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Benjamin Raich (born February 28, 1978 in Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol) is an Austrian alpine skier who won gold medals in the giant slalom and slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics of Turin, Italy. He is one of the best alpine skiers of all time.
Career
After having won Junior World Championships in both slalom and giant slalom, Raich made his debut in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in 1998, obtaining immediately a tenth place. The following year he scored his first victory, in slalom.
In 2001 he won the silver medal in Slalom at the World Championships, and at the end of the season he gained the Slalom World Cup. In 2002 he won two bronze medals at the Salt Lake City Olympics.
Raich, who had matured familiary with fast specialities such as Super-G and Downhill also, in 2005 missed barely the aggregate World Cup, losing to American talent Bode Miller. In the 2005 Alpine Skiing World Championships he won a total of five medals, one for each race of the program except downhill(including also Combined, where he won a gold medal, as well as in Slalom).
He won the 2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup overall category in the most successful season of his career as well as olympic gold medals in slalom and giant slalom.
Throughout his career Raich has been known for his consistency and this led to him narrowly missing out on the overall alpine skiing world cup in both 2007 and 2009 despite not winning many races.
His sister Carina Raich also is a professional skier. Raich is currently engaged to skier Marlies Schild.
World Cup victories
This is a list of victories in the Alpine skiing World Cup.
Overall victories
Individual victories
35 total: 14 slalom, 14 giant slalom, 7 combined
| Date |
Location |
Race |
| January 7, 1999 |
 Schladming |
Slalom |
| January 10, 1999 |
Flachau |
Giant Slalom |
| January 17, 1999 |
 Wengen |
Slalom |
| February 26, 2000 |
 Yongpyong |
Giant Slalom |
| March 18, 2000 |
 Bormio |
Giant Slalom |
| January 14, 2001 |
Wengen |
Slalom |
| January 21, 2001 |
Kitzbühel |
Slalom |
| January 23, 2001 |
Schladming |
Slalom |
| March 11, 2001 |
 Åre |
Slalom |
| December 21, 2001 |
 Kranjska Gora |
Giant Slalom |
| January 3, 2004 |
Flachau |
Giant Slalom |
| January 18, 2004 |
Wengen |
Slalom |
| January 27, 2004 |
Schladming |
Slalom |
| December 5, 2004 |
 Beaver Creek |
Slalom |
| January 14, 2005 |
Wengen |
Combined |
| February 26, 2005 |
Kranjska Gora |
Giant Slalom |
| December 21, 2005 |
Kranjska Gora |
Giant Slalom |
| January 7, 2006 |
Adelboden |
Giant Slalom |
| January 13, 2006 |
Wengen |
Super Combined |
| January 22, 2006 |
Kitzbühel |
Combined |
| February 3, 2006 |
 Chamonix |
Super Combined |
| March 10, 2006 |
 Shigakogen |
Slalom |
| March 17, 2006 |
Åre |
Giant Slalom |
| November 12, 2006 |
 Levi |
Slalom |
| January 6, 2007 |
Adelboden |
Giant Slalom |
| January 23, 2007 |
Schladming |
Slalom |
| March 3, 2007 |
Kranjska Gora |
Giant Slalom |
| March 9, 2007 |
 Kvitfjell |
Super-Combined |
| March 18, 2007 |
Lenzerheide |
Slalom |
| December 9, 2007 |
Bad Kleinkirchheim |
Slalom |
| December 7, 2008 |
Beaver Creek |
Giant Slalom |
| December 12, 2008 |
Val-d'Isère |
Super Combined |
| January 10, 2009 |
Adelboden |
Giant Slalom |
| March 13, 2009 |
Åre |
Giant Slalom |
| December 11, 2009 |
Val-d'Isère |
Super Combined |
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| Persondata |
| NAME |
Raich, Benjamin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION |
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| DATE OF BIRTH |
February 28, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH |
Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol |
| DATE OF DEATH |
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| PLACE OF DEATH |
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