Marc Girardelli was born on 18 July 1963 and is an Austrian and Luxembourgish former alpine ski racer, a five-time World Cup overall champion who excelled in all five alpine disciplines.
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11 Facts About Marc Girardelli
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Marc Girardelli enjoyed significant success at junior level, winning local competitions in not only alpine skiing but ski jumping.
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Marc Girardelli competed for Austria until 1976, then switched to Luxembourg due to disagreements about coaching – the Austrian skiing federation wanted Girardelli to attend a ski boarding school in Schruns, thirty miles from Lustenau, while his parents preferred for him to stay in his hometown.
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Marc Girardelli achieved his first World Cup victory in Sweden in February 1983, but incurred his first major injury two weeks later, tearing all the ligaments, cartilage, and a tendon in his left knee in a crash during a downhill at Lake Louise.
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In 1985, Marc Girardelli won 11 races and the World Cup overall title, followed by another overall title in 1986 and a third in 1989.
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Marc Girardelli retained Austrian citizenship while skiing for Luxembourg, he was ineligible to compete in the 1980 or 1984 Winter Olympics - but to compete in the 1982 World Championships.
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Marc Girardelli received Luxembourg citizenship in time to compete in the 1987 World Championships.
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Marc Girardelli won eleven World Championship medals, including four golds:.
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Marc Girardelli is an honorary citizen of Bulgarian ski resort Bansko.
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On 17 December 2018 Marc Girardelli disclosed that he holds the majoritary share of Yulen AD, the controversial operator of the ski zone of Bansko.
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Marc Girardelli is an organiser of skiing events in several European winter sports resorts, and in Portillo, Chile.
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