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{{Infobox alpine ski racer
|name           = Patrick Ortlieb
|image          = Patrick Ortlieb - Gala Nacht des Sports 2010.jpg
|image_size     = 220
|caption        = Ortlieb in 2010
|disciplines    = [[Downhill (ski competition)|Downhill]], [[Super-G]], [[Alpine skiing combined|Combined]]
|club           = 
|sponsor        = 
|birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|05|20}}
|birth_place    = [[Bregenz]], [[Vorarlberg]], Austria
|height         = 6 ft 2 in
|wcdebut        = 9 December [[1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1988]] (age 21)
|retired        = January 1999 (age 31)
|website        = 
|olympicteams   = 2 – ([[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]], [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]])
|olympicmedals  = 1
|olympicgolds   = 1
|worldsteams    = 4 – ([[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991|1991]], [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1993|1993]], [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996|1996]], [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997|1997]])
|worldsmedals   = 1
|worldsgolds    = 1
|wcseasons      = 11 – ([[1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1989]]–[[1999 Alpine Skiing World Cup|99]])
|wcwins         = 4 – (3 DH, 1 SG)
|wcpodiums      = 20 – (18 DH, 2 SG)
|wcoveralls     = 0 – ''(7th in [[1993 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1993]])''
|wctitles       = 0 – ''(3rd in DH, [[1994 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1994]]–[[1996 Alpine Skiing World Cup|96]])''
|show-medals    = yes
|medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport| Men's [[alpine skiing]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUT}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Albertville]] | [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|Downhill]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996|1996 Sierra Nevada]] | Downhill}}
}}
'''Patrick Ortlieb''' (born 20 May 1967) is a former [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] [[Alpine skiing|alpine ski racer]] and [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|Olympic]] gold medalist from Austria.<ref name=iadhfagm>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vE9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2579%2C2355863 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=It's all downhill for Austria's alpine gold medalist |date=10 February 1992 |page=1D}}</ref><ref name=lafjob>{{cite news |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1992/02/17/125983/mens-downhill-la-face-job-patrick-ortlieb-did-a-number-on-val-diseres-tough-slope |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Johnson |first=William Oscar |title=La Face job |date=February 17, 1992 |page=36}}</ref> A specialist in the speed events, he was also a [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996|world champion]] in the [[Downhill (ski competition)|downhill]] event.<ref>''[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/18/sports/skiing-austrian-captures-downhill-in-a-glide.html?src=pm New York Times]'' – Skiing: Austrian captures downhill in a glide – 18 February 1996</ref>

Born in [[Bregenz]] in [[Vorarlberg]], Ortlieb started skiing early at the age of three. He won the [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|downhill event]] at the [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Winter Olympics]] in France, gathered twenty World Cup podiums (sixty top tens), and was [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Champion]] in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996|1996]] in downhill. At the [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994 Winter Olympics]] in [[Lillehammer]], he finished fourth in the [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|downhill]] at [[Kvitfjell]].<ref name=sicswoj>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1994/02/21/106786157/the-son-finally-rises |magazine=Sports Illustrated |title=The Son finally rises |last=Johnson |first=William Oscar |agency=(cover story) |date=February 21, 1994 |page=20}}</ref><ref name=tmnsots>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9RIgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6mUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6150%2C2993277|newspaper=Lewiston (ME) Sun-Journal |agency=Knight-Ridder |last=Powers |first=Tom |title=This Moe's no stooge on the slopes |date=February 14, 1994 |page=23 }}</ref><ref name=rtfusm>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/1994/articles/94-moe.htm  |newspaper=Washington Post |last=Philips |first=Angus |title=Unheralded Tommy Moe races to first U.S. medal |date=February 14, 1994 |page=A1}}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/or/patrick-ortlieb-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418084316/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/or/patrick-ortlieb-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}</ref> A month earlier, he won the famed downhill on the [[Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel|Hahnenkamm]] in [[Kitzbühel]], Austria.<ref name=wcmdh>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7k1WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2OsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3272%2C3620735 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |title=World Cup: Men's Downhill |date=January 16, 1994 |page=10E}}</ref>

Five years later in January [[1998–99 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1999]], Ortlieb's racing career ended at age 31 after a serious crash during a practice run on the same slope at Kitzbühel. He suffered a compound fracture of the right femur and a badly dislocated and slightly fractured right hip after losing control and crashing into the safety nets at the Hausbergkante (mountain house corner).<ref>''[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/skiing-ortlieb-suffers-horrific-accident-1075536.html The Independent]'' – Skiing: Ortlieb suffers horrific accident – 22 January 1999</ref> Later in the year, he was elected to the [[National Council of Austria]] for the [[Freedom Party of Austria]], where he stayed for three years.

He currently runs a four-star hotel, named Hotel Montana, in [[Lech am Arlberg]] in [[Vorarlberg]].

He is the father of fellow alpine skier [[Nina Ortlieb]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/ortlieb-wins-1st-world-cup-brignone-extends-overall-113949325--ski.html |title=Ortlieb wins 1st World Cup, Brignone extends overall lead |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=29 February 2020 |website=[[Yahoo! Sports]] |access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref>

==World Cup results==
===Race podiums===
* 4 wins – (3 [[Downhill (ski competition)|DH]], 1 [[Super-G|SG]])
* 20 podiums – (18 DH, 2 SG)
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Season
! Date
! Location
! Discipline
! Place
|-
|align=center| '''[[1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1989]]''' || align=right|10 Dec 1988 || [[Val Gardena]], Italy || align=center|[[Downhill (ski competition)|Downhill]] || align=center |2nd
|-
|align=center| '''[[1991 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1991]]''' || align=right |16 Mar 1991 || [[Lake Louise Ski Area|Lake Louise]], Canada || align=center|Downhill || align=center |3rd
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center| '''[[1992 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1992]]''' || align=right |11 Jan 1992 || [[Garmisch Classic|Garmisch]], Germany || align=center | Downhill || align=center |2nd
|-
| align=right |18 Jan 1992 || [[Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel|Kitzbühel]], Austria || align=center|Downhill || align=center |3rd
|-
| align=right |14 Mar 1992 || [[Aspen Mountain (ski area)|Aspen]], USA || align=center|Downhill || align=center |3rd
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center| '''[[1993 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1993]]''' || align=right |11 Dec 1992 || Val Gardena, Italy || align=center | Downhill || align=center |3rd
|-
| align=right |23 Jan 1993 || [[Veysonnaz]], Switzerland || align=center|Downhill || align=center |2nd
|-
| align=right |28 Feb 1993 || [[Whistler Blackcomb|Whistler]], Canada || align=center|[[Super-G]] || align=center |3rd
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center| '''[[1994 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1994]]''' || align=right style="background:#B0E0E6;" |18 Dec 1993 || Val Gardena, Italy || align=center style="background:#B0E0E6;" | Downhill ||align=center style="background:#B0E0E6;" |'''1st'''
|-
| align=right style="background:#B0E0E6;" |15 Jan 1994 || Kitzbühel, Austria || align=center style="background:#B0E0E6;" |Downhill||align=center style="background:#B0E0E6;" |'''1st'''
|-
| align=right |15 Mar 1994 || [[Vail Ski Resort|Vail]], USA || align=center|Downhill || align=center |3rd
|-
|rowspan=5 align=center| '''[[1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1995]]''' || align=right style="background:#B0E0E6;" |11 Dec 1994 || [[Tignes]], France || align=center style="background:#B0E0E6;" | Super-G || align=center style="background:#B0E0E6;" |'''1st'''
|-
| align=right|17 Dec 1994 || [[Val d'Isère]], France || align=center| Downhill || align=center|2nd
|-
| align=right |13 Jan 1995 || Kitzbühel, Austria || align=center|Downhill || align=center|2nd
|-
| align=right |25 Feb 1995 || Whistler, Canada || align=center|Downhill || align=center|3rd
|-
| align=right |11 Mar 1995 || [[Kvitfjell]], Norway || align=center|Downhill || align=center|3rd
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center| '''[[1996 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1996]]''' || align=right|1 Dec 1995 || Vail, USA || align=center|Downhill || align=center|3rd
|-
| align=right style="background:#B0E0E6;" |16 Dec 1995 ||  Val Gardena, Italy || align=center style="background:#B0E0E6;" |Downhill||align=center style="background:#B0E0E6;" |'''1st'''
|-
| align=right |20 Jan 1996 || Veysonnaz, Switzerland || align=center|Downhill || align=center |2nd
|-
| align=center| '''[[1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1997]]''' || align=right |15 Dec 1996 ||  Val d'Isère, France || align=center|Downhill||align=center |3rd
|}

===Season standings===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Season !! Age !! Overall !! Slalom !! Giant<br>Slalom !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined
|-
| [[1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1989]] || ''21'' || 30 ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– || 12 ||&nbsp;—
|-
| [[1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1990]] || ''22'' || 43 ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– || 17 || 14
|-
| [[1991 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1991]] || ''23'' || 23 ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– || 26 || 6 ||&nbsp;—
|-
| [[1992 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1992]] || ''24'' || 10 ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– || 18 || 4 || 18
|-
| [[1993 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1993]] || ''25'' || 7 ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– || 7 || 7 || 6
|-
| [[1994 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1994]] || ''26'' || 12 ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– || 21 || style="background:#cc9966;"|3 ||&nbsp;—
|-
| [[1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1995]] || ''27'' || 11 ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– || 9 || style="background:#cc9966;"|3 ||&nbsp;—
|-
| [[1996 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1996]] || ''28'' || 20 ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– || 27 || style="background:#cc9966;"|3 ||&nbsp;—
|-
| [[1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1997]] || ''29'' || 33 ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– || 16 || 14 ||&nbsp;—
|-
| [[1998 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1998]] || ''30'' || 62 ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– || 32 || 27 ||&nbsp;—
|-
| [[1999 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1999]] || ''31'' || 82 ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– || 35 ||&nbsp;—
|}

==World Championship results==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!&nbsp; Year &nbsp; !! &nbsp;Age&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Giant&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;slalom&nbsp; !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991|1991]] || ''23'' ||  — || — || — || 7 || —
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1993|1993]] || ''25'' || — || — || <small>''cancelled''</small> || 8 || —
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996|1996]] || ''28'' || — || — || — || style="background:gold"|1 || —
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997|1997]] || ''29'' || — || — || — || 8 || —
|}
* <small>The Super-G in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1993|1993]] was cancelled after multiple weather delays.</small>

==Olympic results [[File:Olympic rings.svg|50px]] ==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!&nbsp; Year &nbsp; !! &nbsp;Age&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Giant&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;slalom&nbsp; !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] || ''24'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G|18]] ||style="background:gold"|[[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|1]] ||[[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|—]]
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] || ''26'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|—]] ||[[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|4]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|—]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{FIS alpine skier|45381}}
* [https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=AL&competitorid=45381&type=cups Patrick Ortlieb] World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation 
* {{Ski-DB|patrick_ortlieb_aut_ortpa}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120614180703/http://www.montanaoberlech.at/en/your-host-family-ortlieb-at-the-hotel-montana-lech.html Hotel Montana] – Oberlech, Austria&nbsp;– Ortlieb family
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIgYbEggH2Q YouTube.com] – video – 1996 World Championships&nbsp;– Sierra Nevada, Spain&nbsp;– men's downhill&nbsp;– medalists' runs – 1996-02-17

{{Austrian Sportsperson of the Year}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Downhill Men}}
{{Footer World Champions Downhill Men}}

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