Niels Hintermann
Niels Hintermann (born 5 May 1995) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Bülach, Zürich, he specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G.
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| Born | 5 May 1995 | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G, Combined | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Hausen am Albis | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | nielshintermann.ch | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (2019, 2021, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 7 – (2016–2017, 2019–2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 2 – (1 DH, 1 AC) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 6 – (5 DH, 1 AC) | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (13th in 2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (2nd in AC, 2017) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Hintermann made his World Cup debut at age 20 in November 2015 at Lake Louise, and was fortieth in the downhill. He scored his first World Cup points three weeks later at Val Gardena, at 29th place in the downhill. Hintermann won his first World Cup race (and first podium) the following season, in the combined at Wengen in January 2017.[1]
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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| 2016 | 20 | 122 | — | — | — | 48 | 42 |
| 2017 | 21 | 53 | — | — | 41 | 37 | 2 |
| 2018 | 22 | no results due to injury | |||||
| 2019 | 23 | 69 | — | — | 55 | 23 | 28 |
| 2020 | 24 | 33 | — | — | — | 12 | 19 |
| 2021 | 25 | 93 | — | — | 55 | 28 | — |
| 2022 | 26 | 13 | — | — | 27 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 27 | 24 | — | — | 34 | 7 | |
World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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| 2019 | 23 | — | — | — | 21 | 23 |
| 2021 | 25 | — | — | — | DNF | — |
| 2023 | 27 | — | — | — | 12 | — |
References
- Unheralded Swiss wins World Cup Alpine combined race Retrieved 13 January 2016.
External links
- Niels Hintermann at FIS (alpine)
- Niels Hintermann at Olympedia
- Niels Hintermann at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Swiss Ski team official site (in German)
- Niels Hintermann at Atomic Skis
- Official website (in German)
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