Harti Weirather


Hartmann "Harti" Weirather is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Reutte, Tyrol, he specialized in the downhill event.

Racing career

During the early 1980s, Weirather won six World Cup downhill races and won the downhill at the 1982 World Championships in Schladming, Austria. In addition, he won the World Cup season title in downhill in 1981.
Weirather's win at Kitzbühel in 1982 was the first-ever under two minutes on the full-length Streif course; his time stood as the course record for ten years.

Personal

Weirather is married to former World Cup champion Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein. They run a business consultancy firm in Planken, Liechtenstein, and their daughter, Tina Weirather, is a former world junior champion and competes on the World Cup circuit for Liechtenstein.

World Cup results

Race podiums

  • 6 wins -
  • 17 podiums -
SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
198012 Jan 1980

World championship results

From 1948 through 1980 Winter Olympics|1980], the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.