| AAMODT Kjetil-Andre (NOR) |
02.09.1971 Oslo. Residence: Monaco
176cm / 85kg
Club: Nordstrand IF
06,Jan, 2007 Retired
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SKI: Dynastar
BOOTS: Lange
BINDING: Look
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| Oppdal 93 GS/ 1st |
Park City 98 GS/2nd |
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| Kitzbuhel 99 DH/ 2nd |
Wengen 2000 SL / 1st |
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| St.Anton WM 01. C/ 1st |
Salt Lake 2002 Super-G/ 1st |
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'94 Overall Champion
2000 Slalom Champion
Salt Lake 2002 |
World Cup Ranking
General
1990/39th, 1991/17th, 1992/13th, 1994/1st, 1995/5th, 1996/10th,
1997/2nd, 1998/4th. 1999/2nd, 2000/2nd, 2001/7th, 2002/2nd, 2003/3rd.
2004/-, 2005/26th, 2006/8th,
Special
1993 GS/1st, SG/1st,.1994 GS/2nd,.
1997 GS/2nd,.
1998 GS/9th,.SL/13th,.DH/12th
2000 SL/1st, K/1st, DH/13th, SG/13th, GS/9th.
2001 DH/36th, SG/10th, GS/16th, SL/7th.
2002 DH/6th, SG/6th, SL/9th, GS/16th, K/1st.
2003 SG/4th, DH/7th, SL/23rd, GS/14th.
2005 DH/28th, SG/14th, GS/40th.
2006 DH/th, SG/5th, K/5th.
World Championships
1991 Saalbach SL/12th, SG/2nd,.
1993 Morioka Shizukuishi
SL/1st, GS/1st, K/2nd
1996 Sierra Nevada DH/27th,
SL/8th, SG/3rd,
K/6
1997 Sestriere DH/9th,
GS/6th, SG/8th, K/1st
1999 Vail DH/3rd, SG/9th,
SL/7th, K/1st
2001 St.Anton K/1st, GS/2nd, SL/7th, SG/18th,
2003 St.Moritz K-3rd,
2005 Bormio. SL/14th, SG/22nd, DH/23rd, K/DSQ.
Olympic Games
1992 Albertvill SG/1st, GS/3rd, DH/26th
1994 Lillehammer DH/2nd,
K/2nd, SG/3rd, GS/12th
1998 Nagano DH/13th, SG/5th.
2002 Salt Lake City DH/4th, K/1st, SG/1st, GS/7th, SL/7th.
2006 Torino. DH/4th, K/DNS, SG/1st.
World Cup- 21 w. (1 DH, 6 GS, 5 SG, 1 SL, 8 K)
| 1. |
DH: |
Chamonix 94, |
| SG: |
Aspen 92, 93,.Kvitfjell 93, Are 93, Lillehammer 96, |
| GS: |
Sestriere 93, Oppdal 93, Are 93, Hinterstoder 94, Vail 94, Adelboden 97 |
| SL: |
Wengen 00, |
| K : |
Chamonix 94, 00, Kitzbuhel 98, 99, 00, 02, Wengen 02, 03, |
| 2. |
DH: |
Kitzbuhel 99-I, 02, Lake Louise 06, |
| SG: |
Panorama 92, Val d'Isere 94, |
| GS: |
Crans Montana 92, Val d'Isere 95, Park City 98, Adelboden 99, |
| SL: |
Garmisch 93, Arte 93, Veysonnaz 93, Kitzbuhel 94, Sierra Nevada 99,
Chamonix 00, Todtnau 00, Adelboden 00, |
| K : |
Garmisch 93, Veysonnaz 93, Kitzbuhel 94, 97, Chamonix 97, Wengen 99,
Kitzbuhel 00, wengen 06, |
| 3. |
DH: |
Kvitfjrll 99-I, Val Gardena 02-II, Lake Louise 03, Kitzbuhel 03, |
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Bad Kleinkirchheim 93, Garmisch 06, |
| GS: |
Soelden 94, 97, Park City 94, Tignes 95, Bormio 95, Kranjska Gora 97,
Park City 99, Flachau 99, Tignes 00, Adelboden 03, |
| SL: |
Park City 97, Schladming 99, Ofterschwang 99, Beaber Creek 2000,
Park City 01, |
| K : |
Veysonnaz 96, Kitzbuhel 01, |
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Kjetil Andre Aamodt reached another remarkable summit in his career during the 1999/ 2000 winter, proving again that he is the best all-around ski racer on the World Cup tour in recent years. With his slalom win at Wengen and his triumph in the slalom World Cup, the Norwegian achieved more than a dream. In the Swiss race , Kjetil became the only fourth skier in the World Cup history to have won in all five alpine specialities. The other members of this exclusive club are Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen, Marc Girardelli from Luxembourg and Gunther Mader from Austria. Before the creation of the Super-G in the early 1990's, France's Jean Claude Killy, his teammate Henri Duvillard and Reinhart Tritscher scored wins in the three "classic" events. The Norwegian was quite proud to join this group.
Thanks to several other top-3 finishes in slalom, Aamodt clinched his fourth Crystal cups at Bormio. In 1993, he captured the GS and Super-G globes and the Overall Cup in 1994. He has won a total of 18 World Cup events since 1992.
The skier from Oslo had to wait three years to win again a real race after several successes in combined. He accumulated a series of impressive results in all specialties throughout the winter, especially in the technical races. I fact he scored points in all races except four. Aamodt was once more in the hunt for his second overall title until the last week prior to the Finals, but Hermann Maier was just too strong. It's the fourth time since 1993 that Kjetil has to be content with this 2nd place. In March 1999 his pal, Lasse Kjus edged him out the last race at Sierra Nevada.
Kjetil is the only other skier with Lasse Kjus to have conquered medals in all five alpine events. He won gold in Super-G in 1992, in slalom, in giant slalom in 1993 and in combined in 1997 and 1999. Aamodt, Kjus and Girardelli captured a total of 13 medals in their career. Aamodt conquered medals in all major events from 1991 to 1999 except at the 1998 Nagano Olympics.
He was only 22 years old when he won the Overall World Cup title after clinching three titles at Olympics and World Championships. He struggled the next season trying to handle the new found stardom combined with a some knee injuries. Now a veteran with a great sense of humour, Aamodt says his focus for the future seasons is for another title - in downhill, the last one missing. In 1999, he was 3rd at Beaver Creek behind Maier and Kjus. But the fire also burns strong to capture a second overall Crystal globe. He will fight until 2002 to reach this goal.
He lives in Monte Carlo next to Hans Petter Burras and enjoys the smooth weather conditions there. His girl friend Stine, a former five-time Norwegian rhythmic gymnast, often travels with him. Not so more his father Finn, his first trainer, who works now at the Olympic training centre outside of Oslo. He is also a TV commentator during the season and takes care of Kjetil's Website during the season.
Patrick Lang
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