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Hermann MAIER. Team Austria. Alpine Skiing. Olympic Medals. 2 G. 1 S. 1 B. Games Participations 2. First Olympic Games Nagano 1998. Year of Birth 1972. Olympic Results. Biography. Hermann Maier's parents managed a ski school in Flachau, Austria, and Hermann began entering ski races at the age of five.
On 13 February 1998, in the downhill at the Games in Nagano, Hermann Maier crashed off the course in spectacular fashion, and the images of this made the news all over the world. But the Games went on for him – just a few days later he won two gold medals, in the super-G and giant slalom.
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May 8, 2018 · Austrian Alpine skier Hermann Maier burst from obscurity at the relatively old age of 25 to win three World Cup titles and two Olympic gold medals in 1998, despite a death-defying fall in an Olympic downhill race that season. He dominating the skiing world for the next three seasons, until a severe motorcycle accident in the summer of 2001 ...
Jan 19, 2014 · 10.9M subscribers. Subscribed. 1.1K. 296K views 10 years ago #Beijing2022 #Tokyo2020. 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Relive one of the most incredible stories from the 1998...
"Hermann Maier nicknamed ""The Herminator"", became an Olympic legend in 1998. Going down the mountain in a windy day at 70 mph, Maier lost control ... and flew off course, landing on his head, flipping and crashing through two fences.
Hermann “The Herminator” Maier, who trained as a bricklayer, started his career late, at the age of 23, but was the most successful male Austrian skier ever, winning 54 World Cup races with 96 podium placements. He was the most successful Super-G racer ever, winning 24 World Cup races in this discipline. Only Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark has ...
Aug 31, 2018 · Hermann ‘The Herminator' Maier is a true symbol of modern day skiing and is one of the most established champions of Alpine ski racing, taking the sport to levels previously unseen. Born on December 7th 1972 near Salzburg, Austria, Maier has won everything there is to win and continues to enjoy the sport well into his thirties.
