Marco Schwarz

Marco Schwarz
 Alpine skier 
Disciplines Slalom, Giant slalom
Club SC Bad Kleinkirchheim
Born (1995-08-16) 16 August 1995
Villach, Carinthia, Austria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
World Cup debut 16 November 2014
(age 19)
Olympics
Teams 0
World Championships
Teams 0
World Cup
Seasons 2nd – (201516)
Wins 0
Podiums 2 – (2 SL)
Overall titles 0 – (34th in 2016)
Discipline titles 0 – (8th in SL, 2016)

Marco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Villach, Carinthia, he focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.

Career

Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom.

Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, behind winner Henrik Kristoffersen and runner-up Marcel Hirscher.[1]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
2015 19
2016 20 34 8 48

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2016 22 Dec 2015 Italy Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom 3rd
14 Feb 2016 Japan Naeba, Japan Slalom 3rd

References

  1. Rory Keane (22 December 2015). "Shocking moment world champion skier is almost crushed by a falling camera drone during slalom race". Daily Mail. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

External links

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