Paul Accola
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Born | Davos,Switzerland | 20 February 1967||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul Accola(born 20 February 1967 inDavos) is aSwissformerAlpine skier.He came in first in the overallWorld Cupin 1992, and won a total of four medals at the Winter Olympics and World Championships in the combined event.
By the end of his career, he won seven world cup victories and was on the podium 26 times, the last time being in 2000. In 2002 Accola suffered a serious ankle injury, breaking both of his talus bones. In February 2005, on his 38th birthday, Accola announced that he would retire as alpine skier after nearly two decades in the sport.
He is the sixth Swiss athlete to compete at five Olympics, after middle-distance runnerPaul Martin,equestriansHenri ChammartinandGustav Fischer,javelin throwerUrs von Wartburgand equestrianChristine Stückelberger.
In 2012, Accola was found not liable by Swiss courts of accidentally running over and killing a child with ariding mower,as he was found to have told the nearby children not to play in the area where he was mowing multiple times.[2]
He is the brother of fellow former alpine skierMartina Accola.[3]
World Cup victories
[edit]Date | Location | Race |
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29 November 1991 | ![]() |
Giant Slalom |
30 November 1991 | ![]() |
Slalom |
13 January 1992 | ![]() |
Combined |
19 January 1992 | ![]() |
Combined |
26 January 1992 | ![]() |
Combined |
1 February 1992 | ![]() |
Super-G |
1 March 1992 | ![]() |
Super-G |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"1998 Nagano Olympics; 1988 Results".CNN.RetrievedJanuary 27,2010.
- ^"Paul Accola".Olympedia.OLYMadMen.RetrievedOctober 7,2022.
- ^"Athlete profile: Paul Accola".CNNSI.3 February 1998.Retrieved24 February2013.
External links
[edit]- Paul Accolaat Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Paul Accolaat theInternational Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Paul AccolaatOlympics at Sports-Reference(archived)
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Romansh people
- Swiss male alpine skiers
- Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
- Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
- FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions
- Sportspeople from Davos
- Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Skiers from Graubünden
- Swiss alpine skiing biography stubs