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Kjetil André Aamodt (born September 2, 1971, in
Oslo) is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer, one of the most
decorated in history.
He is the only Alpine skier to win 8 Olympic medals,
and has won 5 World
Championship gold medals as well as 21 individual World Cup events. Described as an all-round
alpine skier, Aamodt participated in all alpine skiing disciplines
in the World Cup
and World Championships,
and is one of only 5 male alpine skiers to have won a World Cup
race in all five disciplines.
His combined career total of 20 World Championship and Olympic
medals is an all-time best. Aamodt is both the youngest and oldest
male alpine skier to win a gold medal at the Olympics. He tops the
all-time Marathon World Cup ranking, with a total of 13,252 points
earned from 1989 to 2006. He is followed by Austrian Hermann Maier
(11,033) and fellow Norwegian Lasse Kjus (9,435).
By winning the Super-G race at
the 2006
Olympics, Aamodt became the first alpine skier to win four gold
medals in the Olympics. (Toni Sailer and Jean-Claude
Killy both swept the three alpine events at a single
Olympics.)
Aamodt had 19 Olympic and world championship medals stolen from
him. The medals were taken in August 2003 by burglars who broke
into a safe in his father's home. The five-time world champion and
winner of four Olympic gold medals, who retired in January 2007,
said they were recovered by an anonymous helper over the
internet.
Aamodt announced the conclusion of his career on live television
with hundreds of fellow athletes in attendance at the Norwegian
Sports Galla, January 6, 2007.[1]
World Cup
victories
Season
victories
Individual
WC-wins
| Date |
Location |
Race |
| March 15, 1992 |
 Aspen |
Super-G |
| November 28, 1992 |
 Sestrières |
Giant Slalom |
| March 7, 1993 |
Aspen |
Super-G |
| March 21, 1993 |
 Kvitfjell |
Super-G |
| March 23, 1993 |
Oppdal |
Giant Slalom |
| March 26, 1993 |
 Åre |
Super-G |
| March 27, 1993 |
Åre |
Giant Slalom |
| January 11, 1994 |
 Hinterstoder |
Giant Slalom |
| January 29, 1994 |
 Chamonix |
Downhill |
| January 30, 1994 |
Chamonix |
Combined |
| March 19, 1994 |
Vail |
Giant Slalom |
| March 7, 1996 |
Kvitfjell |
Super-G |
| January 14, 1997 |
 Adelboden |
Giant Slalom |
| January 25, 1998 |
Kitzbühel |
Combined |
| January 24, 1999 |
Kitzbühel |
Combined |
| January 9, 2000 |
Chamonix |
Combined |
| January 16, 2000 |
Wengen |
Slalom |
| January 23, 2000 |
Kitzbühel |
Combined |
| January 13, 2002 |
Wengen |
Combined |
| January 20, 2002 |
Kitzbühel |
Combined |
| January 19, 2003 |
Wengen |
Combined |
References
and notes
External
links
| Persondata |
| NAME |
Aamodt, Kjetil Andre |
| ALTERNATIVE
NAMES |
|
| SHORT
DESCRIPTION |
Norwegian Alpine skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH |
September 2, 1971 |
| PLACE OF
BIRTH |
Oslo, Norway |
| DATE OF DEATH |
|
| PLACE OF
DEATH |
|
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