Patrick Ortlieb (born 20 May 1967) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. A specialist in the speed events, he was also a world champion in the downhill event.New York Times – Skiing: Austrian captures downhill in a glide – 18 February 1996
Born in Bregenz in Vorarlberg, Ortlieb started skiing early at the age of three. He won the downhill event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in France, gathered twenty World Cup podiums (sixty top tens), and was World Champion in 1996 in downhill. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, he finished fourth in the downhill at Kvitfjell. A month earlier, he won the famed downhill on the Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel, Austria.
Five years later in January 1999, Ortlieb's racing career ended at age 31 after a serious crash during a practice run on the same slope at Kitzbühel. He suffered a compound fracture of the right femur and a badly dislocated and slightly fractured right hip after losing control and crashing into the safety nets at the Hausbergkante (mountain house corner).The Independent – Skiing: Ortlieb suffers horrific accident – 22 January 1999 Later in the year, he was elected to the National Council of Austria for the Freedom Party of Austria, where he stayed for three years.
Ortlieb currently runs a four-star hotel, named Hotel Montana, in Lech am Arlberg in Vorarlberg.
Ortlieb is the father of fellow alpine skier Nina Ortlieb.
World Cup results Race podiums 4 wins – (3 DH, 1 SG) 20 podiums – (18 DH, 2 SG) Season Date Location Discipline Place 1989 10 Dec 1988 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 2nd 1991 16 Mar 1991 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 3rd 1992 11 Jan 1992 Garmisch, Germany Downhill 2nd18 Jan 1992 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 3rd14 Mar 1992 Aspen, USA Downhill 3rd 1993 11 Dec 1992 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 3rd23 Jan 1993 Veysonnaz, Switzerland Downhill 2nd28 Feb 1993 Whistler, Canada Super-G 3rd 1994 18 Dec 1993 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 1st15 Jan 1994 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill1st15 Mar 1994 Vail, USA Downhill 3rd 1995 11 Dec 1994 Tignes, France Super-G 1st17 Dec 1994 Val d'Isère, France Downhill 2nd13 Jan 1995 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 2nd25 Feb 1995 Whistler, Canada Downhill 3rd11 Mar 1995 Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 3rd 1996 1 Dec 1995 Vail, USA Downhill 3rd16 Dec 1995 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill1st20 Jan 1996 Veysonnaz, Switzerland Downhill 2nd 1997 15 Dec 1996 Val d'Isère, France Downhill3rd
Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1989 21 30 – – – 12 — 1990 22 43 – – – 17 14 1991 23 23 – – 26 6 — 1992 24 10 – – 18 4 18 1993 25 7 – – 7 7 6 1994 26 12 – – 21 3 — 1995 27 11 – – 9 3 — 1996 28 20 – – 27 3 — 1997 29 33 – – 16 14 — 1998 30 62 – – 32 27 — 1999 31 82 – – – 35 —
World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1991 23 — — — 7 — 1993 25 — — cancelled 8 — 1996 28 — — — 1 — 1997 29 — — — 8 — The Super-G in 1993 was cancelled after multiple weather delays.
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1992 24 — — 18 1 — 1994 26 — — — 4 —
References
External links
Patrick Ortlieb World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
Hotel Montana – Oberlech, Austria – Ortlieb family YouTube.com – video – 1996 World Championships – Sierra Nevada, Spain – men's downhill – medalists' runs – 1996-02-17