medaltemplates article_title birth_date
men 's alpine skiing paul accola
 1967
paul accola

paul accola -lrb- born february 20 , 1967 in davos -rrb- is a swiss former alpine skier .
he came top in the overall world cup in 1992 , and won a total of four medals at the winter olympics and world championships in the combined event .
by the end of his career he won seven world cup victories and was on the podium 26 times last time in 2000 .
in 2002 accola suffered a serious ankle injury , breaking both of his talus bones .
in february 2005 , on his 38th birthday , accola announced that he would retire as alpine skier after nearly two decades in the sport .
he is the sixth swiss sportsperson to compete at five olympics , after middle-distance runner paul martin , equestrians henri chammartin and gustav fischer , javelin thrower urs von wartburg , and equestrian christine stückelberger .
he is the brother of fellow former alpine skier martina accola .
