olympicmedals worldsmedals olympicgolds birth_date olympicteams country wctitles name birth_place wcwins bindings height wcseasons worldsgolds wcdebut retired wcoveralls skis disciplines wcpodiums weight worldsteams article_title
1 1 1 17 may 1967 2 -- -lrb- 1992 , 1994 -rrb- austria 0 -- 96 -rrb- '' -- '' -lrb- 3rd in dh , 1994 patrick ortlieb bregenz , vorarlberg , austria 4 -- -lrb- 3 dh , 1 sg -rrb- head 6 2 11 -- -lrb- 1989 -- 99 -rrb- 1 9 december 1988 -lrb- age 21 -rrb- january 1999 -lrb- age 31 -rrb- 0 -- '' -lrb- 7th in 1993 -rrb- '' head downhill , super-g , combined 20 -- -lrb- 18 dh , 2 sg -rrb- 91 kg 4 1997 -rrb- -- -lrb- 1991 , 1993 , 1996 , patrick ortlieb

patrick ortlieb

patrick ortlieb -lrb- born 17 may 1967 -rrb- is a former world cup alpine ski racer and olympic gold medalist from austria .
a specialist in the speed events , he was also a world champion in the downhill event .
born in bregenz in vorarlberg , ortlieb started skiing relatively late at the age of 13 .
he won the downhill event at the 1992 winter olympics in france , gathered 20 podiums and 60 top tens at world cup races , and was world champion in 1996 in downhill .
at the 1994 winter olympics in lillehammer he finished fourth in the downhill at kvitfjell .
a month earlier , he won the famed downhill on the hahnenkamm in kitzbühel , austria .
five years later in january 1999 , ortlieb 's racing career ended after a serious crash during a practice run on the same slope at kitzbühel .
he suffered a compound fracture of the right femur and a badly dislocated and slightly fractured right hip after losing control & crashing into the safety nets at the hausbergkante -lrb- mountain house corner -rrb- .
later in the year , he was elected to the national council of austria for the far-right/populist freedom party of austria , where he stayed for three years .
he currently runs a four-star hotel , named hotel montana , in lech am arlberg in vorarlberg .
