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Maier, HermannMaier, Hermann, b. Flachau, Salzburg, Dec. 7, 1972, skier. Won two gold medals (giant slalom, super-G) at the 1998 Olympic Games at Nagano, Japan, and in 1997/1998 was the second Austrian, after K. Schranz, to win the World Cup in alpine skiing. Downhill and super-G world champion at the Skiing World Championships in Colorado, USA. Overall World Cup winner again in 1999/2000 and in 2000/2001, winning the downhill, giant slalom and super-G World Cup events both years (in 1999/2000 M. scored exactly 2000 points, the highest score ever achieved in ski racing up to that time). At the world championships in 2001 in St. Anton he won the silver medal in downhill and the bronze in super-G. Literature: H. Maier (with M. Smejkal), H. Maier, Ich gehe meinen Weg, 1998; H. Prüller, H. Maier und das weiße Wunderteam, 1998.
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