Andreas Schifferer

Andreas "Andi" Schifferer (born 3 August 1974) is a former Austrian alpine skier who was known to be a downhill specialist, but also competed in other disciplines.

Early life Schifferer was born in Radstadt, Salzburger Land in Austria and skied his first races at the age of three. After his high school period he joined the Skigymnasium school in Stams and was invited to join the Austrian national team, which dominated the World Cups in 1995. In the other races and disciplines he also qualified among the best skiers, which brought him the Overall European Cup win.

In 1997 at the World Championships in Sestriere he finished in third position at the giant slalom, securing him the bronze medal. He just missed out on a second medal when he finished in fifth position at the downhill.

On 13 December 2006 Schifferer announced his retirement from the sport.

Statistics downhillgiant slalomsuper gcombinedparalleltotal World Cup victories 7 0 1 0 0 8 World Cup podiums 12 7 9 0 0 28 World Cup top tens 43 30 31 4 1 109

World Cup victoriesdatevenuediscipline 13 March 1997 Vail Super G 5 December 1997 Beaver Creek Downhill 30 December 1997 Bormio Downhill 17 January 1998 Wengen Downhill 31 January 1998 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Downhill 5 March 1999 Kvitfjell Downhill 6 March 1999 Kvitfjell Downhill 18 December 1999 Val Gardena Downhill

First World Cup start 1994 Val d'IsèreFirst World Cup points 1995 AdelbodenFirst World Cup podium 1995 Bormio

Statistics updated until: 26 November 2006