Downhill is a form of alpine skiing competition. Whereas the other alpine skiing events ( slalom , giant slalom , super giant slalom , and combined ) emphasize turning and technique, downhill emphasizes "the six components of technique, courage, speed, risk, physical condition and judgement", according to the FIS "International Ski Competition Rules (ICR)". Speeds of up to 130 km/h (81 mph) are common in international competition. Athletes must have an aerodynamically efficient tuck position to minimize drag and increase speed.
28-876: Veith is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Andrew Veith (born 1991), American climber, producer, and writer Anna Veith (born 1989), Austrian alpine ski racer Bob Veith (1926–2006), American racing driver Ilza Veith (1912–2013), German-born American historian of medicine Johann Veith (1916–1945), German SS officer Johann Emanuel Veith (1787–1876), Czech Roman Catholic priest Michael Veight (chemist) [ de ] , born 1944) German chemist Michael Veith (born 1957), German alpine skier Michael Veith (biologist) [ de ] (born 1957), German biologist Oswin Veith (born 1961), German politician (CSU) Robin Veith , American television writer Walter Veith , South African zoologist and
56-539: A Seventh-day Adventist lay preacher [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Veith . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veith&oldid=1226128093 " Categories : Surnames Surnames from given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
84-661: A long-term effect for the Cheetah project. The cooperation of a top-athlete and a wildlife conservation association, themed "top-class sports meets wildlife conservation" was intended to raise awareness of the cheetah's plight and of society's role in its long-term survival. She was born in Hallein, Austria, to parents Peter and Martina Fenninger, and later settled in Salzburg. On 16 April 2016, she married her longtime boyfriend, former snowboarder Manuel Veith. In February 2021 Veith announced that
112-493: A runner-up finish in the super-G. She won the season-ending giant slalom to clinch the crystal globe for that discipline as well. Veith was runner-up for the season in both speed events, downhill and super-G and finished with four World Cup victories and eleven podiums. Including the Olympics, she had five wins and thirteen podiums during the 2014 season. Veith had her most successful World Championships to date winning gold medals in
140-633: Is also used as a synonym for alpine skiing as a recreational activity. The rules for downhill skiing competitions were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1925 British National Ski Championships. A speed of 100 miles per hour (161 km/h) was first achieved by Johan Clarey at the 2013 Lauberhorn World Cup , beating the previous record of 98 mph (158 km/h), set by Italian Stefan Thanei in 2005. The FIS has rules for downhill courses that encompass their general characteristics, width, safety precautions, vertical drop, course length, style and placement of gates. Equipment for
168-717: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Anna Veith Anna Veith (née Fenninger ; born 18 June 1989) is an Austrian former alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist . She was the overall World Cup champion for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Born in Hallein , Veith is from the village of Adnet in Salzburg and made her World Cup debut at age 17 in November 2006. She competed in all five alpine disciplines, but omitted slalom as of January 2012. Her major breakthrough came when she successfully became world champion in
196-564: Is to be the world's resource charged with protecting the cheetahs and ultimately ensuring its future on our planet. Her racehelmet has a cheetah design, and as an ambassador of this organisation she was publishing several videos and photographs with herself in cheetah design, with the aim of raising awareness that they are almost extinct. From 2013 to 2015, Veith was also a partner of the Austrian non-profit organisation Build an Ark - engaged in wildlife conservation for many years - in order to create
224-561: The giant slalom . In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished third behind Tina Maze and Maria Höfl-Riesch . The 2014 season was Veith's most successful season so far. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , Russia, Veith won the super-G at Rosa Khutor for her first Olympic medal, winning by over a half-second. Three days later, she won a silver medal in the giant slalom , just .02 seconds behind gold medalist and World Cup rival Tina Maze of Slovenia. The Giant slalom
252-492: The slalom . On 11 November 2006 , Veith made her World Cup debut in the slalom at Levi , Finland. She tallied her first World Cup points (top 30) on 21 January 2007 in Cortina d'Ampezzo , where she finished 16th in the giant slalom. After another top 20 placing, she improved again on 22 December 2007 in St. Anton , where she received her best result of fourth in the super combined. At
280-483: The super combined alpine event in 2011 , without having won a World Cup race before. At the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi , Veith won the super-G at Rosa Khutor for her first Olympic medal, and at the end of the season she won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles. In the 2006 Junior World Championships, Veith (née Fenninger) won the gold in the super-G, silver in the downhill , and finished fifth in
308-484: The 2003–2004 season saw the FIS increase the minimum sidecut radius for downhill skis to 45 metres (148 ft) from 40 metres (131 ft), and impose minimum ski lengths for the first time: 218 cm (7 ft 2 in) for men, and 210 cm (6 ft 11 in) for women. In all forms of downhill, both at a local youth-level as well as the higher FIS international level, racers are allowed extensive preparation for
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#1732856161530336-528: The 2008 Junior World Championships, Veith won gold in the giant slalom and silver in both combined and downhill. In the 2009 season she achieved six top 10 placings, with her greatest success being a second place in the super-G event in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 26 January 2009. At the World Championships in Val-d'Isère Veith became 4th and 7th in the super-G and the super combined events, respectively. She won
364-559: The Super-G and GS and a silver in the downhill. Following the World Championships she continued her form in the World Cup. On 19 January she had trailed Tina Maze by 361 points in the overall. On 13 March she briefly overtook Maze in the standings with a dominant win in the GS in Åre , to take her ninth straight World Cup podium and fifth victory of the season. It was the first time she had led
392-650: The U.S. is currently dominant in woman's downhill racing with a lifetime total of 37 World Cup downhill wins and 7 women's titles. On some courses, such as the Lauberhorn course in Wengen , Switzerland , and the Hahnenkamm course in Kitzbühel , Austria , speeds of up to 150 km/h (93 mph) are common. Safety netting and padding are placed where race officials anticipate potential crashes. Despite these safety precautions,
420-494: The bronze medal in the super-G event at the 2009 Junior World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . In the next season, Veith had three top 10 finishes. At the 2010 Winter Olympics she placed 16th in the super-G and the super combined events, and 25th in the downhill. The 2011 season was a very successful season for Veith. She had twelve World Cup top ten finishes, which included two podiums, and finished 12th in
448-415: The couple is expecting their first child together. In early November 2016 she published her autobiography, Zwischenzeit ("meantime"). The book primarily covers her career through the years and her experience of being unable to compete due to a prolonged injury. Unofficial, combined was not awarded from seasons 2013 to 2015. Downhill (ski competition) The term, "downhill skiing",
476-515: The downhill is different from the alpine events that are lower-speed. Skis are 30% longer than those used in slalom , for more stability at high speed. They usually have rounded, low-profile tips rather than pointed tips. Ski poles are bent so as to curve around the body as the racer stays in a "tuck position" and may have aerodynamic, cone-shaped baskets. As in other alpine disciplines, downhill racers wear skin-tight suits to minimize drag, and helmets are mandatory. In an attempt to increase safety,
504-609: The downhill race is a single run. Times are typically between 1½ and 2½ minutes for World Cup courses and must be over 1 minute in duration to meet international minimum standards. Tenths and hundredths and, occasionally, thousandths of seconds count: World Cup races and Olympic medals have sometimes been decided by as little as one or two hundredths of a second, and ties are not unheard of. The most successful all-time winners of World Cup downhill races are Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria (36 wins, 7 women's titles) and Franz Klammer of Austria (25 wins, 5 men's titles). Lindsey Vonn of
532-468: The opening race of the 2015–16 season (Giant slalom at Sölden in October) Veith fell in a training run there. She suffered severe tears to both her ACL and meniscus , causing her to miss the entire season, as well as the majority of the next. Veith's first World Cup event after the injury was a giant slalom at Semmering on 27 December 2016, but she didn't qualify for the second leg. The next day, she
560-513: The overall since winning the first race of the season: the GS in Sölden . Only five races remained. The overall and GS titles would go to the last run of the last race of the season: the GS in Meribel. Veith was then trailing Maze by 18 points in the overall and had an 86-point lead over teammate Eva Maria Brem in the GS standings. Veith took a win, and with it the GS and overall titles. Three days before
588-447: The overall standings. She was 6th in the season's downhill standings, and 7th in the super-G. At the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Veith won gold in the super combined and silver in the team event , together with Romed Baumann , Michaela Kirchgasser , Benjamin Raich , Marlies Schild and Philipp Schörghofer . She completed the season by winning the gold medal in
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#1732856161530616-410: The race, which includes daily course inspection and discussion with their coaches and teammates as well as several practice runs before the actual race. Racers do not make any unnecessary turns while on the course, and try to do everything they can to maintain the most aerodynamic position while negotiating turns and jumps. Unlike slalom and giant slalom, where racers have the times of two runs combined,
644-573: The silver medal in PyeongChang behind Czech skier Ester Ledecká in a major upset. On 12 January 2019 she suffered another cruciate ligament tear during training in Pozza di Fassa (Trentino), although she had not even fallen. She had to cancel the season and thereby also missed the World Championships . Veith announced her retirement from the sport on 13 May 2020. Veith supports the non-profit organisation Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), whose mission
672-438: The ski racing community is well aware of the inherent risks of downhill skiing, for it is possible for racers to suffer serious injury or death while practising or competing. Three deaths among World Cup racers in recent years in downhill training or during a race were those of Austrians Gernot Reinstadler (1991) and Ulrike Maier (1994), and Frenchman Régine Cavagnoud (2001). Also in 2001, Swiss downhiller Silvano Beltrametti
700-807: The super-G at the Austrian Championships in late March. In late December 2011 , Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz , Austria, in the giant slalom . Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the super-G . After another giant slalom win in Austria in December 2012, Veith's first super-G victory came in March 2013 in Germany. At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming , Austria, Veith won bronze in
728-592: Was 25th in another GS at Semmering. Her best result on the World Cup was a third place in the Super-G on 29 January at Cortina, shortly before the World Championships . However, Veith wasn't able to duplicate her success ( giant slalom (22nd) and super-G (DNF)), then withdrew from the remainder of the World Cup season, citing lingering injuries that needed to be dealt with in order for her to continue in her career. In January 2016 she announced former tennis player Florian Krumrey as her new manager. Veith attempted to defend her 2014 Super-G gold medal, ultimately winning
756-464: Was held in the rain. In the next three races after the Olympics, Veith had a runner-up finish and two wins, which gave her 280 more points and temporary lead over Höfl-Riesch. in the World Cup overall standings. Höfl-Riesch. regained the lead after the slalom at Åre, but was injured in the downhill at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide. The next day, Veith secured her first World Cup overall title with
784-421: Was paralyzed in a high-speed crash and 1984 Olympic gold medalist Bill Johnson suffered permanent brain damage that eventually led to a crippling stroke which left him unable to function without assistance. Most recently Frenchman David Poisson was killed in a training crash in 2017. Speaking to media after Poisson's death, French former downhiller Luc Alphand noted that "eliminating risk entirely in downhill
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