Harti Weirather


Hartmann "Harti" Weirather is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Reutte, Tyrol, he specialized in the downhill event.

Racing career

During the early 1980s, Weirather won six World Cup downhill races and won the downhill at the 1982 World Championships in Schladming, Austria. In addition, he won the World Cup season title in downhill in 1981.
Weirather's win at Kitzbühel in 1982 was the first-ever under two minutes on the full-length Streif course; his time stood as the course record for ten years.

Personal

Weirather is married to former World Cup champion Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein, one of the top alpine ski racers in history. They run a business consultancy firm in Planken, Liechtenstein, and their daughter, Tina Weirather, is a former world junior champion and competes on the World Cup circuit for Liechtenstein.

World Cup results

Season titles

Season standings

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
198012 Jan 1980 Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill2nd
19804 Mar 1981 Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill2nd
198114 Dec 1980 Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill2nd
198115 Dec 1980 Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill1st
198110 Jan 1981 Garmisch, W.GermanyDownhill3rd
198124 Jan 1981 Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill2nd
198131 Jan 1981 St. Anton, AustriaDownhill1st
19815 Mar 1981 Aspen, USADownhill2nd
19816 Mar 1981 Aspen, USADownhill1st
198215 Jan 1982 Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill1st
198223 Jan 1982 Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill1st
198213 Feb 1982 Garmisch, W.GermanyDownhill3rd
19825 Mar 1982 Aspen, USADownhill2nd
19835 Dec 1982 Pontresina, SwitzerlandDownhill1st
19835 Feb 1983 St. Anton, AustriaDownhill3rd
19844 Dec 1983 Schladming, AustriaDownhill2nd
19849 Dec 1983 Val d'Isère, FranceDownhill3rd

World championship results

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.

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