Kjetil André Aamodt – Wikipédia

Kjetil André Aamodt , born the September 2, 1971 In Oslo, is a former Norwegian alpine skier ^{[ first ]} .

He has one of the most beautiful records of alpine skiing with the record for medals (eight) and Olympic titles (four gold medals: 3 in super-G and 1 in combination), five titles of world champions (3 In handset, 1 in slalom and 1 in giant), a World Cup (in 1994) and eight crystal globes (5 in handset, 1 in slalom, 1 in giant and 1 in super-G).
By winning the Super-G of the Albertville 1992 Olympic Games at 20, and fourteen years later, that of the 2006 Turin Olympic Games at 34, he owned the records of the youngest and the oldest Olympic champion of his Sport, the latter having been beaten by his compatriot Aksel Lund Svindal, 2018 Olympic champion of the descent at 35 years old.

Kjetil-André Aamodt made his World Cup debut November 23, 1989 during the Park City giant, which he finished at the 15 ^{It is} place. He achieved his first great performance at the 1991 world championships by obtaining a silver medal in super-G, which he became a year later Olympic champion at the 1992 Olympic Games in Albertville, and he won the same year His first World Cup victory in Aspen, still in super-G.

A true versatile, Kjetil-André aligns in all the alpine ski ski events and finished in 1993 second in the general classification behind Luxembourgeois Marc Girardelli at only a few points and he wins his first two Crystal Globes in Super-G and giant ( He wins three tests in each discipline that year). In 1994, the Olympic Games took place in his country in Lillehammer: he won three medals (silver downhill and combined and bronze in super-G). He wins that same year won the World Cup and the first of his five Crystal Globes in handset.

Regular skier, he reached the podium in the general classification of the World Cup 7 times (first in 1994, second in 1993, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2002 and third in 2003), wins eight Crystal Globes (5 in combined in 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2003, 1 in slalom in 2000, 1 giant in 1993, 1 in super-G in 1993) and won 21 times and in all disciplines (1 downhill victory, 5 victories In super-G, 6 giant victories, 1 slalom victory and 8 victories in handset).

During the 2002-2003 season, he seriously injured his right knee by falling during a training session. This injury takes him away from the competition for the 2003-2004 season. However, he returned to competition in 2005 with the objective of the Turin Olympic Games in 2006.

In his last season in 2006, he won an Olympic title in Turin again in Super-G. While he seemed to want to continue for the following season, he announced the January 6, 2007 On Norwegian television that he put an end to his career for family and health reasons at the age of 35 leaving behind one of the most beautiful records of alpine skiing. His last race was the super-G of Åre, which he finished at the 8 ^{It is} place, the 16 mars 2006 .

Kjetil-André Aamodt has established many records: that of the alpine skier having obtained the most Olympic medals (eight in total), having obtained the most Olympic titles (4 in total including 3 in super-G which also constitutes a Record), having obtained the most medals at the world championships (5 in gold, 4 in silver and 3 in bronze). He is also one of the five male skiers (with Pirmin Zurbriggen, Marc Girardelli, Günther Mader and Bode Miller) to have imposed himself at least once in each discipline in the World Cup.

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• Winner of the general classification in 1993-1994

Arlberg-Kandahar [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Kandahar winner 1994 in Chamonix
  • Winner of the 1994 descent in Chamonix