About Matthias Mayer
Matthias Mayer is an Austrian retired World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Mayer won the downhill to become the seventh Austrian gold medalist in the 18th edition of the event. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Mayer won the bronze medal in the downhill and successfully defended his title in the super G. Mayer's father is Helmut Mayer (b.1966), the silver medalist in the first Olympic super-G in 1988; he also won a silver medal at the World Championships in 1989, in the giant slalom at Vail.
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