Planai (ski course)

Planai is a World Cup ski course, located on the same name mountain and ski resort in Schladming, Styria, Austria, opened in 1973.

Planai
Place:Austria Schladming
Mountain:Planai
Member:Club5+
Opened:1975
Slalom
Start:961 m (3,153 ft) (AA)
Finish:745 m (2,444 ft)
Vertical drop:216 m (709 ft)
Max. incline:28.4° degrees (54%)
Aver. incline:20.2° degrees (36.8%)
Most wins:Norway  Henrik Kristoffersen (4x)

Since 1997 it is regular host of the night slalom, the highest attended in the circuit with 50,000 people each year.

Course hosted two World Championships in 1982 and 2013 and World Cup season final in 2012.

History

Opened in 1973 with dowhnill event and Franz Klammer as the winner. Until the end of the decade and through the eighties, all disciplines were regularly held on this course.

In 1982, they organized Alpine World Ski Championships for the first time, with all men's events and only giant slalom event for women held on this course.

In 1988, they replaced originally scheduled Les Menuires (W) and Val Thorens (M) as season opening in the last minute due to weather conditions.[1]

In 1990, they organized last World Cup weekend with downhill, slalom and combined events, before 7 years long break and entering new era.

In 1997, they organized first slalom under floodlight. Since then this became the most visited and most spectacular slalom in the world.[2]

In 2013, they organized 2nd Alpine World Ski Championships, completely renovated the finish area with recognizable arc of steel.

World Championships
Franz Klammer in 1982 (downhill)

Men's events
Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
1982GS 3 February 1982   United States Steve Mahre Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boris Strel
KB (SL) 1 February 1982  
(DH) 5 February 1982  		 France Michel Vion  Switzerland  Peter Lüscher Austria Anton Steiner
DH 6 February 1982   Austria Harti Weirather  Switzerland  Conradin Cathomen Austria Erwin Resch
SL 7 February 1982   Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bojan Križaj Sweden Bengt Fjällberg
2013SG 6 February 2013   United States Ted Ligety France Gauthier de Tessières Norway Aksel Lund Svindal
DH 9 February 2013   Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Italy Dominik Paris France David Poisson
SC 11 February 2013   United States Ted Ligety Croatia Ivica Kostelić Austria Romed Baumann
GS 15 February 2013   United States Ted Ligety Austria Marcel Hirscher Italy Manfred Mölgg
SL 17 February 2013   Austria Marcel Hirscher Germany Felix Neureuther Austria Mario Matt

Women's events
Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
1982GS 2 February 1982   Switzerland Erika Hess United States Christin Cooper Liechtenstein Ursula Konzett
2013GS 14 February 2013   France Tessa Worley Slovenia Tina Maze Austria Anna Fenninger

Team event
Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
2013TE 12 February 2013    Austria
Nicole Hosp
Michaela Kirchgasser
Carmen Thalmann
Marcel Hirscher
Marcel Mathis
Philipp Schörghofer
  Sweden
Nathalie Eklund
Frida Hansdotter
Maria Pietilä Holmner
Jens Byggmark
Mattias Hargin
André Myhrer
  Germany
Lena Dürr
Maria Höfl-Riesch
Veronique Hronek
Fritz Dopfer
Stefan Luitz
Felix Neureuther

World Cup

Men
Planai (ski course) is located in Austria
Planai (ski course)
Location in Austria
Planai (ski course) is located in Alps
Planai (ski course)
Location in the Alps
Kristoffersen won record 4 slaloms
No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
162DH 1973–7422 December 1973   Austria Franz KlammerSwitzerland Roland CollombinSwitzerland Bernhard Russi
210DH 1975–7620 December 1975   Canada Dave IrwinAustria Klaus EberhardItaly Herbert Plank
211SL 21 December 1975   Austria Hansi HinterseerSweden Ingemar StenmarkItaly Piero Gros
285GS 1978–799 December 1978   Sweden Ingemar StenmarkSwitzerland Peter LüscherItaly Leonardo David
286DH 10 December 1978   Canada Ken ReadCanada Dave MurraySoviet Union Vladimir Makeev
287KB 10 December 1978   Switzerland Peter LüscherAustria Leonhard StockLiechtenstein Andreas Wenzel
DH 1979–8022 December 1979   cancelled after 28 skiers due to poor visibility
368GS 1980/812 February 1981   Sweden Ingemar StenmarkAustria Hans EnnSwitzerland Jean-Luc Fournier
DH 7 February 1981   cancelled
499GS 1984–858 January 1985   Switzerland Thomas BürglerLuxembourg Marc GirardelliSwitzerland Martin Hangl
534DH 1985–8631 December 1985   Austria Peter WirnsbergerSwitzerland Peter MüllerAustria Erwin Resch
621DH 1987–8829 January 1988   Switzerland Pirmin ZurbriggenSwitzerland Franz HeinzerWest Germany Peter Durr
622GS 30 January 1988   Austria Rudolf NierlichAustria Hubert StrolzAustria Helmut Mayer
633SG 1988–8927 November 1988   Switzerland Pirmin ZurbriggenFrance Franck PiccardAustria Leonhard Stock
676DH 1989–9011 January 1990   France Franck PiccardItaly Kristian GhedinaSwitzerland Daniel Mahrer
677SL 12 January 1990   West Germany Armin BittnerAustria Michael TritscherItaly Konrad Ladstätter
Japan Tetsuya Okabe
678KB 12 January 1990   Switzerland Pirmin ZurbriggenSwitzerland Paul AccolaAustria Günther Mader
921SL 1996–9730 January 1997   Italy Alberto TombaAustria Thomas StangassingerFrance Sébastien Amiez
948SL 1997–988 January 1998   Italy Alberto TombaAustria Thomas SykoraNorway Hans Petter Buraas
949SG 10 January 1998   Austria Hermann MaierAustria Stephan EberharterItaly Luca Cattaneo
950SG 11 January 1998   Austria Hermann MaierAustria Andreas SchiffererAustria Stephan Eberharter
985SL 1998–997 January 1999   Austria Benjamin RaichFrance Pierrick BourgeatNorway  Kjetil André Aamodt
986SG 9 January 1999   Austria Hermann MaierAustria Rainer SalzgeberAustria Hans Knauß
1039SL 1999–009 March 2000   Austria Mario MattNorway  Kjetil André AamodtAustria Thomas Stangassinger
1066SL 2000–0123 January 2001   Austria Benjamin RaichNorway Hans Petter BuraasSlovenia Mitja Kunc
1102SL 2001–0222 January 2002   United States Bode MillerFrance Jean-Pierre VidalCroatia Ivica Kostelić
1140SL 2002–0328 January 2003   Finland Kalle PalanderAustria Benjamin RaichNorway  Hans Petter Buraas
1174SL 2003–0427 January 2004   Austria Benjamin RaichItaly Manfred MölggFinland Kalle Palander
1213SL 2004–0525 January 2005   Austria Manfred PrangerAustria Benjamin RaichSweden André Myhrer
1250SL 2005–0624 January 2006   Finland Kalle PalanderJapan Akira SasakiAustria Benjamin Raich
1285SL 2006–0730 January 2007   Austria Benjamin RaichSweden Jens ByggmarkAustria Mario Matt
1322SL 2007–0822 January 2008   Austria Mario MattFrance Jean-Baptiste GrangeItaly Manfred Mölgg
1362SL 2008–0927 January 2009   Austria Reinfried HerbstAustria Manfred PrangerCroatia Ivica Kostelić
1398SL 2009–1026 January 2010   Austria Reinfried Herbst Switzerland  Silvan ZurbriggenAustria Manfred Pranger
1430SL 2010–1125 January 2011   France Jean-Baptiste GrangeSweden André MyhrerSweden Mattias Hargin
1466SL 2011–1224 January 2012   Austria Marcel HirscherItaly Stefano GrossAustria Mario Matt
1484DH 14 March 2012   Norway Aksel Lund SvindalSwitzerland Beat FeuzAustria Hannes Reichelt
1485SG 15 March 2012   Italy Christof InnerhoferFrance Alexis PinturaultAustria Marcel Hirscher
1486GS 17 March 2012   Austria Marcel HirscherAustria Hannes ReicheltAustria Marcel Mathis
1545SL 2013–1428 January 2014   Norway Henrik KristoffersenAustria Marcel HirscherGermany Felix Neureuther
1580SL 2014–1527 January 2015   Russia Alexander KhoroshilovItaly Stefano GrossGermany Felix Neureuther
1616SL 2015–1626 January 2016   Norway Henrik KristoffersenAustria Marcel HirscherRussia Aleksandr Khoroshilov
1659SL 2016–1724 January 2017   Norway Henrik KristoffersenAustria Marcel HirscherRussia Aleksandr Khoroshilov
1698SL 2017–1823 January 2018   Austria Marcel HirscherNorway Henrik Kristoffersen Switzerland  Daniel Yule
1735SL 2018–1929 January 2019   Austria Marcel HirscherFrance Alexis Pinturault Switzerland  Daniel Yule
1771SL 2019–2028 January 2020   Norway  Henrik KristoffersenFrance Alexis Pinturault Switzerland  Daniel Yule
1805SL 2020–2126 January 2021   Austria Marco SchwarzFrance Clément NoëlFrance Alexis Pinturault
1842SL 2021–2225 January 2022   Germany Linus StrasserNorway  Atle Lie McGrathAustria Manuel Feller

Women
No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
584SG 1988–8926 November 1988   France Carole MerleAustria Ulrike MaierWest Germany Regine Mösenlechner
Austria Anita Wachter
1387GS 2011–1218 March 2012   Germany Viktoria RebensburgAustria Anna FenningerItaly Federica Brignone
1717SL 2021–2211 January 2022   United States Mikaela ShiffrinSlovakia Petra VlhováGermany Lena Dürr

Alpine team event
No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
6TE 2011–1216 March 2012    Austria
Eva-Maria Brem
Michaela Kirchgasser
Stephanie Köhle
Max Franz
Marcel Mathis
Philipp Schörghofer
   Switzerland
Lara Gut
Wendy Holdener
Markus Vogel
Ralph Weber
Silvan Zurbriggen

  Sweden
Therese Borssén
Frida Hansdotter
Anna Swenn-Larsson
Axel Bäck
Mattias Hargin
André Myhrer

 Not in original calendar. It replaced women's GS from Les Menuires (1988), men's GS from Val Thorens (1988) and SL from Flachau (2022). 

Club5+

In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.[3]

Later over the years other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St.Moritz and Åre.[4]

References
  1. "Ženske sezono odpirajo z super G v Schladmingu (page 6)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 26 November 1988.
  2. "Results & History". thenightrace.at. 11 January 2022.
  3. "Srečko Medven predsednik elitnega združenje (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Naše novice. June 2010.
  4. "Club5+ workshop in Adelboden". saslong.org. 23 October 2021.

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