Niels Hintermann

Niels Hintermann (born 5 May 1995) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Bülach, Zürich, he specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G.

Niels Hintermann

Finishing at Bormio in late 2019
Personal information
Born	(1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 29) Bülach, Zürich, Switzerland
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, Super-G, Combined
Club	Hausen am Albis
World Cup debut	28 November 2015 (age 20)
Website	nielshintermann.ch
Olympics
Teams	1 – (2022)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	3 – (2019, 2021, 2023)
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	7 – (2016–2017, 2019–2023)
Wins	3 – (2 DH, 1 AC)
Podiums	7 – (6 DH, 1 AC)
Overall titles	0 – (13th in 2022)
Discipline titles	0 – (2nd in AC, 2017)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Switzerland World Junior Ski Championships 2015 Hafjell Downhill

Career

Hintermann made his World Cup debut at age 20 in November 2015 at Lake Louise, and was fortieth in the downhill. He scored his first World Cup points three weeks later at Val Gardena, at 29th place in the downhill. Hintermann won his first World Cup race (and first podium) the following season, in the combined at Wengen in January 2017.^[1]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2016	20	122	—	—	—	48	42
2017	21	53	—	—	41	37	2
2018	22	no results due to injury
2019	23	69	—	—	55	23	28
2020	24	33	—	—	—	12	19
2021	25	93	—	—	55	28	—
2022	26	13	—	—	27	7
2023	27	24	—	—	34	7
2024	28	49	—	—	—	6

standings through 17 February 2024

Race podiums

• 3 wins – (2 DH, 1 AC)
• 7 podiums – (6 DH, 1 AC), 25 top tens

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2017	13 Jan 2017	Wengen, Switzerland	Combined	1st
2022	18 Dec 2021	Val Gardena, Italy	Downhill	3rd
	28 Dec 2021	Bormio, Italy	Downhill	3rd
	4 Mar 2022	Kvitfjell, Norway	Downhill	1st
	5 Mar 2022		Downhill	3rd
2023	20 Jan 2023	Kitzbühel, Austria	Downhill	3rd
2024	17 Feb 2024	Kvitfjell, Norway	Downhill	1st

World Championship results

Year	Age	Sla­lom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Down­hill	Com­bined
2019	23	—	—	—	21	23
2021	25	—	—	—	DNF	—
2023	27	—	—	—	12	—

Olympic results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2022	26	—	—	—	16	—

References

1. Unheralded Swiss wins World Cup Alpine combined race Retrieved 13 January 2016.

External links

• Niels Hintermann at FIS (alpine)
• Niels Hintermann at Olympedia
• Niels Hintermann at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Swiss Ski team official site (in German)
• Niels Hintermann at Atomic Skis
• Official website (in German)