Dec 29 - Factbox on Austrian Michael Walchhofer,
who won a men's World Cup downhill in Bormio, Italy, on Friday: Age: 31 (born April 28, 1975 in Altenmarkt) World Cup wins: 11 Downhill 8: Lake Louise 2003, Wengen 2005, Garmisch 2005 (I
and II), Val d'Isere 2005, Kitzbuehel 2006, Bormio I and II,
2006 Super-G 1: Val Gardena 2004 Combined 1: Kitzbuehel 2003 Super-combined 1: Val d'Isere 2005 World Cup downhill champion in 2005 and 2006 Olympic downhill silver medallist in Turin 2006 Super-G silver medallist and downhill bronze at the world
championships in Bormio 2005 2003 downhill world champion in St Moritz Originally a technical skier, he shot to attention by
claiming four second places in World Cup downhills in the
2002/03 season before taking a gold at the world championships. Son of a hotelier, he grew up in the next village to 1998
double Olympic champion Hermann Maier's. Has three children,
including twin boys.
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