Fact Sheet SG Kitzbuehel

PREVIEW MEN'S SUPER G – Friday 20 Jan 2017
Jansrud looking for historic fourth consecutive win
 Kjetil Jansrud has won the first three World Cup Super G events of this season in
Val d'Isère, Val Gardena and most recently in Santa Caterina on 27 December
2016.
 He could now equal the record for most consecutive World Cup victories in Super
G, set twice by Hermann Maier (December 1997-February 1998 and December
1998-March 1999) and once by Aksel Lund Svindal (December 2012-December
2013).
 Jansrud can become the second man to win the first four Super G races of a
season, after Maier in 1997/98.
 The record for most Super G wins in a single World Cup season is also four, by
Maier (1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/2000) and Svindal (2012/13).
 Jansrud could claim his 10th World Cup Super G win, equalling Pirmin Zurbriggen
in third place on the all-time victory list. Only Maier (24) and Svindal (15) have won
more.
 In all World Cup disciplines, Jansrud has claimed 18 victories (9 Super G, 7
Downhill, 1 Alpine Combined, 1 Parallel Giant Slalom), tied with Lasse Kjus in third
place on the all-time World Cup victory list among Norwegian men. Only Svindal
(32) and Kjetil André Aamodt (21) have more.
 His 16 wins in speed events are currently ranked ninth on the men's all-time list,
one shy of Michael Walchhofer's 17 wins in eighth place.
 Jansrud has never reached the podium at a Super G race in Kitzbühel, his best
finishes were a fourth place in both January 2013 and January 2016.
Norway on top in Super G
 Since the start of last season, Norwegian men have won eight of the 11 World Cup
Super G races (Kjetil Jansrud 4, Aksel Lund Svindal 3, Aleksander A. Kilde 1).
 The only non-Norwegian winners of a Super G race in this span were Marcel
Hirscher (Beaver Creek, 5 December 2015), Carlo Janka (Jeongseon, 7 February
2016) and Beat Feuz (St. Moritz, 17 March 2016).
 Norwegian skiers claimed 14 podium finishes in Super G in those 11 races, twice
as many as the next prolific country in this sense (Austria 7).
 Only in Beaver Creek (5 Dec 2015) and Jeongseon (7 Feb 2016) no Norwegian
skier reached the podium.
 Svindal (2) and Hermann Maier (5) are the only skiers to have won multiple World
Cup Super G races in Kitzbühel.
 Svindal has been sidelined for the season (meniscus injury) and won’t start in
Kitzbühel.
Austrians waiting for win in Kitzbühel
 Austrian skiers have won eight of the first 10 World Cup Super G races held in
Kitzbühel, but failed to win any of the last six.
 The last Austrian man who won a Super G race in Kitzbühel was Klaus Kröll on 23
January 2009.
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 In all 16 editions of a Super G in Kitzbühel, at least one Austrian finished on the
podium. In total they claimed 28 podium finishes in these races, 22 more than the
next prolific country (Switzerland 6).
 Last season, Hannes Reichelt finished in third place in the Super G here after
Svindal (winner) and Andrew Weibrecht (second place).
 Reichelt is the only Austrian to reach the podium in a Super G race this season as
he finished second in Santa Caterina.
 The last Austrian man to win a World Cup Super G race was Marcel Hirscher in
Beaver Creek on 5 December 2015, Hirscher's only World Cup victory in the Super
G to-date.
 The last Austrian to win a World Cup Super G race on home snow was Matthias
Mayer in Saalbach on 22 February 2015.
 Max Franz has improved in every Super G race this season (10th, 7th, 5th). His
only podium finish to-date is a third place in Kitzbühel in January 2014.
 Austrians are one short of 50 World Cup wins in Kitzbühel. Only in Val d'Isère,
skiers from one country have won more races (Austria, 52, including women).
Other contenders
 Dominik Paris is the only skier besides Kjetil Jansrud to finish on the podium of a
Super G race multiple times this season, as he finished third in both Val d'Isère and
Santa Caterina.
 Paris' only World Cup victory in the Super G came in Kitzbühel on 23 January
2015. He can become the third man with multiple Super G victories in Kitzbühel
after Hermann Maier (5) and Aksel Lund Svindal (2).
 Erik Guay is the only Canadian with multiple World Cup victories in Super G - his
last victory came in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in March 2010.
 The last Canadian with a Super G victory was Dustin Cook in Méribel in March
2015.
 Only Austrian skiers (28) have claimed more podium finishes in Super G races in
Kitzbühel than Swiss skiers (6). The last Swiss man to reach the podium here was
Didier Defago who won in 2014.
Venue stats
 Kitzbühel will host a World Cup race for a record 49th season.
 On 21 January 1967 Jean-Claude Killy won the first race here (Downhill).
 The last seven men's World Cup races in Kitzbühel were won by seven different
skiers.
 Marc Girardelli is the most successful ski racer in this town with seven World Cup
race victories. Didier Cuche, Hermann Maier and Pirmin Zurbriggen follow with six
wins each.
 The last Austrian to win a World Cup race in Kitzbühel is Hannes Reichelt. He won
the Downhill on 25 January 2014.
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