Harti Weirather

Hartmann "Harti" Weirather (born 24 January 1958) 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 (1:57.20) stood as the course record for ten years. (The two downhill races at Kitzbühel in 1982 were extremely fast compared to previous years; Weirather broke Franz Klammer's 1975 record (2:03.22) by over six seconds,

Personal Weirather is married to former World Cup champion Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein. 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 Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Super G Downhill Combined 1979 21 53 — — notrun 20 1980 22 15 — — 4 — 1981 23 8 — — 1 — 1982 24 10 — — 3 — 1983 25 13 — 24 notawarded(w/ GS) 3 15 1984 26 27 — — 11 — 1985 27 54 — — 17 — 1986 28 83 — — — 33 —

Race podiums 6 wins - (6 DH) 17 podiums - (17 DH)

World championship results Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1980 22 — — notrun 9 — 1982 24 — — 1 — 1985 27 — — 17 — From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.

Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1980 22 — — not run 9 not run