Marco Odermatt
Marco Odermatt (born 8 October 1997) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer. He races in all alpine disciplines and specializes in giant slalom. Odermatt competed for Switzerland at two Junior World Championships and two World Championships.
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| Disciplines | Giant slalom, Super-G, Downhill, Combined | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | SC Hergiswil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 October 1997 Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut |
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| Website | marcoodermatt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 2 – (2019, 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 7 – (2016–2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 7 – (4 GS, 3 SG) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 17 – (11 GS, 6 SG) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (2nd in 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (2nd in GS & SG, 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
At the 2016 Junior World Championships in Sochi, Russia, Odermatt was eleventh in downhill, took bronze in super-G, failed to finish the combined, won gold in giant slalom, and failed to finish the slalom. At the 2018 Junior Worlds in Davos, Odermatt won an unprecedented five gold medals (combined, downhill, super-G, giant slalom, and team event).
World Cup
As a new junior world champion, Odermatt made his World Cup debut in March 2016 in the giant slalom at the season finals in St. Moritz. He gained his first World Cup podium at Kranjska Gora in March 2019,[1] and his first win came in December 2019 in a super-G at Beaver Creek, Colorado.[2]
World Cup results
Season standings
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| 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 | 1 | 6 | — |
- Standings through 12 December 2021
Race podiums
| Total | Giant slalom | Super-G | |
| Wins | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Podiums | 17 | 11 | 6 |
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| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2019 | 9 March 2019 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia |
Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 16 March 2019 |  Soldeu, Andorra |
Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 2020 | 6 December 2019 |  Beaver Creek, USA |
Super-G | 1st |
| 22 February 2020 |  Naeba, Japan |
Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 2021 | 18 October 2020 |  Sölden, Austria |
Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 5 December 2020 |  Santa Caterina, Italy |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 7 December 2020 | Giant slalom | 1st | ||
| 8 January 2021 |  Adelboden, Switzerland |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 25 January 2021 | Kitzbühel, Austria |
Super-G | 2nd | |
| 6 February 2021 |  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
Super-G | 3rd | |
| 28 February 2021 |  Bansko, Bulgaria |
Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 7 March 2021 | Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria |
Super-G | 1st | |
| 13 March 2021 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia |
Giant Slalom | 1st | |
| 2022 | 24 October 2021 | Sölden, Austria |
Giant Slalom | 1st |
| 2 December 2021 | Beaver Creek, USA |
Super-G | 1st | |
| 3 December 2021 | Super-G | 2nd | ||
| 11 December 2021 |  Val d'Isère, France |
Giant slalom | 1st |
World Championship results
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| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | Team Event | |
| 2019 | 21 | — | 10 | 12 | — | — | N/A | — |
| 2021 | 23 | — | DNF1 | 11 | 4 | — | 11 | — |
Junior World Championship results
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| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team Event | |
| 2016 | 18 | DNF1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | DNF2 | 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.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marco Odermatt. |
- Marco Odermatt at FIS (alpine)
- Marco Odermatt at Ski-DB.com
- Marco Odermatt at Swiss Ski Team (in German)
- Marco Odermatt at Stöckli Skis