Introduction
Mario Matt (born 9 April 1979) is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.
Born in Flirsch, Tyrol, Matt made his World Cup debut in December 1999. He claimed 15 World Cup victories: 14 in slalom and one super combined. Matt is also a two-time world champion in slalom, with titles in 2001 and 2007. With a remarkably long career as a top slalom racer, he is the oldest to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing (in Sochi at the 2014 Winter olympics) and the oldest to win a World Cup slalom race. Matt also has the third longest time interval between first and last World Cup victories (13 years, 10 months, and 22 days), after Ingemar Stenmark and Didier Cuche.
Matt announced his retirement from ski racing on March 12, 2015.
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20 | 23 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 21 | 17 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 37 | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 23 | 91 | 35 | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 24 | 23 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 25 | 29 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 26 | 36 | 16 | 23 | — | — | 32 |
| 2007 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 25 | — | — | 11 |
| 2008 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 15 | — | — | 29 |
| 2009 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 40 | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 30 | 85 | 31 | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 31 | 20 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 32 | 28 | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 33 | 21 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 34 | 27 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 35 | 96 | 29 | — | — | — | — |
Race victories
- 15 wins – (14 SL, 1 SC)
- 42 podiums – (1 GS, 40 SL, 1 SC)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 23 Jan 2000 |  Kitzbühel, Austria |
Slalom |
| 9 Mar 2000 | Schladming, Austria |
Slalom | |
| 2001 | 19 Dec 2000 |  Madonna di Campiglio, Italy |
Slalom |
| 2002 | 26 Nov 2001 |  Aspen, USA |
Slalom |
| 2005 | 13 Mar 2005 |  Lenzerheide, Switzerland |
Slalom |
| 2007 | 14 Jan 2007 | Wengen, Switzerland |
Super combined |
| 25 Feb 2007 |  Garmisch, Germany |
Slalom | |
| 4 Mar 2007 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia |
Slalom | |
| 2008 | 6 Jan 2008 | Adelboden, Switzerland |
Slalom |
| 22 Jan 2008 | Schladming, Austria |
Slalom | |
| 17 Feb 2008 |  Zagreb, Croatia |
Slalom | |
| 2009 | 14 Mar 2009 |  Åre, Sweden |
Slalom |
| 2011 | 27 Feb 2011 |  Bansko, Bulgaria |
Slalom |
| 6 Mar 2011 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia |
Slalom | |
| 2014 | 15 Dec 2013 |  Val d'Isère, France |
Slalom |
World Championships results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 21 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 2003 | 23 | DNF1 | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 25 | DNF1 | — | — | — | 11 |
| 2007 | 27 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 |
| 2009 | 29 | DNF1 | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 31 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 33 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 35 | DNF1 | — | — | — | — |
Olympic results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 22 | injured: did not compete | |||||
| 2006 | 26 | DNF1 | — | — | — | 34 | |
| 2010 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2014 | 34 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
Personal
Matt is the brother of skicross competitor Andreas Matt and fellow alpine skier Michael Matt.