Paul Accola

Paul Accola

Personal information
Born	1967
Medal record Men's Alpine skiing Representing   Switzerland Olympic Games 1988 Calgary[1] Alpine Combined World Championships 1989 Vail Combined 1999 Vail / Beaver Creek Combined 2001 St. Anton Combined

Paul Accola (born February 20, 1967 in Davos) is a Swiss former Alpine skier. He came top in the overall World Cup in 1992, and won a total of four medals at the Winter Olympics and World Championships in the combined event.

By the end of his career he won seven world cup victories and was on the podium 26 times last time in 2000. In 2002 Accola suffered a serious ankle injury, breaking both of his talus bones. In February 2005, on his 38th birthday, Accola announced that he would retire as alpine skier after nearly two decades in the sport.

He is the sixth Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics, after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg, and equestrian Christine Stückelberger.

He is the brother of fellow former alpine skier Martina Accola.^[2]

World Cup victories

Date	Location	Race
November 29, 1991	Breckenridge	Giant Slalom
November 30, 1991	Breckenridge	Slalom
January 13, 1992	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Combined
January 19, 1992	Kitzbühel	Combined
January 26, 1992	Wengen	Combined
February 1, 1992	Megève	Super-G
March 1, 1992	Morioka	Super-G

See also

• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

References

1. "1998 Nagano Olympics; 1988 Results". CNN. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
2. "Athlete profile: Paul Accola". CNNSI. 3 February 1998. Retrieved 24 February 2013.

External links

• Ski-DB.com - Results - Paul Accola