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{{short description|Austrian alpine skier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox alpine ski racer
| name = Stephan Eberharter
| image              = Stephan Eberharter (Gala-Nacht des Sports 2009).jpg
| fullname           = 
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|03|24}}
| birth_place        = [[Brixlegg]], [[Austria]]
| olympicteams  = 
| olympicmedals = 4
| olympicgolds  = 1
| worldsteams   = 
| worldsmedals  = 4
| worldsgolds   = 3
| wcseasons     = 
| wcwins        = 29
| wcpodiums     = 75
| wcoveralls    = 2
| wctitles      = 5
|show-medals    = yes
|medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Competition|World Cup race podiums}}
{{MedalCount | total = yes
| Slalom | 0 | 0 | 0
| Giant | 5 | 4 | 4
| Super-G | 6 | 9 | 9
| Downhill | 18 | 9 | 11 
| Combined |0 | 0 | 0
| Parallel | 0 | 0 | 0
}}
{{Medal|Competition|International alpine ski competitions}}
{{MedalCount| total = yes
|[[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]|1|2|1
|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]]|3|1|0
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{{Medal|Competition | [[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]] | [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|Giant slalom]] }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano]] | [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|Giant slalom]] }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]] | [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G|Super-G]] }}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]] | [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|Downhill]] }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|WorldChampionships]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991|1991 Saalbach]] | Super-G }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991|1991 Saalbach]] | Combined }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003|2003 St. Moritz]] | Super-G }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2001|2001 St. Anton]] | Super-G }}
}}

'''Stephan "Steff" Eberharter''' (born 24 March 1969) is a former [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] [[Alpine skiing|alpine ski racer]] from [[Austria]].

==Biography==
Born in [[Brixlegg]], [[Tyrol (state)|Tyrol]], Eberharter was the winner of the overall World Cup title in [[2001–02 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2002]] and [[2002–03 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2003]], as well as the season titles in [[Downhill (ski competition)|downhill]] and [[super-G]]. He was the nearest rival of compatriot [[Hermann Maier]] in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Eberharter retired from international competition following the conclusion of the [[2003–04 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2003–04]] season.

==Career==
Eberharter made his World Cup debut during the [[1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1990]] season at age 20, where he finished 32nd in the overall standings. The next year he finished second in the super-G standings and won two gold medals at the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991|1991 World Championships]] in [[Saalbach-Hinterglemm|Saalbach]], the super-G and combined. He was voted the [[Austrian Sportspersonality of the year]] for 1991.

After injury setbacks, he became particularly successful in the [[Downhill (ski competition)|downhill]] event, and finished third in the downhill standings in [[1998 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1998]] and was the runner-up in [[2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2001]]. His nemesis on the snow, teammate Maier, was involved in a serious motorcycle accident in August 2001 which sidelined him for the 2002 season. In Maier's absence, Eberharter went on to take the overall World Cup title (and downhill and super-G) in [[2002 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2002]] and [[2003 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2003]].  His [[2004 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2004]] victory at the [[Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel|Hahnenkamm]] downhill in [[Kitzbühel]] is often regarded as one of the most impressive downhill victories in alpine skiing history, besting runner-up [[Daron Rahlves]] by a lengthy 1.21 seconds, an equivalent of {{convert|142|ft}} at {{convert|80|mph|-1|abbr=on}}.

Eberharter enjoyed success at the World Championships and Olympic Games as well. In [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991|1991]] in Saalbach, he won two gold medals in the super-G and [[Alpine skiing combined|combined]] events. Twelve years later, at [[St. Moritz]] in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003|2003]], he took gold in the super-G event again. At the [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Winter Olympics]] in [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano, Japan]], he finished second in the [[giant slalom]], but went on to take gold in the same event at the [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Winter Olympics]] in [[Salt Lake City]], where he also won the bronze medal in the downhill, and took silver in the super-G.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.fis-ski.com/global-links/statistics/competitors-having-more-than-one-podium.html?place=&season=ALL&sector=AL&nbr=4&gender=M&category=WC&positions=2&nation=&discipline=ALL&Submit=SEARCH|title=COMPETITORS HAVING MORE THAN ONE PODIUM|publisher=fis-ski.com|access-date=6 February 2018}}</ref>

In his final season in 2004, Eberharter won four downhills and the downhill season title; he had twelve podiums, was second in the overall standings, and third in Super-G.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.fis-ski.com/global-links/statistics/competitors-having-more-than-one-podium.html?place=&sea|title=COMPETITORS HAVING MORE THAN ONE TOP 10 POSITION|publisher=fis-ski.com|access-date=6 February 2018}}</ref>

==World Cup results==

===Season titles===
* 7 titles – (2 overall, 3 [[Downhill (ski competition)|DH]], 2 [[Super-G|SG]])
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:95%;"
! Season !! Discipline
|- align=center
| rowspan=3 | [[2002 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2002]] || '''Overall'''
|-
| align=center | [[Downhill (ski competition)|Downhill]]
|-
| align=center | [[Super-G]]
|- align=center
| rowspan=3 | [[2003 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2003]] || '''Overall'''
|-
| align=center | Downhill
|-
| align=center | Super-G
|- align=center
| [[2004 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2004]] || Downhill
|}

===Season standings===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
! Season !! Age !! Overall !! Slalom !! Giant<br />slalom !! Super-G !! Downhill !! Combined
|-
| [[1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1990]] || ''20'' || 32 || — || 18 || 14 || — || —
|-
| [[1991 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1991]] || ''21'' || 12 || — || 7 || bgcolor="silver" | 2 || — || 5
|-
| [[1992 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1992]] || ''22'' || 36 || 25 || 43 || 27 || 57 || 5
|-
| [[1993 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1993]] || ''23'' || 29 || 33 || 42 || 12 || 50 || 10
|-
| [[1994 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1994]] || ''24'' || colspan=6 | 
|-
| [[1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1995]] || ''25'' || 104 || — || — || 51 || 45 || —
|-
| [[1996 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1996]] || ''26'' || rowspan=2 colspan=6 | 
|-
| [[1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1997]] || ''27''
|-
| [[1998 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1998]] || ''28'' || bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 || — || 4 || bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 || bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 || 9
|-
| [[1999 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1999]] || ''29'' || 4 || — || bgcolor="silver" | 2 || bgcolor="silver" | 2 || 4 || —
|-
| [[2000 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2000]] || ''30'' || 6 || — || 16 || 7 || 6 || 9
|-
| [[2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2001]] || ''31'' || bgcolor="silver" | 2 || — || 21 || 4 || bgcolor="silver" | 2 || —
|-
| [[2002 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2002]] || ''32'' || bgcolor="gold" | 1 || — || bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 || bgcolor="gold" | 1 || bgcolor="gold" | 1 || –
|-
| [[2003 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2003]] || ''33'' || bgcolor="gold" | 1 || — || 16 || bgcolor="gold" | 1 || bgcolor="gold" | 1 || 12
|-
| [[2004 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2004]] || ''34'' || bgcolor="silver" | 2 || — || 29 || bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 || bgcolor="gold" | 1 || 22
|}

===Race victories===
* 29 wins – (18 [[Downhill (ski competition)|DH]], 6 [[Super-G|SG]], 5 [[Giant slalom|GS]])
* 75 podiums – (38 DH, 24 SG, 13 GS)
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:95%;"
! Season
! Date
! Location
! Discipline
|-
| align=center | '''[[1998 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1998]]''' || align=right | 14 Mar 1998 || [[Crans-Montana]], Switzerland || align=center | [[Giant slalom]]
|-
| align=center rowspan=3 | '''[[1999 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1999]]''' || align=right | 20 Nov 1998 || [[Park City Mountain Resort|Park City]], USA || align=center | Giant slalom
|-
| align=right | 27 Nov 1998 || [[Aspen Mountain (ski area)|Aspen]], USA || align=center | [[Super-G]]
|-
| align=right | 27 Feb 1999 || [[Ofterschwang]], Germany || align=center | Giant slalom
|-
| align=center rowspan=2 | '''[[2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2001]]''' || align=right | 25 Nov 2000 || [[Lake Louise Ski Resort|Lake Louise]], Canada || align=center | [[Downhill (ski competition)|Downhill]]
|-
| align=right | 3 Mar 2001 || [[Kvitfjell]], Norway || align=center | Downhill
|-
| align=center rowspan=10|'''[[2002 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2002]]''' || align=right | 7 Dec 2001 || rowspan=2 | [[Val-d'Isère]], France || align=center | Super-G
|-
| align=right | 8 Dec 2001 || align=center | Downhill
|-
| align=right | 15 Dec 2001 || [[Val Gardena]], Italy || align=center | Downhill
|-
| align=right | 12 Jan 2002 || [[Lauberhorn ski races|Wengen]], Switzerland || align=center | Downhill
|-
| align=right | 18 Jan 2002 || rowspan=2 | [[Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel|Kitzbühel]], Austria || align=center | Super-G
|-
| align=right | 19 Jan 2002 || align=center | Downhill
|-
| align=right | 27 Jan 2002 || [[Garmisch Classic|Garmisch]], Germany || align=center | Super-G
|-
| align=right | 2 Feb 2002 || rowspan=2 | [[Piz Nair|St. Moritz]], Switzerland || align=center | Downhill
|-
| align=right | 3 Feb 2002 || align=center | Giant slalom
|-
| align=right | 6 Mar 2002 || [[Altenmarkt im Pongau|Altenmarkt]], Austria || align=center | Downhill
|-
| align=center rowspan=9 | '''[[2003 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2003]]''' || align=right | 27 Oct 2002 || [[Sölden]], Austria || align=center | Giant slalom
|-
| align=right | 30 Nov 2002 || rowspan=2 | Lake Louise, Canada || align=center | Downhill
|-
| align=right | 1 Dec 2002 || align=center | Super-G
|-
| align=right | 7 Dec 2002 || [[Birds of Prey (ski course)|Beaver Creek]], USA || align=center | Downhill
|-
| align=right | 14 Dec 2002 || Val-d'Isère, France || align=center | Downhill
|-
| align=right | 11 Jan 2003 || [[Bormio]], Italy || align=center | Downhill
|-
| align=right | 17 Jan 2003 || Wengen, Switzerland || align=center | Downhill
|-
| align=right | 22 Feb 2003 || Garmisch, Germany || align=center | Downhill
|-
| align=right | 13 Mar 2003 || Kvitfjell, Norway || align=center | Super-G
|-
| align=center rowspan=4 | '''[[2004 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2004]]''' || align=right | 10 Jan 2004 || [[Chamonix]], France || align=center | Downhill
|-
| align=right | 24 Jan 2004 || Kitzbühel, Austria || align=center | Downhill
|-
| align=right | 31 Jan 2004 || Garmisch, Germany || align=center | Downhill
|-
| align=right | 6 Mar 2004 || Kvitfjell, Norway || align=center | Downhill
|}

==World Championship results==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
! &nbsp; Year &nbsp; !! &nbsp;Age&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Giant&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! Super G !! Downhill !! Combined
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991|1991]] || ''21'' || — || — || style="background:gold;" | 1 || — || style="background:gold;" | 1
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1993|1993]] || ''23'' || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996|1996]] || ''26'' || — || — || DSQ || —  || —
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997|1997]] || ''27'' || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999|1999]] || ''29'' || — || DNF1 || 4 || 5 || —
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2001|2001]] || ''31'' || — || — || style="background:silver;" | 2 || 7 || —
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003|2003]] || ''33'' || — || 23 || style="background:gold;" | 1 || 5 || —
|}

==Olympic results==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
! &nbsp; Year &nbsp; !! &nbsp;Age&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Giant&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! Super G !! Downhill !! Combined
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] || ''22'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's Super-G|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|—]]
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] || ''24'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's Super-G|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|—]]
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] || ''28'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|—]] || style="background:silver;" | [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|2]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's Super-G|DNF]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|—]]
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] || ''32'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|—]] || style="background:gold;" | [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|1]] || style="background:silver;" | [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G|2]] || style="background:#cc9966;" | [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|3]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|—]]
|}

==See also==
*[[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup#Most podiums and top ten results|Ski World Cup Most podiums & Top 10 results]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{sports links}}
* {{Ski-DB}}
* {{Team Austria|stephan-eberharter/82}}
* [http://www.steff.at/ Steff.at – personal site] {{in lang|de}}

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