Niels HINTERMANN
SwitzerlandEvents and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alpine Skiing |
Men's Downhill | 16 |
Schedule
Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| World Championship | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| 21 | Downhill Men | 2019 | Are, SWE | 1:21.45 |
| 23 | Alpine combined Men | 2019 | Are, SWE | 1:50.01 |
| World Cup Rankings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | All | Downhill | Super G | Alpine Combined |
| 2021/2022 | 12 | 7 | 34 | |
| 2020/2021 | 93 | 28 | 55 | |
| 2019/2020 | 33 | 12 | 19 | |
| 2018/2019 | 69 | 23 | 55 | 28 |
| 2016/2017 | 54 | 37 | 41 | 2 |
| 2015/2016 | 122 | 48 | 42 | |
| World Cup - Best Achievements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Downhill | Super G | Alpine combined |
| 2021/2022 | 2 x 3rd | 1 x 14th | |
| 2020/2021 | 2 x 15th | 1 x 28th | |
| 2019/2020 | 1 x 5th | 1 x 36th | 1 x 9th |
| 2018/2019 | 3 x 14th | 1 x 28th | 1 x 19th |
| 2016/2017 | 1 x 19th | 1 x 24th | 1 x 1st |
| 2015/2016 | 1 x 21st | 1 x 24th | |
| Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Season | Location | Result |
| 3 | Downhill | 2021/2022 | Val Gardena-Groeden, ITA | 2:02.74 |
| 3 | Downhill | 2021/2022 | Bormio, ITA | 1:55.43 |
| 7 | Downhill | 2021/2022 | Beaver Creek, USA | 1:40.91 |
| 8 | Downhill | 2021/2022 | Kitzbuehel, AUT | 1:58.10 |
| 9 | Downhill | 2021/2022 | Kitzbuehel, AUT | 1:57.11 |
| 12 | Downhill | 2021/2022 | Lake Louise, CAN | 1:48.86 |
| 13 | Downhill | 2021/2022 | Wengen, SUI | 2:27.97 |
| 14 | Super G | 2021/2022 | Wengen, SUI | 1:30.16 |
| 18 | Downhill | 2021/2022 | Wengen, SUI | 1:43.96 |
| 19 | Super G | 2021/2022 | Val Gardena-Groeden, ITA | 1:27.15 |
Il Cinghialone (tagesanzeiger, ch, 13 Jan 2017)
History of automobiles. (nielshintermann.ch)
Athlete
Mother, Sonja. Brother, Sven.
German, English
Hausen am Albis
Brother Sven Hintermann (Alpine skiing): Competed at the FIS race level, retiring in 2010. He initially competed for Slovenia before changing to Switzerland in 2008/09. (blick.ch, 19 Dec 2021)
2010 FIS event in Val Thorens (Slalom - 22nd)
2015 World Cup in Lake Louise (Downhill - 40th)
30 December 2020: Cartilage damage to his left knee as the result of a crash in the Bormio World Cup downhill. Underwent arthroscopic surgery and was out of action for five weeks. Returned to racing in early February. (newsfounded.com)
2015
His parents introduced him to skiing before he was two at Hoch-Ybrig. Growing up in the flatlands of Zurich, he found himself challenged by skiers who lived in the mountains. At the age of 10, he moved to Austria to attend a ski academy in Schruns. At 14, he went to another academy in Stams, but soon returned to Switzerland. (tagblatt.ch, 13 Jan 2017; tagesanzeiger.ch, 13 Jan 2017)
His January 2017 victory in the Alpine combined at Wengen was the first World Cup victory by a Zurich area skier since Peter Mueller won his final downhill in 1988.
He was especially influenced in the sport by his father, who was a trainer with the regional ski association. (tagblatt.ch, 13 Jan 2017; tagesanzeiger.ch, 13 Jan 2017)
"For me, personally, skiing holds everything. I used to race cars, but skiing is a step beyond that. It removes the machinery and puts you one step closer to the elements. And it's a complete physical expression of freedom." Robert Redford (nielshintermann.ch)
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