Marco Büchel

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Marco Büchel (born 4 November 1971 in Walenstadt, Switzerland) is a Liechtensteiner retired alpine ski racer. He participated in a record-tying six Winter Olympics, starting in 1992 and ending in 2010.

On 18 January 2008, Büchel won a World Cup Super-G race at Kitzbühel, and set a then record as the oldest winner of a World Cup race at the age of Template:Age in years and days. This has since been surpassed by Didier Cuche, who won a downhill race at the same location on 22 January 2011[1] to set a new record as the oldest winner of a World Cup race; the following 13 months Cuche extended this record 6 times, finally with his last career victory in the Super-G of Crans Montana on 24 February 2012 to Template:Age in years and days.[2]

Büchel is featured in the OL-floka music video for the 1994 Winter Olympics. He's seen climbing upwards in the combined slalom course, after missing a gate.[3]

Büchel retired following the Super-G race at Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) on 11 March 2010. He celebrated his last race by racing not in the regular catsuit, but by wearing a tuxedo with black Bermuda shorts. As he skied down the course, Büchel slowed down many times to "high-five" various trainers.[4]

He had also appeared on The Amazing Race 18 as contestants had to give him the correct answer for calculating the Length of Liechtenstein.[5]

Results

  • World Cup
    • 2003: 2nd in Super-G
  • World Championships
    • 1999: Silver Medal in giant slalom
  • Swiss Championships
    • 1999/2000: Champion in Downhill, giant slalom, Combination
    • 2000/2001: Champion in Parallel slalom

World Cup victories

Date Location Race
23 February 2003 Template:Flagicon Garmisch-Partenkirchen Super-G
17 December 2005 Template:Flagicon Val Gardena Downhill
25 November 2006 Template:Flagicon Lake Louise Downhill
18 January 2008 Template:Flagicon Kitzbühel Super-G

References

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  3. OL-floka, 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer
  4. Buechel Marks Last Appearance in a World Cup Race
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Olympic Games
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