Planai (ski course)

Planai

Place:	Schladming
Mountain:	Planai
Member:	Club5+
Opened:	1975
Slalom
Start:	961 m (3,153 ft) (AA)
Finish:	745 m (2,444 ft)
Vertical drop:	216 m (709 ft)
Max. incline:	28.4° degrees (54%)
Aver. incline:	20.2° degrees (36.8%)
Most wins:	Henrik Kristoffersen (4x)

Planai is a World Cup ski course, located on the same name mountain and ski resort in Schladming, Styria, Austria, opened in 1973.

Since 1997 it is regular host of the night slalom, the highest attended in the circuit with 50,000 people each year.

Course hosted two World Championships in 1982 and 2013 and World Cup season final in 2012.

History

Opened in 1973 with dowhnill event and Franz Klammer as the winner. Until the end of the decade and through the eighties, all disciplines were regularly held on this course.

In 1982, they organized Alpine World Ski Championships for the first time, with all men's events and only giant slalom event for women held on this course.

In 1988, they replaced originally scheduled Les Menuires (W) and Val Thorens (M) as season opening in the last minute due to weather conditions.^[1]

In 1990, they organized last World Cup weekend with downhill, slalom and combined events, before 7 years long break and entering new era.

In 1997, they organized first slalom under floodlight. Since then this became the most visited and most spectacular slalom in the world.^[2]

In 2013, they organized 2nd Alpine World Ski Championships, completely renovated the finish area with recognizable arc of steel.

World Championships

Men's events

Franz Klammer in 1982

Kristoffersen won record 4 WC slaloms

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Location in Austria

Event	Type	Date	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1982	GS	3 February 1982	Steve Mahre	Ingemar Stenmark	Boris Strel
	KB	(SL) 1 February 1982 (DH) 5 February 1982	Michel Vion	Peter Lüscher	Anton Steiner
	DH	6 February 1982	Harti Weirather	Conradin Cathomen	Erwin Resch
	SL	7 February 1982	Ingemar Stenmark	Bojan Križaj	Bengt Fjällberg
2013	SG	6 February 2013	Ted Ligety	Gauthier de Tessières	Aksel Lund Svindal
	DH	9 February 2013	Aksel Lund Svindal	Dominik Paris	David Poisson
	SC	11 February 2013	Ted Ligety	Ivica Kostelić	Romed Baumann
	GS	15 February 2013	Ted Ligety	Marcel Hirscher	Manfred Mölgg
	SL	17 February 2013	Marcel Hirscher	Felix Neureuther	Mario Matt

Women's events

Event	Type	Date	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1982	GS	2 February 1982	Erika Hess	Christin Cooper	Ursula Konzett
2013	GS	14 February 2013	Tessa Worley	Tina Maze	Anna Fenninger

Team event

Event	Type	Date	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2013	TE	12 February 2013	Austria Nicole Hosp Michaela Kirchgasser Carmen Thalmann Marcel Hirscher Marcel Mathis Philipp Schörghofer	Sweden Nathalie Eklund Frida Hansdotter Maria Pietilä Holmner Jens Byggmark Mattias Hargin André Myhrer	Germany Lena Dürr Maria Höfl-Riesch Veronique Hronek Fritz Dopfer Stefan Luitz Felix Neureuther

World Cup

Men

No.	Type	Season	Date	Winner	Second	Third
162	DH	1973–74	22 December 1973	Franz Klammer	Roland Collombin	Bernhard Russi
210	DH	1975–76	20 December 1975	Dave Irwin	Klaus Eberhard	Herbert Plank
211	SL	1975–76	21 December 1975	Hansi Hinterseer	Ingemar Stenmark	Piero Gros
285	GS	1978–79	9 December 1978	Ingemar Stenmark	Peter Lüscher	Leonardo David
286	DH		10 December 1978	Ken Read	Dave Murray	Vladimir Makeev
287	KB		10 December 1978	Peter Lüscher	Leonhard Stock	Andreas Wenzel
	DH	1979–80	22 December 1979	cancelled after 28 skiers due to poor visibility
368	GS	1980/81	2 February 1981	Ingemar Stenmark	Hans Enn	Jean-Luc Fournier
	DH	1980/81	7 February 1981	cancelled
499	GS	1984–85	8 January 1985	Thomas Bürgler	Marc Girardelli	Martin Hangl
534	DH	1985–86	31 December 1985	Peter Wirnsberger	Peter Müller	Erwin Resch
621	DH	1987–88	29 January 1988	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Franz Heinzer	Peter Durr
622	GS	1987–88	30 January 1988	Rudolf Nierlich	Hubert Strolz	Helmut Mayer
633	SG	1988–89	27 November 1988	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Franck Piccard	Leonhard Stock
676	DH	1989–90	11 January 1990	Franck Piccard	Kristian Ghedina	Daniel Mahrer
677	SL		12 January 1990	Armin Bittner	Michael Tritscher	Konrad Ladstätter Tetsuya Okabe
678	KB		12 January 1990	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Paul Accola	Günther Mader
921	SL	1996–97	30 January 1997	Alberto Tomba	Thomas Stangassinger	Sébastien Amiez
948	SL	1997–98	8 January 1998	Alberto Tomba	Thomas Sykora	Hans Petter Buraas
949	SG		10 January 1998	Hermann Maier	Stephan Eberharter	Luca Cattaneo
950	SG		11 January 1998	Hermann Maier	Andreas Schifferer	Stephan Eberharter
985	SL	1998–99	7 January 1999	Benjamin Raich	Pierrick Bourgeat	Kjetil André Aamodt
986	SG	1998–99	9 January 1999	Hermann Maier	Rainer Salzgeber	Hans Knauß
1039	SL	1999–00	9 March 2000	Mario Matt	Kjetil André Aamodt	Thomas Stangassinger
1066	SL	2000–01	23 January 2001	Benjamin Raich	Hans Petter Buraas	Mitja Kunc
1102	SL	2001–02	22 January 2002	Bode Miller	Jean-Pierre Vidal	Ivica Kostelić
1140	SL	2002–03	28 January 2003	Kalle Palander	Benjamin Raich	Hans Petter Buraas
1174	SL	2003–04	27 January 2004	Benjamin Raich	Manfred Mölgg	Kalle Palander
1213	SL	2004–05	25 January 2005	Manfred Pranger	Benjamin Raich	André Myhrer
1250	SL	2005–06	24 January 2006	Kalle Palander	Akira Sasaki	Benjamin Raich
1285	SL	2006–07	30 January 2007	Benjamin Raich	Jens Byggmark	Mario Matt
1322	SL	2007–08	22 January 2008	Mario Matt	Jean-Baptiste Grange	Manfred Mölgg
1362	SL	2008–09	27 January 2009	Reinfried Herbst	Manfred Pranger	Ivica Kostelić
1398	SL	2009–10	26 January 2010	Reinfried Herbst	Silvan Zurbriggen	Manfred Pranger
1430	SL	2010–11	25 January 2011	Jean-Baptiste Grange	André Myhrer	Mattias Hargin
1466	SL	2011–12	24 January 2012	Marcel Hirscher	Stefano Gross	Mario Matt
1484	DH		14 March 2012	Aksel Lund Svindal	Beat Feuz	Hannes Reichelt
1485	SG		15 March 2012	Christof Innerhofer	Alexis Pinturault	Marcel Hirscher
1486	GS		17 March 2012	Marcel Hirscher	Hannes Reichelt	Marcel Mathis
1545	SL	2013–14	28 January 2014	Henrik Kristoffersen	Marcel Hirscher	Felix Neureuther
1580	SL	2014–15	27 January 2015	Alexander Khoroshilov	Stefano Gross	Felix Neureuther
1616	SL	2015–16	26 January 2016	Henrik Kristoffersen	Marcel Hirscher	Aleksandr Khoroshilov
1659	SL	2016–17	24 January 2017	Henrik Kristoffersen	Marcel Hirscher	Aleksandr Khoroshilov
1698	SL	2017–18	23 January 2018	Marcel Hirscher	Henrik Kristoffersen	Daniel Yule
1735	SL	2018–19	29 January 2019	Marcel Hirscher	Alexis Pinturault	Daniel Yule
1771	SL	2019–20	28 January 2020	Henrik Kristoffersen	Alexis Pinturault	Daniel Yule
1805	SL	2020–21	26 January 2021	Marco Schwarz	Clément Noël	Alexis Pinturault
1842	SL	2021–22	25 January 2022	Linus Strasser	Atle Lie McGrath	Manuel Feller
1878	SL	2022–23	24 January 2023	Clément Noël	Ramon Zenhäusern	Lucas Braathen
1879	GS	2022–23	25 January 2023	Loïc Meillard	Gino Caviezel	Marco Schwarz
1912	GS	2023–24	24 January 2024	Marco Odermatt	Manuel Feller	Žan Kranjec
1913	SL	2023–24	25 January 2024	Linus Straßer	Timon Haugan	Clément Noël

Women

No.	Type	Season	Date	Winner	Second	Third
584	SG	1988–89	26 November 1988	Carole Merle	Ulrike Maier	Regine Mösenlechner Anita Wachter
1387	GS	2011–12	18 March 2012	Viktoria Rebensburg	Anna Fenninger	Federica Brignone
1717	SL	2021–22	11 January 2022	Mikaela Shiffrin	Petra Vlhová	Lena Dürr

Alpine team event

No.	Type	Season	Date	Winner	Second	Third
6	TE	2011–12	16 March 2012	Austria Eva-Maria Brem Michaela Kirchgasser Stephanie Köhle Max Franz Marcel Mathis Philipp Schörghofer	Switzerland Lara Gut Wendy Holdener Markus Vogel Ralph Weber Silvan Zurbriggen	Sweden Therese Borssén Frida Hansdotter Anna Swenn-Larsson Axel Bäck Mattias Hargin André Myhrer

Not in original calendar. It replaced women's GS from Les Menuires (1988), men's GS from Val Thorens (1988) and SL from Flachau (2022).

Club5+

In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.^[3]

Later over the years other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St.Moritz and Åre.^[4]

References

^ "Ženske sezono odpirajo z super G v Schladmingu (page 6)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 26 November 1988.
^ "Results & History". thenightrace.at. 11 January 2022.
^ "Srečko Medven predsednik elitnega združenje (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Naše novice. June 2010.
^ "Club5+ workshop in Adelboden". saslong.org. 23 October 2021.

External links

thenightrace.at official site
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup – Schladming, Austria
Ski-db.com – Schladming men's races

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[1] "Ženske sezono odpirajo z super G v Schladmingu (page 6)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 26 November 1988.

[2] "Results & History". thenightrace.at. 11 January 2022.

[3] "Srečko Medven predsednik elitnega združenje (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Naše novice. June 2010.

[4] "Club5+ workshop in Adelboden". saslong.org. 23 October 2021.

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