Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists
Table:
Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Date

Gold
Michaela Dorfmeister
Alpine skiing
Women's downhill
15 February

Gold
Andreas Linger
Wolfgang Linger
Luge
Doubles
15 February

Gold
Christoph Bieler
Felix Gottwald
Michael Gruber
Mario Stecher
Nordic combined
Team
16 February

Gold
Thomas Morgenstern
Ski jumping
Large hill
18 February

Gold
Michaela Dorfmeister
Alpine skiing
Women's super-G
20 February

Gold
Andreas Kofler
Martin Koch
Thomas Morgenstern
Andreas Widhölzl
Ski jumping
Team
20 February

Gold
Benjamin Raich
Alpine skiing
Men's giant slalom
20 February

Gold
Felix Gottwald
Nordic combined
Sprint
21 February

Gold
Benjamin Raich
Alpine skiing
Men's slalom
25 February

Silver
Felix Gottwald
Nordic combined
Men's individual
11 February

Silver
Michael Walchhofer
Alpine skiing
Men's downhill
12 February

Silver
Hermann Maier
Alpine skiing
Men's super-G
18 February

Silver
Marlies Schild
Alpine skiing
Women's combined
18 February

Silver
Andreas Kofler
Ski jumping
Large hill
18 February

Silver
Nicole Hosp
Alpine skiing
Women's slalom
22 February

Silver
Reinfried Herbst
Alpine skiing
Men's slalom
25 February

Bronze
Rainer Schönfelder
Alpine skiing
Men's combined
14 February

Bronze
Hermann Maier
Alpine skiing
Men's giant slalom
20 February

Bronze
Alexandra Meissnitzer
Alpine skiing
Women's super-G
20 February

Bronze
Marlies Schild
Alpine skiing
Women's slalom
22 February

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Michaela Dorfmeister ( born 25 March 1973 ) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria . Her specialities were both the downhill and the super-G disciplines , although she skied in and had success in giant slalom .
Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events , held at Sestriere and Cesana-San Sicario , Italy . The races were held 12-25 February 2006 .
The women 's downhill of the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at San Sicario , Italy , on Wednesday , 15 February . Defending Olympic champion Carole Montillet-Carles was ninteenth in the current season 's World Cup downhill standings , headed by Michaela Dorfmeister from Austria . Janica Kostelić of Croatia was defending World Champion , but was fourth in the overall World Cup standings , though she did win a downhill at Bad Kleinkirchheim in mid-January . Dorfmeister won the gold medal , Martina Schild of Switzerland took the silver , and Anja Pärson of Sweden was the bronze medalist . Montillet-Carles finished 28th and Kostelić did not start . The Fraiteve Olympique course started at an elevation of 2,538 m ( 8,327 ft ) above sea level with a vertical drop of 800 m ( 2,625 ft ) and a course length of 3.058 km ( 1.90 mi ) . Dorfmeister 's winning time was 116.49 seconds , yielding an average course speed of 94.504 km/h ( 58.7 mph ) , with an average vertical descent rate of 6.868 m/s ( 22.5 ft/s ) .
Andreas Linger ( born 31 May 1981 in Hall in Tirol ) is an Austrian retired luger who has competed internationally since 2000 . He and his younger brother Wolfgang began luging at a very young age , and did their first doubles run when they were 14 . Linger has won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with three golds ( Men 's doubles : 2003 , 2011 and 2012 ) and two bronzes ( Mixed team : 2003 and men 's doubles : 2013 ) . He also earned seven medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold ( Men 's doubles : 2010 ) , three silvers ( Men 's doubles : 2008 , Mixed team : 2008 , 2010 ) , and three bronzes ( Men 's doubles : 2004 and 2014 , Mixed team : 2004 ) . The Lingers were overall Luge World Cup men 's doubles champions in 2011-12 and scored 15 World Cup race victories . They were two time Olympic champions in the men 's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . They won in 2006 despite Wolfgang having broken his leg in a luge crash the previous year . In 2010 , they successfully defended their gold medal against another team of brothers , Andris and Juris Šics of Latvia .
Wolfgang Linger ( born 4 November 1982 in Hall in Tirol ) is an Austrian retired luger who has competed internationally since 2000 . As young children , he and his older brother Andreas learned to luge on a former Olympic luge track , and at age 14 began competing as a doubles team for the first time . Linger has won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with three golds ( Men 's doubles : 2003 , 2011 and 2012 ) and two bronzes ( Mixed team : 2003 and men 's doubles : 2013 ) . He also earned seven medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold ( Men 's doubles : 2010 ) , three silvers ( Men 's doubles : 2008 , Mixed team : 2008 , 2010 ) , and three bronzes ( Men 's doubles : 2004 and 2014 , Mixed team : 2004 ) . The Lingers were overall Luge World Cup men 's doubles champions in 2011-12 and scored 15 World Cup race victories . In 2005 , he broke his leg in a crash , but the next year at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy won the gold medal in doubles luge . He repeated this feat at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , Canada , defeating another team of brothers , Andris and Juris Šics of Latvia .
The Luge competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games was held at Cesana Pariol in Cesana , Italy . Three events were staged , taking place from February 11 to February 15 . These were the first games where a qualifying system was used to determine the enterants into the games .
The doubles luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on February 15 at Cesana Pariol .
Christoph Bieler ( born 28 October 1977 in Hall in Tirol ) is an Austrian athlete competing in Nordic combined who has competed since 1996 . Competing in four Winter Olympics , he won two medals in the 4 x 5 km team event with a gold in 2006 and a bronze medal in 2002 . Bieler 's best individual Winter Olympic finish was tenth in the 10 km individual large hill event at Vancouver in 2010 . He also won two 4 x 5 km team medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with gold in 2003 and bronze in 2005 , and had his best individual finish of sixth twice ( 10 km mass start : 2009 , 15 km individual : 2003 ) . Bieler has four individual victories since 2006 .
Felix Gottwald ( born 13 January 1976 in Zell am See , Austria , now resides in Salzburg , Austria ) is an Austrian Nordic combined athlete who competed from 1994 to 2007 and then returned to compete in 2009 . He is 5 ft 10 in ( 178 cm ) , weighing 150 lb ( 10 st 10 lb ; 68 kg ) . Gottwald made his Olympic debut as an 18-year-old in the 15 km individual event at the 1994 Winter Olympics , then competed in the 4 x 5 km team and 15 km individual events at the 1998 Winter Olympics . Gottwald won bronze medals in the 7.5 km sprint , 15 km individual and 4 x 5 km team Nordic combined events at the 2002 Winter Olympics . Coming into the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , he had regularly ranked among the top three in the world . He won golds in the 7.5 km sprint and 4 x 5 km team competitions , and took silver in the 15 km individual . At the 2010 Winter Olympics , Gottwald won gold in the 4 x 5 km team event . He is the most decorated Nordic combined skier at the Winter Olympics with seven medals . Gottwald topped the World Cup standings in 2001 , and was a member of the Austrian team that won gold at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships . Eight years later , at the 2011 World Championships in Oslo , he was again part of the Austrian team that became team world champion both in the normal hill and in the large hill competition . He also has two silvers ( 4 x 5 km team : 2001 , 15 km individual : 2003 ) and six bronzes ( 15 km individual : 2001 , 2005 , 7.5 km sprint : 2003 , normal hill : 2011 , 4 x 5 km team : 1997 , 2005 ) from the World Championships . So he is also the most decorated Nordic combined skier at World Championships with eleven medals .
Michael Gruber ( born 5 December 1979 in Schwarzach im Pongau ) is an Austrian nordic combined skier who competed from 1997 to 2008 . He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . Gruber won two 4 x 5 km team event medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 2003 and a bronze in 2005 . He has two individual career victories ( 1998 : 7.5 km sprint , 2004 : 15 km individual ) . He retired after the 2007-08 season .
Mario Stecher ( born 17 July 1977 , in Eisenerz ) is an Austrian former Nordic combined skier . Competing in six Winter Olympics , he won three medals in the 4 x 5 km team event with two golds ( 2006 , 2010 ) and a bronze ( 2002 ) . Stecher 's best individual finish was fifth in the 10 km individual normal hill event at Vancouver in 2010 . He won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two gold , three silvers ( 7.5 km sprint : 1999 , 4 x 5 km team : 2001 ) and a bronze ( 4 x 5 km team : 1997 ) . Stecher has a total of nine World Cup victories since 1994 , including the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival that same year . Being 16 years old , he was the youngest winner on the Holmenkollen . - On February 27th , 2015 , he announced his retirement , after he was n't nominated by the Austrian Ski Federation to compete in the FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships 2015 in Falun . He is married to Carina Raich since 2008 .
Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics , consisted of three events held over ten days , from 11 February to 21 February . The events took place in Pragelato .
The Men 's team Nordic combined competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Pragelato , Italy . It was originally scheduled for 15 February , but high winds meant that only part of the ski jumping competition was completed on that day , with the conclusion , and the cross-country race , taking place on 16 February .
Thomas Morgenstern ( born 30 October 1986 ) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 2002 to 2014 . He is one of the sport 's most successful contemporary athletes , having won the World Cup overall title twice , the Four Hills Tournament and the Nordic Tournament once each , eight World Championship gold medals ( one individual , seven team ) , and three Winter Olympic gold medals ( one individual , two team ) .
Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics , was held over nine days , from 11 February to 20 February . Three events were contested in Pragelato .
The Men 's large hill individual ski jumping competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Pragelato , Italy . It began on 17 February , and concluded on 18 February .
The women 's super-G of the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at San Sicario , Italy , on Monday , 20 February ; it was delayed a day due to poor weather conditions . Defending Olympic champion Daniela Ceccarelli was 37th in the current season 's World Cup downhill standings , headed by Michaela Dorfmeister from Austria , followed by teammate Alexandra Meissnitzer . Anja Pärson of Sweden was defending world champion and was fourth in the current season 's super-G standings . Dorfmeister won the gold medal , Janica Kostelić of Croatia took the silver , and Meissnitzer was the bronze medalist ; Pärson was twelfth and Ceccarelli was 31st . Dorfmeister had also won the downhill gold medal five days earlier , and Kostelic 's medal was her sixth at the Olympics . The Fraiteve Olympique course started at an elevation of 2,286 m ( 7,500 ft ) above sea level with a vertical drop of 548 m ( 1,798 ft ) and a course length of 2.331 km ( 1.45 mi ) . Dorfmeister 's winning time was 92.47 seconds , yielding an average course speed of 90.749 km/h ( 56.4 mph ) , with an average vertical descent rate of 5.926 m/s ( 19.4 ft/s ) .
Andreas Kofler ( born 17 May 1984 ) is an Austrian former ski jumper .
Martin Koch ( born 22 January 1982 ) is an Austrian former ski jumper .
Andreas Andi Widhölzl ( born 14 October 1976 ) is an Austrian former ski jumper . During his career , he won world championships and Olympic titles .
The Men 's large hill team ski jumping competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Pragelato , Italy . It occurred on 20 February .
Benjamin Raich ( born 28 February 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal , Tyrol ) is a retired champion World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria . With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships , 36 World Cup race victories ( in all disciplines except downhill ) , one first place and five second places in the World Cup overall ranking , three victories of the slalom World Cup , three victories of the combined World Cup , two victories of the giant slalom World Cup and the highest score of career World Cup points ( ahead of Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt ) , he is considered among the best alpine racers in World Cup history .
The giant slalom is conducted in two runs , with emphasis on manoeuvering rather than speed as the gates are fairly close together - but not as close as in slalom . The giant slalom also promotes endurance , with the primary difference between it and the slalom competition being the length of the course - the difference in level in giant slalom is 300 to 450 metres , while in slalom it is between 180 and 220 metres . This also leads to the gates being further apart in giant slalom . The men 's giant slalom took place on 20 February . Stephan Eberharter won the 2002 giant slalom gold , but he had since retired . The 2005 World Champion , Hermann Maier had skied ahead of the Olympics , however , and was fourth in the Giant Slalom World Cup - which was headed by Maier 's compatriot Benjamin Raich .
The Men 's sprint Nordic combined competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Pragelato , Italy . It took place on 21 February .
The slalom competition is shorter than the giant slalom , but is otherwise similar in emphasizing maneuverability . Slalom has been a part of all the Winter Olympics since 1936 , although it was a part of the alpine combination that year . Only the downhill event has a longer history at the Winter Olympics . The men 's slalom took place on 25 February and was the last of the Olympic alpine skiing competitions . Jean-Pierre Vidal of France was the defending Olympic champion , but he had n't won a World Cup slalom event since the 2001-02 season . Nevertheless , Vidal was fourth in the slalom World Cup , one place ahead of defending World Champion Benjamin Raich . The Italian Giorgio Rocca led the World Cup after winning all five races thus far in the season , 215 points ahead of the second-placed American Ted Ligety .
The Men 's individual Gundersen Nordic combined competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Pragelato , Italy . It took place on 11 February .
Michael Walchhofer ( born 28 April 1975 , in Radstadt ) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria . He started his career in slalom , but then moved over to the speed events . During his career he won the World Cup season title in downhill three times , an Olympic silver medal , and one gold , two silvers , and a bronze medal at World Championships . Walchofer became the first to win the Bormio downhill three times in December 2010 . His last World Cup race was the downhill at the finals in Lenzerheide in March 2011 . Walchhofer has been a longtime owner a chain of slopeside luxury hotels and also runs a ski school .
The men 's downhill of the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at Sestriere , Italy , on Sunday , 12 February . The men 's downhill competition is the marquee outdoor event of the Winter Olympics , and is the first alpine event on the schedule . It consists of a single high-speed run down a challenging slope , with a vertical drop exceeding 800 meters ( 2,625 ft ) . The defending Olympic champion was Fritz Strobl of Austria , the reigning world champion was Bode Miller of the United States ; Austrian Michael Walchhofer was the defending World Cup downhill champion and led the current season entering the Olympics , ahead of Strobl and American Daron Rahlves . The thirtieth racer on the course , Antoine Dénériaz of France won the gold medal , Walchhofer took the silver , and the bronze medalist was Bruno Kernen of Switzerland ; Miller was fifth , Strobl eighth , and Rahlves tenth . Dénériaz 's surprise win was by a margin of 0.72 seconds , the largest in this event in 42 years . He had entered the Olympics tied for tenth in the World Cup downhill standings ; his best finish was seventh at Val Gardena in mid-December . Held on the Kandahar Banchetta piste , the course started at an elevation of 2,800 m ( 9,186 ft ) above sea level with a vertical drop of 914 m ( 2,999 ft ) and a length of 3.299 km ( 2.05 mi ) . Dénériaz 's winning time of 108.80 seconds yielded an average course speed of 109.158 km/h ( 67.8 mph ) , with an average vertical descent speed of 8.401 m/s ( 27.6 ft/s ) .
Hermann Maier ( born 7 December 1972 ) is an Austrian former World Cup champion alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist . Nicknamed the Herminator , Maier ranks among the greatest alpine ski racers in history , with four overall World Cup titles ( 1998 , 2000 , 2001 , 2004 ) , two Olympic gold medals ( both in 1998 ) , and three World Championship titles ( 1999 : 2 , and 2005 ) . His 54 World Cup race victories - 24 super-G , 15 downhills , 14 giant slaloms , and 1 combined - rank third on the men 's all-time list behind Ingemar Stenmark 's 86 victories and Marcel Hirscher 's 68 victories . As of 2013 [ update ] , he holds the record for the most points in one season by a male alpine skier , with 2000 points from the 2000 season . From 2000-2013 he also held the title of most points in one season by any alpine skier , until Tina Maze scored 2414 points in the 2013 season .
The Men 's Super-G competition of the Torino 2006 Olympics was held at Sestriere , Italy , on Saturday , February 18 . In super-G competitions , skiers must navigate between gates at high speed , and the gates are further apart than in slalom and giant slalom competitions . As in the downhill , there is only one run of the super-G . The defending World Cup and world champion in super-G was Bode Miller of the United States , Austria 's Hermann Maier led the current season and won the Olympic gold medal in 1998 ; the defending Olympic champion was Kjetil André Aamodt of Norway . Aamodt won the gold medal again , Maier took the silver , and the bronze medalist was Ambrosi Hoffmann of Switzerland ; Miller did not finish . Through 2018 , this is the only successful Olympic title defense in a men 's alpine speed event . It was Aamodt 's third victory in the Olympic super-G ( 1992 , 2002 , 2006 ) and eighth Olympic medal . Held on the Kandahar Banchetta piste , the course started at an elevation of 2,536 m ( 8,320 ft ) above sea level with a vertical drop of 650 m ( 2,133 ft ) and a course length of 2.325 km ( 1.44 mi ) . Aamodt 's winning time of 90.65 seconds yielded an average course speed of 92.333 km/h ( 57.4 mph ) , with an average vertical descent rate of 7.170 m/s ( 23.5 ft/s ) .
Marlies Raich ( née Schild , born 31 May 1981 ) is a retired Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer . She specializes in the technical disciplines of slalom and giant slalom . Schild won four Olympic medals , with silvers in the combined ( 2006 ) and slalom ( 2010 , 2014 ) and a bronze in slalom ( 2006 ) . She has seven World Championship medals and has won five World Cup season titles . Schild completed her World Cup career with 37 wins , all but two in slalom . She retired from international competition at age 33 in September 2014 .
Originally scheduled to run on 17 February , the downhill portion of the Women 's combined was postponed due to high winds . The slalom was held on 17 February and the downhill portion was on Saturday , 18 February . Janica Kostelić was both defending World and Olympic champion , and she led the aggregate World Cup standings . Janica also won the only combined race leading into the championships in St. Moritz , Switzerland and she also won all combined races held in World Cup since the last Olympic games .
Nicole Hosp ( German pronunciation : [ niːkɔl hɔsp ] ; born 6 November 1983 ) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria . She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion , three-time Olympic medalist , and an overall World Cup champion .
The women 's slalom was contested on Wednesday , 22 February . Janica Kostelić led in the slalom World Cup with 460 points , and was also defending World and Olympic champion , but she finished 0.15 seconds behind Marlies Schild for the 4th place . Anja Pärson got her first Olympic gold medal .
Reinfried Herbst ( born 11 October 1978 in Salzburg ) is a retired slalom skier from Austria . Herbst won the silver medal for the men 's slalom event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy . On 11 March 2006 he won his first World Cup race in Shigakogen Slalom . He was 8th in the slalom World Cup standings after the 2006 season . In July , 2006 he injured his knee in a charity soccer game . After two victories in the 2008 season he finished 3rd in the slalom world cup .
Rainer Schönfelder ( born 13 June 1977 ) is an Austrian former skier who won the 2003-2004 men 's World Cup slalom title .
The men 's combined was held on Tuesday , 14 February , two days after the downhill . The combined competition , as the name suggests , is a combination where the times in the downhill racing and the slalom events are added . One run of downhill and two runs of slalom are used to determine overall ranking in the combined event . All three runs were held in a single day . Norway 's Kjetil André Aamodt was defending Olympic champion from Salt Lake City in 2002 , while Benjamin Raich of Austria was the reigning world champion . Raich led the Combined standings on the World Cup entering the Olympics , followed by Michael Walchhofer ( Austria ) and Bode Miller ( USA ) in a tie for second . Miller , the leader after the downhill portion , was disqualified in the first slalom run for straddling a gate . This left Raich in the lead going into the final run of slalom , followed by Ivica Kostelić and young American Ted Ligety . Ligety scorched the final run for the gold medal , while Raich skied out . Aamodt did not start the event after a knee injury , and Filip Trejbal had to withdraw after a spectacular crash which delayed the event for a prolonged period . These were the last Olympics to use the traditional combined format ( one downhill run and two slalom runs ) . Starting in 2010 , the Olympics are scheduled to switch to the super-combined format ( one run each of downhill & slalom ) for the combined event .
Alexandra Meissnitzer ( born 18 June 1973 ) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria . Her specialities were the downhill , super-G , and giant slalom disciplines . From Abtenau , Salzburg , her father , Hans Meissnitzer , a mechanic by trade , taught her to ski at an early age . At the 1998 Winter Olympics at Nagano , Meissnitzer won the silver in the giant-slalom and the bronze in the super-G , and at the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin she won the bronze in the super-G . In 1999 , she won the overall World Cup , to which she added the super-G and giant slalom World Cups for the same season . She also won two world titles ( super-G and giant slalom ) at the 1999 World Championships . A serious training crash in November 1999 , she missed the remainder of the season . At the 2003 World Championships , she won the silver medal in the downhill race ( in a tie with Corinne Rey-Bellet ) behind Melanie Turgeon . Meissnitzer was third in the super-G at the 2008 World Cup finals in Bormio , Italy , and became the oldest woman ( age 34 ) to finish on the podium in an alpine World Cup race .