Hartmann "Harti" Weirather (born 24 January 1958) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Reutte, Tyrol, he specialized in the downhill event.
Racing career During the early 1980s, Weirather won six World Cup downhill races and won the downhill at the 1982 World Championships in Schladming, Austria. In addition, he won the World Cup season title in downhill in 1981.
Weirather's win at Kitzbühel in 1982 was the first-ever under two minutes on the full-length Streif course; his time (1:57.20) stood as the course record for ten years. (The two downhill races at Kitzbühel in 1982 were extremely fast compared to previous years; Weirather broke Franz Klammer's 1975 record (2:03.22) by over six seconds, and the top 15 finishers in both races were all under two minutes.)
Personal Weirather is married to former World Cup champion Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein. They run a business consultancy firm in Planken, Liechtenstein, and their daughter, Tina Weirather, is a former world junior champion and competes on the World Cup circuit for Liechtenstein.
World Cup results Season titles Season Discipline1981Downhill
Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Super G Downhill Combined 1979 21 53 — — notrun 20 1980 22 15 — — 4 — 1981 23 8 — — 1 — 1982 24 10 — — 3 — 1983 25 13 — 24 notawarded(w/ GS) 3 15 1984 26 27 — — 11 — 1985 27 54 — — 17 — 1986 28 83 — — — 33 —
Race podiums 6 wins - (6 DH) 17 podiums - (17 DH) Season Date Location Discipline Place1980 12 Jan 1980 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill2nd4 Mar 1981 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill2nd1981 14 Dec 1980 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill2nd15 Dec 1980 Downhill1st10 Jan 1981 Garmisch, W.Germany Downhill3rd24 Jan 1981 Wengen, Switzerland Downhill2nd31 Jan 1981 St. Anton, Austria Downhill1st5 Mar 1981 Aspen, USA Downhill2nd6 Mar 1981 Downhill 1st1982 15 Jan 1982 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 1st23 Jan 1982 Wengen, Switzerland Downhill 1st13 Feb 1982 Garmisch, W.Germany Downhill3rd5 Mar 1982 Aspen, USA Downhill2nd1983 5 Dec 1982 Pontresina, Switzerland Downhill 1st5 Feb 1983 St. Anton, Austria Downhill3rd1984 4 Dec 1983 Schladming, Austria Downhill2nd9 Dec 1983 Val d'Isère, France Downhill3rd
World championship results Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1980 22 — — notrun 9 — 1982 24 — — 1 — 1985 27 — — 17 — From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1980 22 — — not run 9 not run
References
External links
Harti Weirather World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation