Rainer Schönfelder

Rainer Schönfelder (born 13 June 1977) is an Austrian former skier who won the 2003–2004 men's World Cup slalom title.

Career Born in Bleiburg, Carinthia, Austria, Schönfelder made his debut in the 1995–1996 season, finishing 115th in the overall rankings. He quickly began to excel in the slalom events, and improved his position in the overall World Cup standing to 10th place by the 2003–2004 season.

Apart from his slalom success in the 2003–2004 World Cup, his other achievements include 2 bronze medals (combined and slalom) at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy and a 4th place in the combined event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

On 27 March 2004, Schönfelder tested positive for the stimulant Etilephrine at the Austrian slalom championships. However, he was not banned and continued competing in 2004–05, since it was found that he had taken the substance inadvertently while undergoing treatment of influenza.

Rainer Schönfelder has also had some success as a pop singer in Austria, especially with a cover version of Wolfgang Ambros' classic hit "Schifoan" (meaning "skiing").

Schönfelder made headlines on 10 January 2007 by skiing nude after losing a bet with his physiotherapist.

Trivia

Before the race in Chamonix Schönfelder slipped in the bathroom and got a contusion on his testicles.

World Cup results Overall

Individual victories

Date Location Race 6 February 2000 Todtnau Slalom 20 January 2002 Kitzbühel Slalom 24 November 2002 Park City Slalom 8 March 2003 Shigakogen Slalom 8 February 2004 Adelboden Slalom

Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Super G Downhill Combined 1996 18 115 – 39 — — — 1997 19 Did not score a point 1998 20 Did not score a point 1999 21 63 24 — — — — 2000 22 25 7 29 — — — 2001 23 28 9 36 — — — 2002 24 26 5 40 — — — 2003 25 16 3 31 — — — 2004 26 10 1 21 — — — 2005 27 14 2 21 — — — 2006 28 14 14 13 35 — 4 2007 29 34 26 18 — — 8 2008 30 15 17 20 53 29 5 2009 31 123 59 49 — — — 2010 32 127 50 — — — — 2011 33 Did not score a point 2012 34 127 42 — — — — 2013 35 Did not score a point