STANGASSINGER Thomas (AUT)
15.09.1965 Bad Duernberg
180cm 82kg
SKI: Fischer -Salomon
BOOTS: Tecnica -Salomon
BINDING: Tyrolia -Salomon

2000. retired
Aspen98 SL/1st Veysonnaz98 SL/1st
Aspen 98 SL/ 1st Veysonnaz 98 SL/ 1st
KranjskaGora99 SL/2nd Kitzbuhel99 SL/1st
Kranjska Gora 99 SL/ 2nd Kitzbuhel 99 SL-I/ 1st
StangassingerFace World Cup Ranking
General
1985/36th, 1986/73rd, 1987/52nd, 1988/33rd, 1989/39th, 1990/23rd,
1991/13th, 1992/38th, 1993/17th, 1994/17th, 1995/31st, 1996/46th,
1997/8th, 1998/12th, 1999/11th, 2000/24th,
Special
1993 SL/3rd, 1994 SL/2nd, 1997 SL/2nd, 1998 SL/2nd, 1999/SL/1st.
2000 SL/5th,
World Championchips
1989 Vail SL/9th.
1991 Saalbach SL/2nd.
1993 Morioka SL/3rd.
1997 Sestriere SL/6th.
1999 Vail 6th/
Olympic Games
1988 Calgary K/9th.
1992 Albertvill SL/9th.
1994 Lillehammer SL/1st.
1998 Nagano SL/6th.
World Cup - 10 w. (10 SL)
1. SL: Mt.Ste.Anne 90, Veysonnaz 93, Park City 94, Kitzbuhel 94,
Shigakogen 97, Park City 98, Veysonnaz 98, Kitzbuhel 98 I ,
Aspen 99, Sierra Nevada 99.
2. SL: Bad Kleinkirchheim 88, lillehammer 91, Garmisch 93,
Stoneham 94, Sestriere 94,99, Bormio 95, Park City 97,
Chamonix 97, Wengen 97, Schladming 97, Vail 97, Kranjska Gora 99,
Ofterschwang 99, Vail 2000.
K : Madonna di Campiglio 85
3. SL: Kranjska Gora 85,91,97,98,2000, Are 93, Sestriere 96, Breckenridge 97,
Kitzbuhel 98 II, Madonna 2000, Schladming 2000.
Thomas Stangassinger had one of his best seasons ever in the 1998/99 campaign. At 34, he's like fine wine, getting better and better. Two victories and three other top three finishes led the 1994 Olympic Champion to win his first slalom World Cup title in 1999. This after what Stangassinger called disappointing 6th place finishes in 6th in the Nagano Olympics and Vail Worlds.
Stangassinger has 15 years of experience on the World Cup tour and flawless skiing technique. But its his coolness under pressure that wins races. He has won medals in three major events - bronze in 1991 and silver in 1993 at Ski World Championships and gold in the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics.
Born south of Salzburg, Thomas started competing on the World Cup tour in 1985. He won his first race in December 1989 in Canada. Injuries slowed his rise to stardom until the world bronze in 1991. Stangassinger was injured again in Summer 1994 when he fell during training. He also struggled with his skis before changing to Salomon skis three years ago. It was a good move. Suddenly he was back on top. His consistency helped him to win three races during the 1997/98 season and to fight until the last race against his teammate Tomas Sykora for the World Cup Slalom title. He lost it again at the finals in Crans-Montana.
Away from the "White Circus", Stangassinger loves nothing more than to be with his family. Married for the past six years, he has a daughter, Maria, who turned 5 last Summer. He skis with her during his holidays.
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