Matthias Mayer: New Vice President of the Carinthian Ski Association!

Matthias Mayer: New Vice President of the Carinthian Ski Association!

Bad Kleinkirchheim, Österreich - Matthias Mayer, the three-time Olympic champion and former ski racer, won the election as the new Vice President of the Carinthian Ski Association on Saturday, June 7, 2025. The annual general meeting, where the election took place, was held in Bad Kleinkirchheim. According to President Dieter Mörtl, the election was unanimous. Mayer, who is considered a figurehead of the association, has an outstanding career in alpine skiing.

The 34-year-old, who started his career in December 2005 with his first FIS race, has been able to celebrate numerous successes since then. These include three gold medals at the Olympic Games and eleven World Cup races before ending his career in December 2022.

success and career highlights

Matthias Mayer started in the World Cup in 2011 and quickly achieved success, including his first podium in the Super-G from Kitzbühel in 2013 and his first World Cup victory in the 2014 departure. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sachi 2014, he secured his first gold medal in the descent. This was followed by another golden success in the Super-G at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, as well as his third gold medal in the Super-G in Beijing 2022.

Over the years, Mayer has also collected numerous victories and podium places during his time in the ÖSV. At the alpine world of skiing championships, he reaches several top ratings, including the fourth place in the Super-G 2015 and winning the departure in Saalbach in the same year.

a change to the association management

After his active career, Matthias Mayer took over various roles, including as a trainer for the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV). In the past season, however, he was considering starting a comeback, but ultimately decided against it. In June 2023, he was signed as a sporting consultant for the ÖSV before taking responsibility as Vice President of the Carinthian Ski Association.

Meyer and his wife Claudia, with whom he has been married since 2020, are looking forward to the new challenges that will work in the ski association. The Carinthian Ski Association relies on its expertise and passion for sport to promote the coming generations of skiers.

its impressive balance sheet-three Olympic victories and numerous World Cup victories-confirms his performance as one of the best ski racers in the history of alpine sport, of which the comprehensive statistics of the [[Olympic champion in the alpine SkiSport]] (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_olympiasieger_im_alpinen_skisport) Witness.