Marco Odermatt

Marco Odermatt (born 8 October 1997) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who races in downhill, super-G and giant slalom. In addition to the World Cup, Odermatt has competed for Switzerland at two Junior World Championships, three World Championships, the 2022 (where he won an Olympic gold medal) and 2026 Winter Olympics.

Career At the 2016 Junior World Championships in Sochi, Odermatt won the bronze medal in super-G and the gold medal in giant slalom, which allowed him to make his World Cup debut in March 2016 in the giant slalom at the season finals in St. Moritz. At the 2018 Junior World Championships in Davos, Odermatt won an unprecedented five gold medals (combined, downhill, super-G, giant slalom, and team event).

He gained his first World Cup podium at Kranjska Gora in and his first win in December 2019 in a super-G at Beaver Creek. In the next season, Odermatt achieved his first victory in giant slalom in Santa Caterina and finished second in the giant slalom and overall World Cup titles, both times after Alexis Pinturault.

Odermatt had his breakthrough in the 2021–22 season, winning seven races as well as the overall and giant slalom season titles. He achieved his childhood dream of winning the historic giant slalom in Adelboden and represented Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the giant slalom, recording the fastest time in the first run and finishing 0.19 seconds ahead of runner-up Žan Kranjec. The next season, Odermatt set a new record for overall men's points in a World Cup season with 2,042, overtaking Hermann Maier, and tied Maier (2000–01), Ingemar Stenmark (1978–79) and Marcel Hirscher (2017–18) for the men's record for most wins in a World Cup season with 13. He also won gold medals in downhill and giant slalom at the 2023 World Ski Championships, recording his first win in a professional downhill event.

In the 2023–24 season, Odermatt again claimed 13 wins, including the first nine giant slalom races, and became the fourth man in World Cup history to win four season titles in the same year, claiming the overall, downhill, super-G and giant slalom globes. The following year, Odermatt surpassed Pirmin Zurbriggen as the most successful male Swiss skier in World Cup history with his 41st victory, and became the second man to win four consecutive GS races in Adelboden after Stenmark (1979–1982).

He opened the 2025–26 season with a giant slalom victory in Sölden, followed by a super-G victory in Copper Mountain.

Personal life Odermatt is in a relationship with Stella Parpan, who in 2023 was a nurse studying to become a physician and whom he has known since kindergarten.

World Cup results

16 titles – (5 Overall, 4 Giant Slalom, 4 Super-G, 3 Downhill)

Season titles

Season standings

Race victories Total Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Wins 54 29 17 8 Podiums 102 46 28 28

SeasonDateLocationDiscipline 2020 Beaver Creek, United States Super-G 2021 3 victories (2 GS, 1 SG) 7 December 2020 Santa Caterina, Italy Giant slalom 7 March 2021 Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria Super-G 13 March 2021 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 2022 7 victories (5 GS, 2 SG) 24 October 2021 Sölden, Austria Giant slalom 2 December 2021 Beaver Creek, United States Super-G 11 December 2021 Val d'Isère, France Giant slalom 20 December 2021 Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom 8 January 2022 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom 13 January 2022 Wengen, Switzerland Super-G 19 March 2022 Méribel, France Giant slalom 2023 13 victories (7 GS, 6 SG) 23 October 2022 Sölden, Austria Giant slalom 27 November 2022 Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 10 December 2022 Val d'Isère, France Giant slalom 19 December 2022 Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom 29 December 2022 Bormio, Italy Super-G 7 January 2023 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom 28 January 2023 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 29 January 2023 Super-G 5 March 2023 Aspen, United States Super-G 11 March 2023 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 12 March 2023 Giant slalom 16 March 2023 Soldeu, Andorra Super-G 18 March 2023 Giant slalom 2024 13 victories 8 victories 9 victories

World Championship results

Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined Teamcombined Team event 2022 24 — 1 DNF 7 — — 2026 28 — 2 3 4 2

Junior World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined Team event 2016 18 DNF 1 3 11 DNF 8 2018 20 — 1 1 1 1 1