Patrick Thaler (born 23 March 1978) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. Born in Bolzano, South Tyrol, he specialized in the slalom. Thaler competed for Italy at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics but failed to finish. His best result from Alpine World Ski Championships is a seventh place in Val-d'Isère, France, in 2009.
Career During his World Cup career, he reached three third-place finishes in the slalom – twice at Kitzbühel, Austria, and once at Val d'Isère. In addition, he has 25 top-10 finishes. He is one of the oldest (35 years, 10 months, 2 days) slalom skiers to have finished in the top-3 in the World cup (in 2014) and the oldest (38 years, 11 months, 11 days) to have finished in the top-10 (in 2017).
Thaler retired from ski racing on January 23, 2018, after having competed in the World Cup for a record of 22 seasons (1997–2018).
World Cup results
Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Super G Downhill Combined 1997 18 unranked 0 points 1998 19 103 — 42 — — — 1999 20 unranked 0 points 2000 21 117 — 44 — — — 2001 22 unranked 0 points 2002 23 unranked 0 points 2003 24 unranked 0 points 2004 25 105 46 — — — — 2005 26 58 19 — — — — 2006 27 57 19 — — — — 2007 28 101 38 — — — — 2008 29 57 20 — — — — 2009 30 51 18 — — — — 2010 31 96 34 — — — — 2011 32 132 49 — — — — 2012 33 51 16 — — — — 2013 34 46 17 — — — — 2014 35 21 4 — — — — 2015 36 56 18 — — — — 2016 37 42 10 — — — — 2017 38 64 22 — — — — 2018 39 141 49 — — — —
Race podiums 3 podiums – (3 SL) Season Date Location Discipline Place2009 25 Jan 2009 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 3rd2014 15 Dec 2013 Val d'Isère, France Slalom 3rd24 Jan 2014 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 3rd
Olympic results Year Age Slalom 2006 27 DNF1 2010 31 DNF2 2014 35 DNF1
World Championships results Year Age Slalom 2007 28 DNF1 2009 30 7 2013 34 DNF2 2015 36 DNF2 2017 38 24
References
External links
Fischer Skis – athletes – Patrick Thaler Italian Winter Sports Federation – (FISI) – alpine skiing – Patrick Thaler –