Major honours
Austria is the birthplace of alpine skiing and remains its heart today. Hannes Schneider systematized the Arlberg technique at St. Anton starting in 1921, laying the foundation of modern ski instruction. Toni Sailer then swept all three events at the 1956 Cortina Olympics for the sport's first grand slam. Annemarie Moser-Proll dominated the women's World Cup through the 1970s, taking six overall Crystal Globes and eleven straight downhill wins, and Hermann Maier won two golds at Nagano 1998 just days after a massive crash, becoming a symbol of resilience. Marcel Hirscher won eight consecutive overall Crystal Globes from 2012 to 2019, a level of season-long dominance no skier of either sex has approached. Austria treats the January Hahnenkamm downhill at Kitzbuhel as its biggest winter sporting event, with domestic television ratings that regularly surpass any football match.
Record comparison
Bars are scaled to the strongest team in this list.
Club legends
Rivalry
The rivalry with Switzerland is the sport's biggest national rivalry, with the two Alpine neighbors compared directly on World Cup standings and team results every season.