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Lauberhorn (downhill ski course)

Coordinates: 46°35′38″N 7°55′27″E / 46.593889°N 7.924167°E / 46.593889; 7.924167
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Lauberhorn
Place: Switzerland Wengen
Mountain: Lauberhorn
Member: Club5+
Opened: 1930
Level: advanced
Competition: Lauberhornrennen
Downhill
Start: 2,315 m (7,595 ft) (AA)
Finish: 1,287 m (4,222 ft)
Vertical drop: 1,028 m (3,373 ft)
Length: 4,480 m (2.78 mi)
Max. incline: 42 degrees (90%)
Avr. incline: 14.7 degrees (26.2%)
Min. incline: 6 degrees (10.5%)

Lauberhorn is the longest World Cup downhill ski course in the world on the same name mountain in Wengen, Switzerland, debuted in 1930.

Course is the oldest active downhill course in the world and part of the Lauberhornrennen, the oldest ski competition in the world.

As Switzerland is and always was military neutral, downhill competitions were held even during World War II.

Downhill

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Podiums

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No. Type Year Winner Second Third
— DH 1930 Switzerland Christian Rubi United Kingdom L. F. W. Jackson United Kingdom Bill Bracken
DH 1931 Switzerland Fritz Steuri United Kingdom H. R. D. Waghorn Switzerland Willy Steuri
DH 1932 Switzerland Fritz Steuri Switzerland Willy Steuri Switzerland Gody Michel
DH 1933 cancelled
— DH 1934 Switzerland Adolf Rubi Switzerland Arnold Glatthard Switzerland Ernst von Allmen
DH 1935 Austria Richard Werle Switzerland Willy Steuri Switzerland Karl Graf
DH 1936 Switzerland Hans Schlunegger France Émile Allais Austria Wilhelm Walch
DH 1937 Switzerland Heinz von Allmen Austria Wilhelm Walch Austria Franz Zingerle
DH 1938 Switzerland Heinz von Allmen Nazi Germany Rudolf Cranz Austria Wilhelm Walch
DH 1939 Switzerland Karl Molitor Nazi Germany Wilhelm Walch Nazi Germany Josef Jennewein
DH 1940 Switzerland Karl Molitor Switzerland Hans Gertsch Switzerland Oskar Gertsch
DH 1941 Switzerland Rudolf Graf Switzerland Otto von Allmen Switzerland Hans Gertsch
DH 1942 Switzerland Karl Molitor Switzerland Rudolf Graf Switzerland Heinz von Allmen
DH 1943 Switzerland Karl Molitor Switzerland Heinz von Allmen Switzerland Marcel von Allmen
DH 1944 Switzerland Rudolf Graf Switzerland Fred Rubi Switzerland Hans Gertsch
DH 1945 Switzerland Karl Molitor Switzerland Paul Valär Switzerland Otto von Allmen
DH 1946 France Jean Blanc Switzerland Karl Molitor Switzerland Otto von Allmen
DH 1947 Switzerland Karl Molitor Switzerland Edy Rominger France Jean Blanc
DH 1948 Italy Zeno Colò Switzerland Ralph Olinger Switzerland Karl Molitor
DH 1949 Switzerland Rudolf Graf Switzerland Ralph Olinger Italy Luc de Bigontina
DH 1950 Switzerland Fred Rubi Switzerland Bernhard Perren Switzerland Rudolf Graf
DH 1951 Austria Othmar Schneider Austria Otto Linher Italy Zeno Colò
DH 1952 Austria Othmar Schneider France Maurice Sanglard Austria Otto Linher
DH 1953 Austria Andreas Molterer Switzerland Bernhard Perren Austria Martin Strolz
DH 1954 Austria Christian Pravda Austria Martin Strolz Switzerland Martin Julen
DH 1955 Austria Toni Sailer Austria Andreas Molterer Austria Ernst Oberaigner
DH 1956 Austria Toni Sailer Austria Josef Rieder Austria Othmar Schneider
DH 1957 Austria Toni Sailer Switzerland Roger Staub Austria Egon Zimmermann
DH 1958 Austria Toni Sailer United States Wallace Werner Switzerland Willi Forrer
DH 1959 Austria Karl Schranz Austria Andreas Molterer Switzerland Roger Staub
DH 1960 West Germany Willy Bogner Austria Josef Stiegler Austria Egon Zimmermann
DH 1961 France Guy Périllat Austria Gerhard Nenning Austria Karl Schranz
DH 1962 cancelled
— DH 1963 Austria Karl Schranz France Émile Viollat Austria Hugo Nindl
DH 1964 giant slalom was organized instead downhill
— DH 1965 Austria Stefan Sodat Austria Werner Bleiner Austria Karl Schranz
DH 1966 Austria Karl Schranz Switzerland Josef Minsch Switzerland Edmund Bruggmann
World Cup
4 DH 1967 France Jean-Claude Killy France Léo Lacroix Switzerland Jean-Daniel Dätwyler
20 DH 1968 Austria Gerhard Nenning Austria Karl Schranz Switzerland Edmund Bruggmann
41 DH 1969 Austria Karl Schranz Austria Heinrich Messner Austria Karl Cordin
66 DH 1970 France Henri Duvillard Austria Karl Cordin Austria Heinrich Messner
DH 1971 cancelled; replaced in St. Moritz on 16 January 1971
DH 1972 cancelled
DH 1973 cancelled; replaced in Grindelwald on 13 January 1973
168 DH 1974 Switzerland Roland Collombin Austria Franz Klammer Italy Herbert Plank
185 DH 1975 Austria Franz Klammer Italy Herbert Plank Norway Erik Håker
213 DH 1976 Italy Herbert Plank Austria Franz Klammer Switzerland Bernhard Russi
214 KB Switzerland Walter Tresch Italy Piero Gros Italy Gustav Thöni
215 DH Austria Franz Klammer Switzerland Philippe Roux Canada Jim Hunter
243 DH 1977 Austria Franz Klammer West Germany Sepp Ferstl Switzerland Bernhard Russi
DH 1978 cancelled
DH 1979 cancelled; replaced in Crans-Montana on 14 January 1979
330 DH 1980 Canada Ken Read Austria Josef Walcher Austria Peter Wirnsberger
331 DH Switzerland Peter Müller Canada Ken Read Canada Steve Podborski
362 DH 1981 Switzerland Toni Bürgler Austria Harti Weirather Canada Steve Podborski
397 DH 1982 Austria Harti Weirather Austria Erwin Resch Austria Peter Wirnsberger
DH 1983 cancelled; replaced in Kitzbühel on 21 January 1983
464 DH 1984 United States Bill Johnson Austria Anton Steiner Austria Erwin Resch
467 KB Liechtenstein Andreas Wenzel Austria Anton Steiner Switzerland Peter Lüscher
506 DH 1985 Austria Helmut Höflehner Switzerland Franz Heinzer Austria Peter Wirnsberger
507 DH Austria Peter Wirnsberger Switzerland Peter Lüscher Switzerland Peter Müller
587 DH 1987 Germany Markus Wasmeier Switzerland Karl Alpiger Switzerland Franz Heinzer
651 DH 1989 Luxembourg Marc Girardelli West Germany Markus Wasmeier Switzerland Daniel Mahrer
652 DH Luxembourg Marc Girardelli Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen Switzerland Daniel Mahrer
747 DH 1992 Switzerland Franz Heinzer Germany Markus Wasmeier Austria Helmut Höflehner
815 DH 1994 Switzerland William Besse Luxembourg Marc Girardelli
Italy Peter Runggaldier
846 DH 1995 Italy Kristian Ghedina Austria Peter Rzehak Austria Hannes Trinkl
847 DH United States Kyle Rasmussen Austria Werner Franz Austria Armin Assinger
914 DH 1997 Italy Kristian Ghedina France Luc Alphand Austria Fritz Strobl
952 DH 1998 Austria Hermann Maier France Nicolas Burtin Austria Andreas Schifferer
953 DH Austria Andreas Schifferer France Jean-Luc Crétier Austria Hermann Maier
989 DH 1999 Norway Lasse Kjus Austria Hannes Trinkl Austria Hans Knauß
1021 DH 2000 Austria Josef Strobl Austria Hermann Maier Canada Ed Podivinsky
DH 2001 cancelled; replaced in Kvitfjell on 2 March 2001
1095 DH 2002 Austria Stephan Eberharter Austria Hannes Trinkl Austria Josef Strobl
1132 DH 2003 Austria Stephan Eberharter United States Daron Rahlves Switzerland Bruno Kernen
1133 DH Switzerland Bruno Kernen Austria Michael Walchhofer Austria Stephan Eberharter
1209 DH 2005 Austria Michael Walchhofer Austria Christoph Gruber United States Bode Miller
1244 DH 2006 United States Daron Rahlves Austria Michael Walchhofer Austria Fritz Strobl
1280 DH 2007 United States Bode Miller Switzerland Didier Cuche Italy Peter Fill
1317 DH 2008 United States Bode Miller Switzerland Didier Cuche Canada Manuel Osborne-Paradis
1356 DH 2009 Switzerland Didier Défago United States Bode Miller United States Marco Sullivan
1392 DH 2010 Switzerland Carlo Janka Canada Manuel Osborne-Paradis Liechtenstein Marco Büchel
1424 DH 2011 Austria Klaus Kröll Switzerland Didier Cuche Switzerland Carlo Janka
1461 DH 2012 Switzerland Beat Feuz Austria Hannes Reichelt Italy Christof Innerhofer
1507 DH 2013 Italy Christof Innerhofer Austria Klaus Kröll Austria Hannes Reichelt
1539 DH 2014 Switzerland Patrick Küng Austria Hannes Reichelt Norway Aksel Lund Svindal
1575 DH 2015 Austria Hannes Reichelt Switzerland Beat Feuz Switzerland Carlo Janka
1610 DH 2016 Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Austria Hannes Reichelt Austria Klaus Kröll
DH 2017 cancelled; replaced in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 27 January 2017
1693 DH 2018 Switzerland Beat Feuz Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Austria Matthias Mayer
1730 DH 2019 Austria Vincent Kriechmayr Switzerland Beat Feuz Norway Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
1766 DH 2020 Switzerland Beat Feuz Italy Dominik Paris Germany Thomas Dreßen
DH 2021 cancelled; replaced in Kitzbühel on 22 January 2021
DH cancelled; replaced in Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 5 March 2021
1836 DH 2022 Norway Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Switzerland Marco Odermatt Switzerland Beat Feuz
1837 DH Austria Vincent Kriechmayr Switzerland Beat Feuz Italy Dominik Paris
1873 DH 2023 Norway Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Switzerland Marco Odermatt Italy Mattia Casse
1905 DH 2024 Switzerland Marco Odermatt France Cyprien Sarrazin Norway Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
1907 DH Switzerland Marco Odermatt France Cyprien Sarrazin Italy Dominik Paris

 Not part of classic Lauberhornrennen. It only replaced other venues. 
 Combined shared with other venues: Garmisch-Partenkirchen (1976) and Parpan (1984). 

Overview

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Winners

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Wins Athlete Years
6 Switzerland Karl Molitor 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1947
4 Austria Toni Sailer 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958
Austria Karl Schranz 1959, 1963, 1966, 1969
3 Switzerland Rudolf Graf 1941, 1944, 1949
Austria Franz Klammer 1975, 1976, 1977
Switzerland Beat Feuz 2012, 2018, 2020
2 Switzerland Fritz Steuri 1931, 1932
Switzerland Heinz von Allmen 1937, 1938
Austria Othmar Schneider 1951, 1952
Luxembourg Marc Girardelli 1989, 1989
Italy Kristian Ghedina 1995, 1997
Austria Stephan Eberharter 2002, 2003
United States Bode Miller 2007, 2008
Austria Vincent Kriechmayr 2019, 2022
Norway Aleksander Aamodt Kilde 2022, 2023
Switzerland Marco Odermatt 2024, 2024

Club5+

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In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.[1]

Later over the years other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St.Moritz and Åre.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Srečko Medven predsednik elitnega združenje (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Naše novice. June 2010.
  2. ^ "Club5+ workshop in Adelboden". saslong.org. 23 October 2021.
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