14 Facts About Daniel Albrecht

Daniel Albrecht was born on 25 May 1983 and is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.

Daniel Albrecht was a world champion in super combined in 2007, but was severely injured in a training run in 2009.

At the 2007 World Championships in Are, Sweden, Daniel Albrecht won the gold medal in the super combined event, and took the silver medal in the giant slalom.

Daniel Albrecht has four World Cup victories, eight podiums, and 22 top ten finishes.

At Kitzbuhel, Austria, on Thursday, 22 January 2009, Daniel Albrecht crashed in the final downhill training run on the Hahnenkamm's Streif course; he sustained brain and lung trauma and was placed in an induced coma.

Daniel Albrecht landed on his back, bounced forward onto his knees, then his face, and came to a stop near the finish line.

Unconscious, Daniel Albrecht received medical attention for about 20 minutes before being airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in nearby St Johann.

Daniel Albrecht was later transferred to the university hospital in Innsbruck.

Two days later, Dr Wolfgang Koller announced that the risk on Daniel Albrecht's life was decreasing.

Daniel Albrecht stated that Albrecht, age 25, had problems with his knees and stomach.

Daniel Albrecht expectedly missed the remainder of the 2009 season but had recovered sufficiently to train with the Swiss ski team in October, less than nine months after the crash.

Daniel Albrecht returned to the World Cup circuit in the giant slalom at Beaver Creek in December 2010 and finished 21st.

Daniel Albrecht raced his first speed event of his comeback in Switzerland at Wengen in January 2011, the downhill portion of the super combined on a shortened Lauberhorn course.

Daniel Albrecht missed a gate just after the high-speed Hannegschuss, about fifteen seconds from the finish, and safely skied off of the course.