Didier Défago

Didier Défago

Disciplines	Downhill, Super G Giant Slalom, Combined
Born	October 2, 1977 (1977-10-02) (age 34) Morgins, Valais, Switzerland
Height	6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m)
World Cup debut	March 7, 1996 - (age 18)
Website	Didier Defago.ch
Olympics
Teams	3
Medals	1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	5
Medals	0
World Cup
Wins	3
Podiums	13
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Competitor for  Switzerland Olympic Games Gold 2010 Vancouver Downhill

Didier Défago (born 2 October 1977, in Morgins, Switzerland) is an alpine ski racer on the World Cup circuit. He was Swiss national champion in downhill (2003) and Giant Slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Défago won the downhill at Whistler to become the Olympic champion.^[1]

Didier Défago winning gold
at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Défago experienced his best World Cup seasons in 2005, when he finished sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G standings, and in 2009, when he won two downhill races in a row, the classics at Wengen and Kitzbühel.^[2] He was the first to win these in consecutive weeks since Stephan Eberharter in 2002, and the first Swiss racer since Franz Heinzer in 1992.

While training on a glacier above Zermatt in mid-September 2010, Defago fell and injured ligaments in his left knee, ending his 2011 season.^[3]

Victories

Date	Event	Location	Race
20 December 2002	2003 World Cup	Val Gardena, Italy	Super-G
18 January 2009	2009 World Cup	Wengen, Switzerland	Downhill
24 January 2009		Kitzbühel, Austria	Downhill
15 February 2010	2010 Winter Olympics	Whistler, Canada	Downhill

Notes and references

1. ^ "Didier Defago lands downhill gold to end Swiss misery". Daily Mail. 2010-02-15. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-1251390/WINTER-OLYMPICS-2010-Didier-Defago-lands-downhill-gold-end-Swiss-misery.html. Retrieved 2010-02-16. 
2. ^ "Defago wins World Cup downhill on Streif". Associated Press. USA Today. 2009-01-24. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-01-24-3805128334_x.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-30. 
3. ^ Ski Racing.com - 2010-09-15

External links

• Didier Défago at the International Ski Federation
• FIS-ski.com - World Cup season standings - Didier Défago
• Ski-db.com - results - Didier Défago
• Didier Defago.ch - official website (French)
• YouTube video - Didier Défago - Wengen victory - 17 January 2009
• YouTube video - Didier Défago - Kitzbühel victory on full course - 24 January 2009

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Name	Defago, Didier
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Date of birth	2 October 1977
Place of birth	Morgins, Valais, Switzerland
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