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KNAUSS,
Hans (AUT)
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09.02.1971
Schladming (AUT)
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09.02.1971
Schladming
178cm 78kg |
World
Cup Ranking
General
1993/71st, 1994/39th, 1995/73rd, 1996/6th,?1997/7th,
1998/5th. 1999/5th.
2000/18th, 2001/32nd, 2002/21st, 2003/10th,
2004/9th,
Special
1996 SG/2nd, 1997 GS/3rd, 1998 SG/2nd.?1999
DH/4th. SG/5th, GS/7th.
2000 DH/12th, SG/12th, GS/17th, 2002
DH/26th, SG/11th, GS/24th.
2003 DH/21st, SG/14th, GS/3rd. 2004
DH/9th, SG/6th, GS/15th.
World Championships
1996 Sierra Nevada DH/16th, SG/9th.
1997 Sestriere GS/7th, SG/4th.
1999 Vail SG/3rd. DH/4th.
2003 St.Moritz GS/2nd,.
Olympic Games
1994 Lillehammer SG/20th.
1998 Nagano SG/2nd, GS/4th.
2002 Salt Lake City GS/DNF.
World Cup - 7 w. (1 DH, 3 GS, 3 SG)
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| 1. |
DH: |
Kitzbuhel
99-II , |
| GS: |
Alta
Badia 96, Adelboden 03, Lillehammer
03, |
| SG: |
Valloire
96, Val d'Isere 97, Kvitfjell
98. |
| 2. |
DH: |
Beaver
Creek 04-II, |
| GS: |
Park
City 97, Crans Montana 98, Ofterscwang
99, |
| SG: |
Garmisch
98, |
| K
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Kitzbuhel
96, |
| 3. |
DH: |
Wengen
99, Val Gardena 04, |
| GS: |
Park
City 96, Breckenridge 97, Val
d'Isere 98, Kranjska Gora 99,
Park City 04, |
| SG: |
Vail
94, Val d'Isere 96, Happo One
96, Vail 98, Schladming 99,
Beaver Creek 03, 04, |
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Kitzbuhel
97, |
| 4. |
DH: |
Wengen
98 I , Crans Montana 98, Bormio
99, Beaver Creek 2000,
Kitzbuhel 04-II, |
| GS: |
Soelden
97, Alta badia 97, Kranjska Gora
98, Saalbach 98, Adelboden 98, |
| SG: |
Aspen
93, Beaver Creek 00, Val Gardena
04, |
| K
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Kitzbuhel
97 |
| 5. |
DH: |
Val
Gardena 97 II , Kitzbuhel 98 II
, Kitzbuhel 99 I , Sierra Nevada
99,
Lake Louise 04, Kitzbuhel 04-I,
Kvitfjell 04, |
| SG: |
Aspen
99, Altenmarkt 02, Kitzbuhel 03,
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| GS: |
Alta
Badia 98, Flachau 99, Bormio 2000, |
| 6. |
DH: |
Wengen
98-II, Chamonix 00, Val d'Isere
01, St.Anton 04, |
| SG: |
Val
d'Isere 99, Innsbruck 99, Vail
00, Kvitfjell 04, Sestriere 04,
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| GS: |
Val
d'Isere 94, Kranjska Gora 97,
Shigakogen 97, Tignes 98, Soelden
99,
Sierra Nevada 99, Alta badia 03,
Kranjska Gora 02, |
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Hans
Knauss
On
the surface, Hans Knauss did not have
a banner year in 1998/99. Knauss won
just one bronze medal at the Vail
World Championships and only a single
World Cup race last winter - but for
an Austrian it was the most important
victory he could win: the Hahnenkamm
downhill at Kitzbuhel. It was a crowning
achievement for the skier from Schladming.
Hans proved his all-around skills
earlier in his career with a GS and
three Super-G victories. In spite
of the single medal in Vail, he had
better luck than teammate Stefan Eberharter
who could only manage a 4th place
in Super-G and 5th in downhill.
In 1998, "Hansi" clinched
an Olympic silver medal in Super-G
in Nagano but just barely made the
squad for Colorado less than a year
later because of the incredible skill
level of his own team. Knauss has
been on the World Cup tour since 1993.
He was raised in a family totally
dedicated to ski racing. His father
Bernhard was a promising regional
skier before World War II. He taught
skiing to Hans while working at a
ski-lift overlooking the valley of
Schladming near his home. His older
brother, also named Bernhard, was
very successful on the "pro"
tour. A nine-time "pro"
World Champion in the 1990's, Bernhard
jr. raced for Slovenia at the 1998
Olympics in Nagano. His equipment
serviceman Franz also handles Hans
on the World Cup circuit. Knauss has
finished 5th in the overall World
Cup standings. Despite a bad injury
at a knee in October 1999, Hansi is
still looking to finally move onto
the podium in the Overall World Cup.
Patrick
Lang
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