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Hermann Maier

1972 - Today

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Hermann Maier (born 7 December 1972) is an Austrian former World Cup champion alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. Nicknamed the "Herminator", Maier ranks among the greatest alpine ski racers in history, with four overall World Cup titles (1998, 2000, 2001, 2004), two Olympic gold medals (both in 1998), and three World Championship titles (1999: 2, and 2005). His 54 World Cup race victories – 24 super-G, 15 downhills, 14 giant slaloms, and 1 combined – rank third on the men's all-time list behind Ingemar Stenmark's 86 victories and Marcel Hirscher's 67 victories. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Maier has received more than 405,234 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Hermann Maier is the 17th most popular skier (down from 10th in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from Austria (down from 514th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Hermann Maier ranks 17 out of 817. Before him are Eddie the Eagle, Jiří Raška, Andrea Mead Lawrence, Bjørn Wirkola, Sixten Jernberg, and Noriaki Kasai. After him are Heinrich Messner, Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Antti Hyvärinen, Gustav Thöni, Toralf Engan, and Laila Schou Nilsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Hermann Maier ranks 69. Before him are Marlon Wayans, Željko Joksimović, Steve McManaman, Sundar Pichai, Noriaki Kasai, and Juanes. After him are Lee Jung-jae, Manfred Weber, Garou, Sami Al-Jaber, Chiara Mastroianni, and Sarah Clarke.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Hermann Maier ranks 629 out of 1,424. Before him are Emma Eckstein (1865), Herbert Prohaska (1955), Ferdinand Marian (1902), Thomas Muster (1967), Paul Neumann (1875), and Guido Starhemberg (1657). After him are İlber Ortaylı (1947), Agnes of Austria (1151), Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria (1869), Christopher Alexander (1936), Werner Faymann (1960), and Johann Michael Vogl (1768).

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Among SKIERS In Austria

Among skiers born in Austria, Hermann Maier ranks 3. Before him are Toni Sailer (1935), and Franz Klammer (1953). After him are Heinrich Messner (1939), Annemarie Moser-Pröll (1953), Marc Girardelli (1963), Erik Schinegger (1948), Karl Schranz (1938), Anderl Molterer (1931), Egon Zimmermann (1939), Christl Haas (1943), and Trude Beiser (1927).

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