Markus Salcher

Alpine Skiing

Despite not repeating his double gold medal-performance from Sochi 2014, Markus Salcher still showed good form at PyeongChang 2018. The Austrian alpine skier claimed double bronze in the men´s downhill and super-G standing.

He also ended third in the overall World Cup standings.

A year before, Salcher enjoyed a successful World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy, just over the border from his home town of Klagenfurt. His exceptional talent for speed came to the fore, and he left with golds in super-G and downhill, regaining the titles he won in 2013.

The Austrian, born with the right side of his body paralysed, is one of the younger standing skiers on the national team.

A graduate of World Para Alpine Skiing’s 2006 development camp, at age 22 the young hopeful surprised doubters in 2013-14 by finishing atop the world rankings after capturing world titles in the men’s downhill and super-G.

Salcher has gone from strength to strength, climbing the world rankings since competing at Vancouver 2010.

The Austrian carries alpine skiing in his blood. His father was a coach of the Austrian team at Torino 2006 and his brother Moritz also competes in alpine skiing for an Austrian sports club.

In 2015-16, Salcher finished second in the overall men's standing World Cup, helped by wins in super-G and downhill.

In 2016-17 he improved to first place in both disciplines. He also claimed the overall men's standing World Cup.

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games (Vancouver, Canada)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's Slalom Standing	Final Round	20
Men's Giant Slalom Standing	Final Round	9999
Men's Super Combined Standing	Final Round	9
Men's Super-G Standing	Final Round	8

2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships (Sestriere, Italy)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's Downhill Standing	Final	2011-01-16	5
Men's Super-G Standing	Final	2011-01-18	9
Men's Super-Combined Standing	Final	2011-01-19	9
Men's Slalom Standing	Final	2011-01-20	9999
Men's Giant Slalom Standing	Final	2011-01-21	6
Mixed Team Event VI/Sitting/Standing	Final	2011-01-23	6

IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships (La Molina, Spain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's Downhill Standing	Race 1	2013-02-20	1
Men's Super-G Standing	Race 1	2013-02-21	1
Men's Super-Combined Standing	Race 1	2013-02-25	11
Men's Giant Slalom Standing	Race 1	2013-02-26	8

Paralympic Winter Games 2014 (Sochi, Russia)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's Downhill Standing	Final Round	2014-03-08	1
Men's Super-G Standing	Final Round	2014-03-09	1
Men's Giant Slalom Standing	Final Round	2014-03-15	3

2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships Panorama (Panorama, Canada)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's Downhill Standing	Race 1	2015-03-04	6
Men's Super-G Standing	Race 1	2015-03-05	4
Men's Super-Combined Standing	Race 1	2015-03-07	2
Men's Giant Slalom Standing	Race 1	2015-03-08	2

2017 IPC Alpine skiing World Championships Tarvisio, ITA (Tarvisio, Italy)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's Downhill Standing	Race 1	2017-01-25	1
Men's Super-G Standing	Race 1	2017-01-26	1
Men's Super-Combined Standing	Race 1	2017-01-28	3
Men's Giant Slalom Standing	Race 1	2017-01-30	7

Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games (Pyeongchang, South Korea)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's Downhill Standing	Final	2018-03-10	3
Men's Super-G Standing	Final	2018-03-11	3
Men's Super Combined Standing	Final	2018-03-13	9999
Men's Giant Slalom Standing	Final	2018-03-14	5

Kranjska Gora/Sella Nevea 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships (Kranjska Gora/Sella Nevea, Slovenia)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's Giant Slalom Standing	Race 1	2019-01-21	11
Men's Downhill Standing	Race 1	2019-01-30	2
Men's Super-G Standing	Race 1 (from SC)	2019-01-31	3
Men's Super-Combined Standing	Race 1	2019-01-31	9999

Lillehammer 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships (Lillehammer, Norway)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's Downhill Standing	Race 1	2022-01-14	1
Men's Super-G Standing	Race 1	2022-01-15	1
Men's Giant Slalom Standing	Race 1	2022-01-19	7
Men's Parallel Event Standing	Race 1	2022-01-23	9