Marco Schwarz
| — Alpine skier — | |||||||
| Disciplines | Slalom, Giant slalom | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | SC Bad Kleinkirchheim | ||||||
| Born |
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 – (2015–16) | ||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||
| Podiums | 2 – (2 SL) | ||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (34th in 2016) | ||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (8th in SL, 2016) | ||||||
Medal record
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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
- 2 podium – (2 SL)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 22 Dec 2015 |  Madonna di Campiglio, Italy | Slalom | 3rd |
| 14 Feb 2016 |  Naeba, Japan | Slalom | 3rd |
References
- ↑ 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
- Marco Schwarz at the International Ski Federation
- FIS-ski.com – Marco Schwarz – World Cup season standings
- Ski-db.com – results – Marco Schwarz
- Austrian Ski team (ÖSV) – official site – Marco Schwarz – (German)
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