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Planai (ski course)

Coordinates: 47°22′03″N 13°43′34″E / 47.3675°N 13.726111°E / 47.3675; 13.726111
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Planai
Place: Austria Schladming
Mountain: Planai
Member: Club5+
Opened: 1975
Slalom
Start: 961 m (3,153 ft) (AA)
Finish: 745 m (2,444 ft)
Vertical drop: 216 m (709 ft)
Max. incline: 28.4° degrees (54%)
Aver. incline: 20.2° degrees (36.8%)
Most wins: NorwayHenrik Kristoffersen (4x)

Planai is a World Cup ski course, located on the same name mountain and ski resort in Schladming, Styria, Austria, opened in 1973.

Since 1997 it is regular host of the night slalom, the highest attended in the circuit with 50,000 people each year.

Course hosted two World Championships in 1982 and 2013 and World Cup season final in 2012.

History

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Opened in 1973 with dowhnill event and Franz Klammer as the winner. Until the end of the decade and through the eighties, all disciplines were regularly held on this course.

In 1982, they organized Alpine World Ski Championships for the first time, with all men's events and only giant slalom event for women held on this course.

In 1988, they replaced originally scheduled Les Menuires (W) and Val Thorens (M) as season opening in the last minute due to weather conditions.[1]

In 1990, they organized last World Cup weekend with downhill, slalom and combined events, before 7 years long break and entering new era.

In 1997, they organized first slalom under floodlight. Since then this became the most visited and most spectacular slalom in the world.[2]

In 2013, they organized 2nd Alpine World Ski Championships, completely renovated the finish area with recognizable arc of steel.

World Championships

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Men's events

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Franz Klammer in 1982
Kristoffersen won record 4 WC slaloms
Planai (ski course) is located in Austria
Planai (ski course)
Location in Austria
Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
1982 GS 3 February 1982   United States Steve Mahre Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boris Strel
KB (SL) 1 February 1982  
(DH) 5 February 1982  
France Michel Vion  Switzerland  Peter Lüscher Austria Anton Steiner
DH 6 February 1982   Austria Harti Weirather  Switzerland  Conradin Cathomen Austria Erwin Resch
SL 7 February 1982   Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bojan Križaj Sweden Bengt Fjällberg
2013 SG 6 February 2013   United States Ted Ligety France Gauthier de Tessières Norway Aksel Lund Svindal
DH 9 February 2013   Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Italy Dominik Paris France David Poisson
SC 11 February 2013   United States Ted Ligety Croatia Ivica Kostelić Austria Romed Baumann
GS 15 February 2013   United States Ted Ligety Austria Marcel Hirscher Italy Manfred Mölgg
SL 17 February 2013   Austria Marcel Hirscher Germany Felix Neureuther Austria Mario Matt

Women's events

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Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
1982 GS 2 February 1982   Switzerland Erika Hess United States Christin Cooper Liechtenstein Ursula Konzett
2013 GS 14 February 2013   France Tessa Worley Slovenia Tina Maze Austria Anna Fenninger

Team event

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Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
2013 TE 12 February 2013    Austria
Nicole Hosp
Michaela Kirchgasser
Carmen Thalmann
Marcel Hirscher
Marcel Mathis
Philipp Schörghofer
 Sweden
Nathalie Eklund
Frida Hansdotter
Maria Pietilä Holmner
Jens Byggmark
Mattias Hargin
André Myhrer
 Germany
Lena Dürr
Maria Höfl-Riesch
Veronique Hronek
Fritz Dopfer
Stefan Luitz
Felix Neureuther

World Cup

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Men

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No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
162 DH 1973–74 22 December 1973   Austria Franz Klammer Switzerland Roland Collombin Switzerland Bernhard Russi
210 DH 1975–76 20 December 1975   Canada Dave Irwin Austria Klaus Eberhard Italy Herbert Plank
211 SL 21 December 1975   Austria Hansi Hinterseer Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Italy Piero Gros
285 GS 1978–79 9 December 1978   Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Switzerland Peter Lüscher Italy Leonardo David
286 DH 10 December 1978   Canada Ken Read Canada Dave Murray Soviet Union Vladimir Makeev
287 KB 10 December 1978   Switzerland Peter Lüscher Austria Leonhard Stock Liechtenstein Andreas Wenzel
DH 1979–80 22 December 1979   cancelled after 28 skiers due to poor visibility
368 GS 1980/81 2 February 1981   Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Austria Hans Enn Switzerland Jean-Luc Fournier
DH 7 February 1981   cancelled
499 GS 1984–85 8 January 1985   Switzerland Thomas Bürgler Luxembourg Marc Girardelli Switzerland Martin Hangl
534 DH 1985–86 31 December 1985   Austria Peter Wirnsberger Switzerland Peter Müller Austria Erwin Resch
621 DH 1987–88 29 January 1988   Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen Switzerland Franz Heinzer West Germany Peter Durr
622 GS 30 January 1988   Austria Rudolf Nierlich Austria Hubert Strolz Austria Helmut Mayer
633 SG 1988–89 27 November 1988   Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen France Franck Piccard Austria Leonhard Stock
676 DH 1989–90 11 January 1990   France Franck Piccard Italy Kristian Ghedina Switzerland Daniel Mahrer
677 SL 12 January 1990   West Germany Armin Bittner Austria Michael Tritscher Italy Konrad Ladstätter
Japan Tetsuya Okabe
678 KB 12 January 1990   Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen Switzerland Paul Accola Austria Günther Mader
921 SL 1996–97 30 January 1997   Italy Alberto Tomba Austria Thomas Stangassinger France Sébastien Amiez
948 SL 1997–98 8 January 1998   Italy Alberto Tomba Austria Thomas Sykora Norway Hans Petter Buraas
949 SG 10 January 1998   Austria Hermann Maier Austria Stephan Eberharter Italy Luca Cattaneo
950 SG 11 January 1998   Austria Hermann Maier Austria Andreas Schifferer Austria Stephan Eberharter
985 SL 1998–99 7 January 1999   Austria Benjamin Raich France Pierrick Bourgeat NorwayKjetil André Aamodt
986 SG 9 January 1999   Austria Hermann Maier Austria Rainer Salzgeber Austria Hans Knauß
1039 SL 1999–00 9 March 2000   Austria Mario Matt NorwayKjetil André Aamodt Austria Thomas Stangassinger
1066 SL 2000–01 23 January 2001   Austria Benjamin Raich Norway Hans Petter Buraas Slovenia Mitja Kunc
1102 SL 2001–02 22 January 2002   United States Bode Miller France Jean-Pierre Vidal Croatia Ivica Kostelić
1140 SL 2002–03 28 January 2003   Finland Kalle Palander Austria Benjamin Raich NorwayHans Petter Buraas
1174 SL 2003–04 27 January 2004   Austria Benjamin Raich Italy Manfred Mölgg Finland Kalle Palander
1213 SL 2004–05 25 January 2005   Austria Manfred Pranger Austria Benjamin Raich Sweden André Myhrer
1250 SL 2005–06 24 January 2006   Finland Kalle Palander Japan Akira Sasaki Austria Benjamin Raich
1285 SL 2006–07 30 January 2007   Austria Benjamin Raich Sweden Jens Byggmark Austria Mario Matt
1322 SL 2007–08 22 January 2008   Austria Mario Matt France Jean-Baptiste Grange Italy Manfred Mölgg
1362 SL 2008–09 27 January 2009   Austria Reinfried Herbst Austria Manfred Pranger Croatia Ivica Kostelić
1398 SL 2009–10 26 January 2010   Austria Reinfried Herbst  Switzerland  Silvan Zurbriggen Austria Manfred Pranger
1430 SL 2010–11 25 January 2011   France Jean-Baptiste Grange Sweden André Myhrer Sweden Mattias Hargin
1466 SL 2011–12 24 January 2012   Austria Marcel Hirscher Italy Stefano Gross Austria Mario Matt
1484 DH 14 March 2012   Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Switzerland Beat Feuz Austria Hannes Reichelt
1485 SG 15 March 2012   Italy Christof Innerhofer France Alexis Pinturault Austria Marcel Hirscher
1486 GS 17 March 2012   Austria Marcel Hirscher Austria Hannes Reichelt Austria Marcel Mathis
1545 SL 2013–14 28 January 2014   Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Austria Marcel Hirscher Germany Felix Neureuther
1580 SL 2014–15 27 January 2015   Russia Alexander Khoroshilov Italy Stefano Gross Germany Felix Neureuther
1616 SL 2015–16 26 January 2016   Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Austria Marcel Hirscher Russia Aleksandr Khoroshilov
1659 SL 2016–17 24 January 2017   Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Austria Marcel Hirscher Russia Aleksandr Khoroshilov
1698 SL 2017–18 23 January 2018   Austria Marcel Hirscher Norway Henrik Kristoffersen  Switzerland  Daniel Yule
1735 SL 2018–19 29 January 2019   Austria Marcel Hirscher France Alexis Pinturault  Switzerland  Daniel Yule
1771 SL 2019–20 28 January 2020   NorwayHenrik Kristoffersen France Alexis Pinturault  Switzerland  Daniel Yule
1805 SL 2020–21 26 January 2021   Austria Marco Schwarz France Clément Noël France Alexis Pinturault
1842 SL 2021–22 25 January 2022   Germany Linus Strasser NorwayAtle Lie McGrath Austria Manuel Feller
1878 SL 2022–23 24 January 2023   France Clément Noël  Switzerland  Ramon Zenhäusern NorwayLucas Braathen
1879 GS 25 January 2023    Switzerland  Loïc Meillard  Switzerland  Gino Caviezel Austria Marco Schwarz
1912 GS 2023–24 24 January 2024    Switzerland  Marco Odermatt Austria Manuel Feller Slovenia Žan Kranjec
1913 SL 25 January 2024   Germany Linus Straßer Norway Timon Haugan France Clément Noël

Women

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No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
584 SG 1988–89 26 November 1988   France Carole Merle Austria Ulrike Maier West Germany Regine Mösenlechner
Austria Anita Wachter
1387 GS 2011–12 18 March 2012   Germany Viktoria Rebensburg Austria Anna Fenninger Italy Federica Brignone
1717 SL 2021–22 11 January 2022   United States Mikaela Shiffrin Slovakia Petra Vlhová Germany Lena Dürr

Alpine team event

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No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
6 TE 2011–12 16 March 2012    Austria
Eva-Maria Brem
Michaela Kirchgasser
Stephanie Köhle
Max Franz
Marcel Mathis
Philipp Schörghofer
  Switzerland
Lara Gut
Wendy Holdener
Markus Vogel
Ralph Weber
Silvan Zurbriggen

 Sweden
Therese Borssén
Frida Hansdotter
Anna Swenn-Larsson
Axel Bäck
Mattias Hargin
André Myhrer

 Not in original calendar. It replaced women's GS from Les Menuires (1988), men's GS from Val Thorens (1988) and SL from Flachau (2022). 

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.[3]

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.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Ženske sezono odpirajo z super G v Schladmingu (page 6)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 26 November 1988.
  2. ^ "Results & History". thenightrace.at. 11 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Srečko Medven predsednik elitnega združenje (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Naše novice. June 2010.
  4. ^ "Club5+ workshop in Adelboden". saslong.org. 23 October 2021.
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