Daniel Yule (born 18 February 1993) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in slalom. Born in Martigny, Valais, he is of Scottish parentage.
Racing career Yule rose quickly to make his World Cup debut in the 2012 season in Kitzbühel at the age of 18, he had achieved his first points at the European Cup level just a month earlier. Having had a year of solid results in the European Cup in 2013, he became a World Cup regular for the 2014 season.
2014 After earning his first European Cup victory in the early 2014 season, Yule achieved his first World Cup points in the third slalom of the year, a race that was moved to Bormio, where he took 17 place. The breakthrough result came on the same piste on which he had made his World Cup debut. With a start number of 41, Yule finished 30th after the first run, meaning he was the last person to qualify for a second. In that second run, Yule took 4 tenths of a second out of the rest of the field, which catapulted him up the order to eventual 7th position. This result was enough to earn him a place on the Swiss Olympic Team in Sochi, where he competed in the slalom. Twelfth after the first run, Yule was disqualified in the second. After the Olympics, Yule went to his first Junior World Championships, where he earned a Bronze Medal in the slalom.
2015 The 2015 season was to be the first which Yule concentrated on the World Cup, although Yule did claim back-to-back victories in the two European Cup slaloms in Chamonix. He was able to find consistency in his skiing at the World Cup level, achieving points in 7 of the first 8 races of the season. Yule finished tenth three times; in Levi, Zagreb, and Schladming. and with those results, he fulfilled the selection criteria for the World Championships. His run in the slalom at the Championships ended very quickly, as he skied out of the course after only three gates. Yule's season results were enough to qualify for the World Cup Finals for the first time, and he finished the slalom tour in 16th as highest ranked Swiss in the discipline.
2016 Yule began the year promisingly with a ninth place in the first slalom of the season in Val-d'Isère after the season opener in Levi was cancelled.
2018 During the 2018 season, Yule took his first World Cup podium finishes, taking third at both Kitzbühel and Schladming.
2019 Yule started his 2019 season with a fifth place in Levi and a sixth in Saalbach-Hinterglemm. He earned his first win on the World Cup circuit in the Madonna di Campiglio night slalom after finishing fourth in the first run. He benefited from both Marcel Hirscher and Henrik Kristoffersen straddling. Yule's victory was the first World Cup slalom win for a Swiss male skier since Marc Gini's first place in Reiteralm in November 2007.
2024 In a groundbreaking moment at the World Cup, Daniel Yule achieved a historic victory in the slalom event held in Chamonix. This remarkable triumph marked the first time in World Cup history that an athlete, initially ranking 30th after the initial run, secured a victory in such a competition. Yule's accomplishment marked a significant milestone, surpassing the prior achievement of Lucas Braathen, who had managed to secure victory in the Wengen slalom event in 2022 after beginning the race from the 29th position following the initial run.
World Cup results Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombinedParallel 2014 21 88 30 — — — — rowspan=6 2015 22 51 16 — — — — 2016 23 50 13 — — — — 2017 24 31 21 16 — — — 2018 25 22 5 — — — — 2019 26 11 — — — — 2020 27 13 — — — — — 2021 28 50 16 55 — — rowspan=9 — 2022 29 24 6 — — — — 2023 30 17 4 — — — rowspan=7 2024 31 29 7 — — — 2025 32 42 14 — — — 2026 33 57 20 — — —
Race podiums 7 wins – (7 SL) 17 podiums – (17 SL) Season Date Location Discipline Place201821 January 2018 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 3rd23 January 2018 Schladming, Austria Slalom 3rd201922 December 2018 Madonna di Campiglio, ItalySlalom1st29 January 2019 Schladming, Austria Slalom 3rd17 March 2019 Soldeu, Andorra Slalom 3rd202024 November 2019 Levi, Finland Slalom 3rd8 January 2020 Madonna di Campiglio, ItalySlalom1st11 January 2020 Adelboden, SwitzerlandSlalom1st26 January 2020 Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom1st28 January 2020 Schladming, Austria Slalom 3rd202216 January 2022 Wengen, Switzerland Slalom 2nd9 March 2022 Flachau, Austria Slalom 3rd202322 December 2022 Madonna di Campiglio, ItalySlalom1st22 January 2023 Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom1st4 February 2023 Chamonix, France Slalom 3rd202421 January 2024 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 3rd4 February 2024 Chamonix, FranceSlalom1st
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombinedTeamcombinedParallelTeam event 2015 22 DNF1 — — — —rowspan=5 rowspan=3 — 2017 24 DNF2 — — — —— 2019 26 DNF1 — — — —12021285——————20233024——————202532DNF2———DNF2—
Olympic results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombinedTeamcombinedTeam event 2014 21 DSQ2 — — — — rowspan=3 2018 25 8 — — — — 1 2022 29 6 — — — — — 2026 33 15 — — — 13
References
External links
Daniel Yule at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Daniel Yule at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived) Daniel Yule at the Swiss Olympic Association Daniel Yule at Swiss Ski (archive)