Dominik Paris
October 2014
Personal information
Born (1989-04-14) 14 April 1989
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 – (2010–2022)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams7 – (2011–2023)
Medals2 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons16 – (2009–2024)
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 6
Combined 0 1 0
Total 22 11 12
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 place2019 ÅreSuper-G
Silver medal – second place2013 SchladmingDownhill
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place2009 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Downhill
Silver medal – second place2009 Garmisch-PartenkirchenCombined
Bronze medal – third place2009 Garmisch-PartenkirchenSuper-G

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

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
20102072——374321
20112147——552120
20122231——521418
20132314——23311
20142435——321522
2015257——2536
2016266——1034
2017278—564339
20182812——16411
2019294——12—
  2020 ^3011——10523
20213115——193—
2022328——93
20233318——911
2024348———3
Standings through 17 December 2023
^ Season-ending injury in late January 2020

Race victories

Total Downhill Super-G Combined
Wins221840
Podiums4530141
Season
Date Location Discipline
201329 December 2012Italy Bormio, ItalyDownhill
26 January 2013Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill
201430 November 2013Canada Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill
201523 January 2015Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaSuper-G
201620 February 2016France Chamonix, FranceDownhill
12 March 2016Norway  Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill
201721 January 2017Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill
15 March 2017United States Aspen, USADownhill
201828 December 2017Italy Bormio, ItalyDownhill
2019 28 December 2018Italy Bormio, ItalyDownhill
29 December 2018Super-G
25 January 2019Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill
2 March 2019Norway  Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill
3 March 2019Super-G
13 March 2019Andorra Soldeu, AndorraDownhill
14 March 2019Super-G
202027 December 2019Italy Bormio, ItalyDownhill
28 December 2019Downhill
20215 February 2021Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyDownhill
202228 December 2021Italy Bormio, ItalyDownhill
5 March 2022Norway  Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill
202416 December 2023Italy Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
201121———20DNF2
201323———29
201525——142310
201727——9134
201929——169
202131——54—
202333——DNF8DSQ1

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
201020————13
201424——161118
201828——74DNF2
202232——216—

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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