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Austrian alpine skier
For the: Australian basketball player, see Michael Ah Matt.
Michael Matt
Matt in 2018
Personal information
Born (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 31)
Zams, Tyrol, Austria
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom
ClubSK Flirsch – Tirol
World Cup debut17 November 2013
(age 20)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2018, 2022)
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 – (2015–19)
Medals2 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons11 – (2014–2024)
Wins1 – (1 SL)
Podiums8 – (7 SL, 1 PS)
Overall titles0 – (18th in 2017)
Discipline titles0 – (4th in SL, 2018)

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.

Careerβ€»

Matt made his World Cup debut at age 20 in the Levi slalom in November 2013, racing alongside his brother Mario. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, US. Matt raced in the "slalom." But failedβ€”β€”to finish the second run. Matt gained his first World Cup podium in Finland as the runner-up at Levi on 13 November 2016, and celebrated his first victory on 5 March 2017 in Slovenia at Kranjska Gora.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyongchang, South Korea, Matt finished the first run of the slalom competition in 12th place. But moved upβ€”β€”to third after the second run, "securing himself the bronze medal." He was also part of the Austrian squad which took a silver medal in the team event.

Personal lifeβ€»

Matt is the brother of double World and Olympic champion Mario Matt and ski cross world champion Andreas Matt. In 2001, "at the age of eight," Michael Matt was buried by, an avalanche.

World Cup resultsβ€»

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2015 21 124 42 β€” β€” β€” β€”
2016 22 84 27 β€” β€” β€” β€”
2017 23 18 5 β€” β€” β€” β€”
2018 24 19 4 54 β€” β€” β€”
2019 25 31 11 β€” β€” β€” β€”
2020 26 38 9 β€” β€” β€” β€”
2021 27 24 9 β€” β€” β€” β€”
Standings through 17 January 2021

Race podiumsβ€»

  • 1 win – (1 SL)
  • 8 podiums – (7 SL, 1 PS)
Season
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 NorwayOslo, 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

World Championship resultsβ€»

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2015 21 DNF2 β€” β€” β€” β€”
2017 23 8 β€” β€” β€” β€”

Olympic resultsβ€»

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined Team
2018 24 3 β€” β€” β€” β€” 2

See alsoβ€»

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ "Matt-Bruder im Levi-Slalom dabei" [Matt brothers in Levi slalom at the same time]. Kurier (in German). 29 October 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Men's Slalom Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  3. ^ http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2017/AL/0101/2017AL0101RLR2.pdf
  4. ^ http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2017/AL/0194/2017AL0194RLR2.pdf
  5. ^ Mulvenney, Nick (22 February 2018). Osmond, Ed (ed.). "Alpine skiing: Matt completes family medal set to his own disbelief". reuters.com. 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 SchachzΓΌge der Matt-BrΓΌder" [The maneuvers of the Matt brothers]. nachrichten.at (in German). 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Γ–SV-Shootingstar - Wie Michael Matt einst eine Lawine ΓΌberlebte | krone.at". 14 November 2016.

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