2025
8 victories |
7 December 2024 | Beaver Creek, USA | Super-G |
| 14 December 2024 | Val d'Isère, France | Giant slalom | |
| 21 December 2024 | Val Gardena, Italy | Downhill | |
| 22 December 2024 | Alta Badia, Italy | Giant slalom | |
| 12 January 2025 | Adelboden, Switzerland | Giant slalom | |
| 18 January 2025 | Wengen, Switzerland | Downhill | |
| 24 January 2025 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Super-G | |
| 23 February 2025 | Crans Montana, Switzerland | Super-G |
World Championship results
| Year | |||||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team Combined |
Parallel | Team Event | |
| 2019 | 21 | — | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2021 | 23 | — | DNF1 | 11 | 4 | — | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | 25 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | DSQ SG | — | — | |
| 2025 | 27 | — | 4 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
Olympic results
| Year | |||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team Event | |
| 2022 | 24 | — | 1 | DNF | 7 | — | — |
Junior World Championship results
| Year | |||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team Event | |
| 2016 | 18 | DNF | 1 | 3 | 11 | DNF | 8 |
| 2018 | 20 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
References
- ^ "Kristofferson beats Windingstad for Norwegian 1-2 in GS". Washington Post. Associated Press. 9 March 2019.
- ^ "Marco Odermatt claims his maiden World Cup win in Beaver Creek's Super-G". www.redbull.com. 6 December 2019.
- ^ "American Tommy Ford grabs Alpine Skiing World Cup runner-up". 7 December 2021.
- ^ Newman, Richard (13 February 2022). "Marco Odermatt claims Giant Slalom gold at Winter Olympics as blizzard causes havoc in Beijing". Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Associated Press (18 March 2023). "Marco Odermatt sets World Cup points record with GS win". ESPN. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Marco Odermatt wins first ever gold at Alpine World Ski Championships to beat Aleksander Aamodt Kilde". Eurosport. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ "Marco Odermatt wins his second gold at the World Championships in the men's giant slalom in Courchevel". Eurosport. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ AFP (24 March 2024). "Odermatt joins exclusive club with downhill title win". MSN.com. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ ESPN (22 December 2024). "Marco Odermatt wins GS, now most successful Swiss male skier". MSN.com. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ AFP (12 January 2025). "Odermatt emulates Stenmark as he sparkles in giant slalom". MSN.com. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
External links
- Marco Odermatt at FIS (alpine)
- Marco Odermatt at Olympics.com
- Marco Odermatt at Olympedia
- Marco Odermatt at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Marco Odermatt at the Swiss Olympic Association (in German)
- Marco Odermatt at the Swiss Ski Team Archived 21 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- Marco Odermatt at Stöckli Skis