Patrick Thaler

Thaler in Schladming in 2009
Personal information
Born	(1978-03-23) 23 March 1978 (age 46) Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Slalom
Club	C.S. Carabinieri
World Cup debut	8 March 1997 (age 18)
Retired	23 January 2018 (age 39)
Website	patrickthaler.com
Olympics
Teams	3 – (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	5 – (2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	22 – (1997–2018)
Wins	0
Podiums	3 – (3 SL)
Overall titles	0 – (21st in 2014)
Discipline titles	0 – (4th in SL, 2014)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Italy Junior World Ski Championships 1997 Schladming Giant Slalom

Patrick Thaler (born March 23, 1978) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. Born in Bolzano, South Tyrol, he specialized in the slalom.^[1] Thaler competed for Italy at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics but failed to finish. His best result from Alpine World Ski Championships is a seventh place in Val-d'Isère, France, in 2009.

During his World Cup career, he reached three third-place finishes in the slalom – twice at Kitzbühel, Austria, and once at Val d'Isère.^[2] In addition, he has 25 top-10 finishes. He is one of the oldest (35 years, 10 months, 2 days) slalom skiers to have finished in the top-3 in the World cup (in 2014) and the oldest (38 years, 11 months, 11 days) to have finished in the top-10 (in 2017).^[3][4]

Thaler retired from ski racing on January 23, 2018, after having competed in the World Cup for a record of 22 seasons (1997–2018).^[5][6]

• 3 podiums – (3 SL)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2009	25 Jan 2009	Kitzbühel, Austria	Slalom	3rd
2014	15 Dec 2013	Val d'Isère, France	Slalom	3rd
	24 Jan 2014	Kitzbühel, Austria	Slalom	3rd

• Patrick Thaler at FIS (alpine)
• Patrick Thaler at Olympedia
• Fischer Skis – athletes – Patrick Thaler
• Italian Winter Sports Federation – (FISI) – alpine skiing – Patrick Thaler – (in Italian)