Paul Accola

Paul Accola (born 20 February 1967) is a Swiss former Alpine skier. He came in first in the overall World Cup in 1992, and won a total of four medals at the Winter Olympics and World Championships in the combined event.

By the end of his career, he won seven world cup victories and was on the podium 26 times, the last time being in 2000. In 2002 Accola suffered a serious ankle injury, breaking both of his talus bones. In February 2005, on his 38th birthday, Accola announced that he would retire as alpine skier after nearly two decades in the sport.

He is the sixth Swiss athlete to compete at five Olympics, after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg and equestrian Christine Stückelberger.

In 2012, Accola was found not liable by Swiss courts of accidentally running over and killing a child with a riding mower, as he was found to have told the nearby children not to play in the area where he was mowing multiple times.

He is the brother of fellow former alpine skier Martina Accola.

World Cup victories Date Location Race 29 November 1991 Breckenridge Giant Slalom 30 November 1991 Breckenridge Slalom 13 January 1992 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Combined 19 January 1992 Kitzbühel Combined 26 January 1992 Wengen Combined 1 February 1992 Megève Super-G 1 March 1992 Morioka Super-G