Matthias Mayer (; born 9 June 1990) is an Austrian retired World Cup alpine ski racer and
Career Born in Afritz am See in Carinthia, Mayer made his World Cup debut in Sestriere in February 2009. His best discipline is super-G. After several top ten finishes, his first World Cup podium came at Kitzbühel in a super-G in January 2013.
At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Mayer won the downhill to become the seventh Austrian gold medalist in the 18th edition of the event. Joining him on the podium at Rosa Khutor were Christof Innerhofer of Italy and Kjetil Jansrud of Norway. Immediately after the Olympics, he had two podium finishes in Norway, and a victory at the World Cup finals. He won his second Olympic gold medal in 2018 in the super G.
At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Mayer won the bronze medal in the downhill and successfully defended his title in the super G. With three Olympic titles in addition to a bronze, he is Austria's most decorated Olympic alpine medalist.
On 29 December 2022, Mayer shocked the ski racing community when he announced his immediate retirement at 32 years old, just hours before a super-G race in Bormio he was scheduled to start. He finished his World Cup career with 11 wins and 45 podium finishes in 13 seasons.
Personal life Mayer's father is Helmut Mayer (b.1966), the silver medalist in the first Olympic super-G in 1988; he also won a silver medal at the World Championships in 1989, in the giant slalom
World cup results Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantSlalomDownhillCombined 2011 20 150 — — 48 — — 2012 21 50 — — 13 — 26 2013 22 17 — 39 3 25 9 2014 23 9 — 44 4 5 11 2015 24 9 — 46 3 4 10 2016 25 57 — — 18 34 — 2017 26 13 — — 7 8 27 2018 27 9 — 41 10 6 7 2019 2817 —52612— 2020 294 —33433 2021 30 7 — 55 3 2 rowspan=3 2022 314——45 2023 3219 — — 178
Race victories 11 wins – (7 DH, 3 SG, 1 AC) 45 podiums – (22 DH, 22 SG, 1 AC) SeasonDateLocationDiscipline2014 12 Mar 2014 Downhill201521 Feb 2015 Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria DownhillSuper-G2017 20 Jan 2017 Kitzbühel, Austria Super-G2018 14 Mar 2018 Åre, Sweden Downhill2020 1 Dec 2019 Lake Louise, Canada Super-G17 Jan 2020 Wengen, Switzerland Combined25 Jan 2020 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill7 Mar 2020 Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill2021 30 Dec 2020 Bormio, Italy Downhill2022 27 Nov 2021 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill
World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2013 22 — — 5 13 10 2015 24 — — 4 12 11 2017 26 — — DNF 11 17 2019 28 — — DNF 5 — 2021 30 — — 6 DNF DNF2
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2014 23 — 6 DNF 1 13 2018 27 — — 1 9 DNF2 2022 31 — — 1 3 —
References
External links
Austrian Ski team – official site – Matthias Mayer Head Skis – Matthias Mayer