Dominik Paris

Dominik Paris
October 2014
Personal information
Born (1989-04-14) 14 April 1989 (age 34)
Merano, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G,
Combined
ClubC.S. Carabinieri[1]
(previously G.S. Forestale)
World Cup debut19 December 2008 (age 19)
Websitedominikparis.com
Olympics
Teams4 – (20102022)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams7 – (20112023)
Medals2 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons16 – (20092024)
Wins22 – (18 DH, 4 SG)
Podiums46 – (31 DH, 14 SG, 1 AC)
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2019)
Discipline titles1 – (SG, 2019)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Italy
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Super-G 4 4 6
Downhill 18 6 7
Combined 0 1 0
Total 22 11 13
International alpine ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 0
World Championships 1 1 0
Total 1 1 0
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Åre Super-G
Silver medal – second place 2013 Schladming Downhill
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Downhill
Silver medal – second place 2009 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Combined
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Super-G

Dominik Paris (born 14 April 1989) is an Italian alpine ski racer, who specializes in speed events of super-G and downhill. He was the world champion in super-G, as the gold medalist in 2019 at ÅreSweden.

Racing career

Paris made his World Cup debut in December 2008 and won his first World Cup race in late December 2012 in Italy, a dead-heat tie with Hannes Reichelt in the downhill on the Pista Stelvio at Bormio. Aksel Lund Svindal was just one-hundredth of a second behind for third, and Klaus Kröll was fourth, just one hundredth behind Svindal. It was the closest top-four finish in World Cup downhill history (0.02 of a second) and the first tie in a men's downhill in nearly 35 years (January 1978).[2][3] Four weeks later, Paris firmly established himself as a top downhill racer on the circuit with a win at Kitzbühel on the classic Streif course.[4][5]

At the 2013 World Championships in Austria, Paris won the silver medal in the downhill, 0.46 seconds behind gold medalist Aksel Lund Svindal.[6][7]

Paris gained his first victory in super-G at Kitzbühel in 2015 and placed second in the downhill the next day. Two years later in 2017, he won his second downhill on the Streif course and in 2019 he concluded a "Hahnenkamm hat trick" with his third downhill win at Kitzbühel. This third victory ties him with Pirmin Zurbriggen, Luc Alphand, and Franz Heinzer as the third most successful downhill racer at Kitzbühel; only Franz Klammer, Karl Schranz (4x), and Didier Cuche (5x) won more often - but only few of them on the entire length of the original 'Streif' run.[8]

In the 2019 season, after double victories at both Bormio and Kvitfjell, Paris added a double victory at the World Cup finals in Soldeu, where he won his first crystal globe, in the super-G. A month earlier, he won the gold medal in the same event at the World Championships in Åre, Sweden.

Paris started the 2019–2020 season with runner-up finishes in the first two speed events at Lake Louise, Canada. On December 27–28, 2019, he won consecutive World Cup downhills in Bormio, becoming the first in history to achieve five downhill victories – four in a row – on the Stelvio course. In late January, three days after his first-ever podium on the classic Lauberhorn downhill, Paris suffered an ACL injury to his right knee during a training session, ending his season.[9]

Through December 2023, he has 23 World Cup wins and 45 podiums.

World Cup results

Season titles

  • 1 title  – (1 SG)
Season Discipline
2019 Super-G

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
2010 20 72 37 43 21
2011 21 47 55 21 20
2012 22 31 52 14 18
2013 23 14 23 3 11
2014 24 35 32 15 22
2015 25 7 2 5 36
2016 26 6 10 3 4
2017 27 8 56 4 3 39
2018 28 12 16 4 11
2019 29 4 1 2
  2020 ^ 30 11 10 5 23
2021 31 15 19 3
2022 32 8 9 3
2023 33 18 9 11
2024 34 7 15 3
Standings through 13 January 2024
^ Season-ending injury in late January 2020

Race victories

Total Downhill Super-G Combined
Wins 22 18 4 0
Podiums 46 31 14 1
Season
Date Location Discipline
2013 29 December 2012 Italy Bormio, Italy Downhill
26 January 2013 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill
2014 30 November 2013 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Downhill
2015 23 January 2015 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Super-G
2016 20 February 2016 France Chamonix, France Downhill
12 March 2016 NorwayKvitfjell, Norway Downhill
2017 21 January 2017 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill
15 March 2017 United States Aspen, USA Downhill
2018 28 December 2017 Italy Bormio, Italy Downhill
2019 28 December 2018 Downhill
29 December 2018 Super-G
25 January 2019 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill
2 March 2019 Norway  Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill
3 March 2019 Super-G
13 March 2019 Andorra Soldeu, Andorra Downhill
14 March 2019 Super-G
2020 27 December 2019 Italy Bormio, Italy Downhill
28 December 2019 Downhill
2021 5 February 2021 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Downhill
2022 28 December 2021 Italy Bormio, Italy Downhill
5 March 2022 Norway  Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill
2024 16 December 2023 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Downhill

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
2011 21 20 DNF2
2013 23 2 9
2015 25 14 23 10
2017 27 9 13 4
2019 29 1 6 9
2021 31 5 4
2023 33 DNF 8 DSQ1

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
2010 20 13
2014 24 16 11 18
2018 28 7 4 DNF2
2022 32 21 6

Musical career

Dominik Paris is the singer of the metal band Rise of Voltage, from its foundation in 2017. The other members of the band are Lukas Paris (guitar, brother of Dominik), Frank Pichler (bass) and Florian Schwienbacher (drums). The band has one full-length album, Time, published in 2018.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Olimpiadi Invernali Pyeongchang 2018" (in Italian). carabinieri.it. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Top four within .02 of second in Bormio downhill". Ski Racing.com. 29 December 2012.
  3. ^ Jelusic, Ana (29 December 2012). "Paris, Reichelt and Svindal within 0.01 second in Bormio!". FIS Alpine.com.
  4. ^ "Dom Paris wins Hahnenkamm DH for Italy". Ski Racing.com. 26 January 2013.
  5. ^ Jelusic, Ana (26 January 2013). "Dominik Paris tames the Streif". FIS Alpine.com.
  6. ^ "Svindal spectacular in winning World DH title". Ski Racing.com. 9 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Downhill Gold for Aksel Lund Svindal". FIS Alpine.com. 9 February 2013.
  8. ^ SOURCE
  9. ^ "Game over for Paris following ACL injury". FIS-Ski.com. 21 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Voice/Guitar/Bass/Drums". riseofvoltages Webseite! (in German). Retrieved 29 December 2021.

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