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03:01 18Oct2005 Alpine skiing-Penpix of leading men's World Cup contenders
LONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Penpix of leading contenders for the 2006 men's Alpine ski World Cup, which starts in Soelden, Austria, on Sunday:
BODE MILLER (U.S.)
Age: 28 (born Oct. 12, 1977 in Franconia, New Hampshire)
World Cup wins: 19
Downhill 2: Lake Louise 2004, Beaver Creek 2004
Super-G 2: Lake Louise 2004, Lenzerheide 2005
Giant slalom 8: Val d'Isere 2001 and 2004, Alta Badia 2002, Kranjska Gora 2003 and 2004, Soelden 2003 and 2004, Park City 2003
Slalom 5: Madonna di Campiglio 2001, Adelboden 2001, Schladming 2002, St Anton 2004, Sestriere 2004
Combined 2: Chamonix 2004, Kitzbuehel 2004
2005 World Cup overall and super-G champion. Became the first American man since Phil Mahre in 1983 to win the overall title
2005 world championship downhill and super-G winner
2004 World Cup giant slalom champion
2003 giant slalom and combined world champion, super-G joint silver medallist
2002 Olympic silver medallist in giant slalom and combined in Salt Lake City
With slalom victory in Sestriere 2004 became only the second man after Marc Girardelli to win in all four World Cup disciplines in the same season.
His aggressive, freewheeling style makes him exciting to watch but also means he is prone to mistakes.
Start of the new season has been overshadowed for him by a motorcycle accident earlier this month involving his brother Chelone, who suffered serious head injuries.
Miller, a maverick who lives in a camper van on the World Cup tour, often provokes controversy. He said last season he might consider setting up his own rival tour to the World Cup and this month said he was surprised the performance-enhancing drug EPO was illegal.
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HERMANN MAIER (Austria)
Age: 32 (born Dec. 12 1972 in Flachau)
World Cup wins: 50
Downhill 14: Bormio 1998 and 1999, Wengen 1998, Vail 2000, 2001 and 2003, Chamonix 2000, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2000, Val d'Isere 2001, Kitzbuehel 2001, Kvitfjell 2001 and 2005, Are 2001, St Anton 2004
Super-G 22: Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1997, 1998 and 2004, Vail 1998 and 2000, Schladming I and II 1998, Schladming 1999, Val d'Isere 1999, Innsbruck 1999, Kvitfjell 1999, 2001 and 2005, Lake Louise 2000, 2001 and 2003, Kitzbuehel 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004, Bormio 2000, Sestriere 2004
Giant slalom 13: Park City 1998, Saalbach 1998, Adelboden 1998, 1999 and 2001, Soelden 1999 and 2001, Tignes 2000, Vail 2000, Todnau 2000, Val d'Isere 2001, Shigakogen 2001, Are 2001
Combined 1: Wengen/Veysonnaz 1998
His 50 victories make him the joint second most successful male skier in World Cup history, level with Alberto Tomba.
Overall World Cup champion in 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2004
World Cup downhill champion in 2002 and 2001, giant slalom champion in 1998, 2000 and 2001. World Cup super-G champion for four consecutive seasons from 1998 and again in 2004
2005 giant slalom world champion in Bormio
Downhill and super-G world champion 1999
Silver medallist in downhill and bronze in super-G at 2001 world championships
Silver medallist in super-G at 2003 world championships
Olympic super-G and giant slalom champion 1998
In the 2001 season, Maier won 13 World Cup races, equalling Swede Ingemar Stenmark's 1978/79 record of victories in a single season.
A former bricklayer, Maier was dubbed the "Herminator" for his aggressive style.
In August 2001, Maier was involved in a serious motorcycle accident and nearly lost his right leg. He fought his way back to fitness but injured the same leg again in training two years ago and had to delay his comeback. He returned to racing in January 2003 and won a World Cup super-G two weeks later.
Suffered a knee injury in pre-season training in New Zealand in August.
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BENJAMIN RAICH (Austria)
Age: 27 (born Feb. 28, 1978 in Arzl)
World Cup wins: 16
Giant slalom 6: Flachau 2004 and 1999, Kranjska Gora 2001, Bormio 2000, Yongpyong 2000, Kranjska Gora 2005
Slalom 9: Are 2001, Schladming 2004, 2001, 1999, Kitzbuehel 2001, Wengen 2004, 2001, 1999, Beaver Creek 2004
Combined 1: Wengen 2005
Giant slalom World Cup champion 2005
2005 Slalom and combined world champion in Bormio, where he also won giant slalom silver, super-G bronze and team silver
World Cup slalom champion in 2001 and second in the giant slalom standings in 2002
Won slalom and combined bronze medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Quiet and unassuming, Raich began as a technical specialist and has branched out successfully to ski the speed disciplines, challenging for the overall title until the penultimate day of last season.
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DARON RAHLVES (U.S.)
Age: 32 (born June 12, 1973 in Walnut Creek, California)
World Cup wins: 9
Downhill 6: Kvitfjell 2000 (I and II), Bormio 2002, Kitzbuehel 2003, Beaver Creek 2003, Sestriere 2004
Super-G 3: Kitzbuehel 2004, Kvitfjell 2004, Lenzerheide 2005
2005 world championship silver medal in the downhill and bronze in the giant slalom
2001 world super-G champion
Smaller than most of his rivals at 1.75 metres. Known as a daredevil and is a keen motorcyclist.
A former jet ski world champion, he became the first American to win the famed Hahnenkamm downhill at Kitzbuehel in 2003.
Has had frequent run-ins with ski officials over rules infractions. Has been relegated three times from a top-30 start position -- twice for not appearing at the official bib presentation and once for using illegal back and knee braces.
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MICHAEL WALCHHOFER (Austria)
Age: 30 (born April 28, 1975 in Altenmarkt)
World Cup wins: 6
Downhill 4: Lake Louise 2003, Wengen 2005, Garmisch 2005 (I and II)
Super-G 1: Val Gardena 2004
Combined 1: Kitzbuehel 2003
2005 World Cup downhill champion
2005 super-G silver medal and downhill bronze at the world championships in Bormio
2003 downhill world champion in St Moritz
Originally a technical skier, he shot to attention by claiming four second places in World Cup downhills three seasons ago before taking a gold at the 2003 world championships.
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KJETIL ANDRE AAMODT (Norway)
Age: 34 (born Aug. 2, 1971 in Oslo)
World Cup wins: 21
Downhill 1: Chamonix 1994
Super-G 5: Aspen 1992, 1993, Kvitfjell 1993, 1996, Are 1993
Giant slalom 6: Sestriere 1992, Oppdal 1993, Are 1993, Hinterstoder 1994, Vail 1994, Adelboden 1997
Slalom 1: Wengen 2000
Combined 8: Chamonix 1994, 2000, Kitzbuehel 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, Wengen 2002, 2003
The Norwegian all-rounder broke his ankle two years ago and has not recovered his old form, though he was on course for a combined silver medal at February's world championships until a video replay showed him straddling a slalom gate.
Has won World Cup races in all five of the sport's disciplines.
His haul of seven Olympic and 12 world championship medals is a record.
Recently married and is due to become a father in the new year.
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LASSE KJUS (Norway)
Age: 34 (Born Jan. 14, 1971 in Siggerud)
World Cup wins: 18
Downhill 10: Bormio 1995, Kvitfjell 1996 and 1997, Val d'Isere 1998, Val Gardena 1998, Wengen 1999, Kitzbuehel 1999, Sierra Nevada 1999, Kitzbuehel 2004, Lenzerheide 2005
Super-G 2: Vail 1995, Val Gardena 2003
Giant slalom 2: Kranjska Gora 1995, Beaver Creek 2004
Combined 4: Kitzbuehel 1994 and 1997, Wengen 1999, Kitzbuehel 2001
2003 silver medal in the combined event at the world championships
2002 Olympic downhill silver medal and giant slalom bronze at Salt Lake City
1999 overall and downhill World Cup champion
1999 world champion in super-G and giant slalom. Silver medallist in downhill, slalom and combined
1998 Olympic silver medallist in downhill and combined
1997 silver medallist in giant slalom, downhill and super-G at the world championships
1996 overall World Cup champion, world championship silver medallist in combined
1994 Olympic champion in combined
1993 world champion in combined
His tally of 11 world championship medals is a record matched only by Marc Girardelli.
Says this will be his final season.
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THOMAS GRANDI (Canada)
Age: 32 (born Dec. 27, 1972 in Bolzano, Italy)
World Cup wins: 2
Giant slalom 2: Alta Badia 2004, Flachau 2004
Grandi's win in Alta Badia last December was his first on the World Cup in 12 seasons of competing. Previously, he had been on the podium only twice, with second in the Kitzbuehel slalom last season and third in a giant slalom in Park City, Utah, in 1997.
Finished third in the giant slalom World Cup standings last season.
Grandi was born in Italy but moved with his family to Banff, Canada, as a child and took Canadian nationality.
03:01 18Oct2005 Alpine skiing-Penpix of leading men's World Cup contenders
LONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Penpix of leading contenders for the 2006 men's Alpine ski World Cup, which starts in Soelden, Austria, on Sunday:
BODE MILLER (U.S.)
Age: 28 (born Oct. 12, 1977 in Franconia, New Hampshire)
World Cup wins: 19
Downhill 2: Lake Louise 2004, Beaver Creek 2004
Super-G 2: Lake Louise 2004, Lenzerheide 2005
Giant slalom 8: Val d'Isere 2001 and 2004, Alta Badia 2002, Kranjska Gora 2003 and 2004, Soelden 2003 and 2004, Park City 2003
Slalom 5: Madonna di Campiglio 2001, Adelboden 2001, Schladming 2002, St Anton 2004, Sestriere 2004
Combined 2: Chamonix 2004, Kitzbuehel 2004
2005 World Cup overall and super-G champion. Became the first American man since Phil Mahre in 1983 to win the overall title
2005 world championship downhill and super-G winner
2004 World Cup giant slalom champion
2003 giant slalom and combined world champion, super-G joint silver medallist
2002 Olympic silver medallist in giant slalom and combined in Salt Lake City
With slalom victory in Sestriere 2004 became only the second man after Marc Girardelli to win in all four World Cup disciplines in the same season.
His aggressive, freewheeling style makes him exciting to watch but also means he is prone to mistakes.
Start of the new season has been overshadowed for him by a motorcycle accident earlier this month involving his brother Chelone, who suffered serious head injuries.
Miller, a maverick who lives in a camper van on the World Cup tour, often provokes controversy. He said last season he might consider setting up his own rival tour to the World Cup and this month said he was surprised the performance-enhancing drug EPO was illegal.
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HERMANN MAIER (Austria)
Age: 32 (born Dec. 12 1972 in Flachau)
World Cup wins: 50
Downhill 14: Bormio 1998 and 1999, Wengen 1998, Vail 2000, 2001 and 2003, Chamonix 2000, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2000, Val d'Isere 2001, Kitzbuehel 2001, Kvitfjell 2001 and 2005, Are 2001, St Anton 2004
Super-G 22: Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1997, 1998 and 2004, Vail 1998 and 2000, Schladming I and II 1998, Schladming 1999, Val d'Isere 1999, Innsbruck 1999, Kvitfjell 1999, 2001 and 2005, Lake Louise 2000, 2001 and 2003, Kitzbuehel 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004, Bormio 2000, Sestriere 2004
Giant slalom 13: Park City 1998, Saalbach 1998, Adelboden 1998, 1999 and 2001, Soelden 1999 and 2001, Tignes 2000, Vail 2000, Todnau 2000, Val d'Isere 2001, Shigakogen 2001, Are 2001
Combined 1: Wengen/Veysonnaz 1998
His 50 victories make him the joint second most successful male skier in World Cup history, level with Alberto Tomba.
Overall World Cup champion in 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2004
World Cup downhill champion in 2002 and 2001, giant slalom champion in 1998, 2000 and 2001. World Cup super-G champion for four consecutive seasons from 1998 and again in 2004
2005 giant slalom world champion in Bormio
Downhill and super-G world champion 1999
Silver medallist in downhill and bronze in super-G at 2001 world championships
Silver medallist in super-G at 2003 world championships
Olympic super-G and giant slalom champion 1998
In the 2001 season, Maier won 13 World Cup races, equalling Swede Ingemar Stenmark's 1978/79 record of victories in a single season.
A former bricklayer, Maier was dubbed the "Herminator" for his aggressive style.
In August 2001, Maier was involved in a serious motorcycle accident and nearly lost his right leg. He fought his way back to fitness but injured the same leg again in training two years ago and had to delay his comeback. He returned to racing in January 2003 and won a World Cup super-G two weeks later.
Suffered a knee injury in pre-season training in New Zealand in August.
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BENJAMIN RAICH (Austria)
Age: 27 (born Feb. 28, 1978 in Arzl)
World Cup wins: 16
Giant slalom 6: Flachau 2004 and 1999, Kranjska Gora 2001, Bormio 2000, Yongpyong 2000, Kranjska Gora 2005
Slalom 9: Are 2001, Schladming 2004, 2001, 1999, Kitzbuehel 2001, Wengen 2004, 2001, 1999, Beaver Creek 2004
Combined 1: Wengen 2005
Giant slalom World Cup champion 2005
2005 Slalom and combined world champion in Bormio, where he also won giant slalom silver, super-G bronze and team silver
World Cup slalom champion in 2001 and second in the giant slalom standings in 2002
Won slalom and combined bronze medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Quiet and unassuming, Raich began as a technical specialist and has branched out successfully to ski the speed disciplines, challenging for the overall title until the penultimate day of last season.
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DARON RAHLVES (U.S.)
Age: 32 (born June 12, 1973 in Walnut Creek, California)
World Cup wins: 9
Downhill 6: Kvitfjell 2000 (I and II), Bormio 2002, Kitzbuehel 2003, Beaver Creek 2003, Sestriere 2004
Super-G 3: Kitzbuehel 2004, Kvitfjell 2004, Lenzerheide 2005
2005 world championship silver medal in the downhill and bronze in the giant slalom
2001 world super-G champion
Smaller than most of his rivals at 1.75 metres. Known as a daredevil and is a keen motorcyclist.
A former jet ski world champion, he became the first American to win the famed Hahnenkamm downhill at Kitzbuehel in 2003.
Has had frequent run-ins with ski officials over rules infractions. Has been relegated three times from a top-30 start position -- twice for not appearing at the official bib presentation and once for using illegal back and knee braces.
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MICHAEL WALCHHOFER (Austria)
Age: 30 (born April 28, 1975 in Altenmarkt)
World Cup wins: 6
Downhill 4: Lake Louise 2003, Wengen 2005, Garmisch 2005 (I and II)
Super-G 1: Val Gardena 2004
Combined 1: Kitzbuehel 2003
2005 World Cup downhill champion
2005 super-G silver medal and downhill bronze at the world championships in Bormio
2003 downhill world champion in St Moritz
Originally a technical skier, he shot to attention by claiming four second places in World Cup downhills three seasons ago before taking a gold at the 2003 world championships.
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KJETIL ANDRE AAMODT (Norway)
Age: 34 (born Aug. 2, 1971 in Oslo)
World Cup wins: 21
Downhill 1: Chamonix 1994
Super-G 5: Aspen 1992, 1993, Kvitfjell 1993, 1996, Are 1993
Giant slalom 6: Sestriere 1992, Oppdal 1993, Are 1993, Hinterstoder 1994, Vail 1994, Adelboden 1997
Slalom 1: Wengen 2000
Combined 8: Chamonix 1994, 2000, Kitzbuehel 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, Wengen 2002, 2003
The Norwegian all-rounder broke his ankle two years ago and has not recovered his old form, though he was on course for a combined silver medal at February's world championships until a video replay showed him straddling a slalom gate.
Has won World Cup races in all five of the sport's disciplines.
His haul of seven Olympic and 12 world championship medals is a record.
Recently married and is due to become a father in the new year.
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LASSE KJUS (Norway)
Age: 34 (Born Jan. 14, 1971 in Siggerud)
World Cup wins: 18
Downhill 10: Bormio 1995, Kvitfjell 1996 and 1997, Val d'Isere 1998, Val Gardena 1998, Wengen 1999, Kitzbuehel 1999, Sierra Nevada 1999, Kitzbuehel 2004, Lenzerheide 2005
Super-G 2: Vail 1995, Val Gardena 2003
Giant slalom 2: Kranjska Gora 1995, Beaver Creek 2004
Combined 4: Kitzbuehel 1994 and 1997, Wengen 1999, Kitzbuehel 2001
2003 silver medal in the combined event at the world championships
2002 Olympic downhill silver medal and giant slalom bronze at Salt Lake City
1999 overall and downhill World Cup champion
1999 world champion in super-G and giant slalom. Silver medallist in downhill, slalom and combined
1998 Olympic silver medallist in downhill and combined
1997 silver medallist in giant slalom, downhill and super-G at the world championships
1996 overall World Cup champion, world championship silver medallist in combined
1994 Olympic champion in combined
1993 world champion in combined
His tally of 11 world championship medals is a record matched only by Marc Girardelli.
Says this will be his final season.
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THOMAS GRANDI (Canada)
Age: 32 (born Dec. 27, 1972 in Bolzano, Italy)
World Cup wins: 2
Giant slalom 2: Alta Badia 2004, Flachau 2004
Grandi's win in Alta Badia last December was his first on the World Cup in 12 seasons of competing. Previously, he had been on the podium only twice, with second in the Kitzbuehel slalom last season and third in a giant slalom in Park City, Utah, in 1997.
Finished third in the giant slalom World Cup standings last season.
Grandi was born in Italy but moved with his family to Banff, Canada, as a child and took Canadian nationality.
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