Markus Wasmeier

Medal record
Markus Wasmeier
Men's Alpine Skiing
Competitor for  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold	1994 Lillehammer	Giant Slalom
Gold	1994 Lillehammer	Super-G
World Championships
Gold	1985 Bormio	Giant Slalom
Bronze	1987 Crans Montana	Super-G

Markus Wasmeier (born September 9, 1963, in Schliersee, Bavaria, Germany) is a former alpine ski racer.

At the 1985 World Championships at Bormio, Italy, he surprisingly won the Giant Slalom at age 21, before recording a World Cup victory.

Wasmeier would go on to win a total of nine World Cup races, starting with two victories on February 9, 1986, in the Combined and Super-G events at Morzine, France.

His greatest victories were the surprising gold medals in both Giant Slalom and Super-G at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.^[1] His victory in the Super-G by 0.09 seconds denied the silver medalist, downhill champion Tommy Moe of the U.S., of double gold in the speed events on his 24th birthday. The surprising result of double Olympic gold for Wasmeier at age 30 gained him the title of "Sportsman of the Year" in Germany.

World Cup victories

Season	Date	Location	Race
1986	09 Feb 1986	Morzine, France	Combined
			Super-G
	16 Mar 1986	Whistler, Canada	Super G
1987	06 Dec 1986	Val-d'Isère, France	Super-G
	11 Jan 1987	Garmisch, West Germany	Super G
	17 Jan 1987	Wengen, Switzerland	Downhill
1988	10 Jan 1988	Val-d'Isère, France	Super G
1991	17 Mar 1991	Lake Louise, Canada	Super G
1992	11 Jan 1992	Garmisch, Germany	Downhill

References

1. ^ Olympic results

External links

• Ski-DB.com - Results - Markus Wasmeier

Awards
Preceded by Henry Maske	German Sportsman of the Year 1994	Succeeded by Michael Schumacher

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Name	Wasmeier, Markus
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Date of birth	9 September 1963
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