Marco Schwarz
Marco "Blacky" Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, as well as the combined (a mixture of speed and technical disciplines) and in which he’s the current World Champion.
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| Disciplines | Slalom, Giant slalom, Combined | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | SC Bad Kleinkirchheim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 August 1995 Villach, Carinthia, Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 16 November 2014 (age 19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 1 – (2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 3 – (2017–2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 5 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 7 – (2016–2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 4 – (2 SL, 1 PS, 1 AC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 15 – (12 SL, 2 PS, 1 AC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (3rd in 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 1 – (SL, 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom.
Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, behind winner Henrik Kristoffersen and runner-up Marcel Hirscher.
World Cup results
Season standings
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| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2016 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 48 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 21 | 61 | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 22 | 39 | 16 | 49 | — | — | 23 |
| 2019 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 31 | — | — | 2 |
| 2020 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 18 | — | — | 20 |
| 2021 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 18 | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 26 | 42 | 21 | 20 | — | — | — |
- Standings through 24 January 2022
Race podiums
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| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2016 | 22 Dec 2015 |  Madonna di Campiglio, Italy | Slalom | 3rd |
| 14 Feb 2016 |  Naeba, Japan | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2019 | 22 Dec 2018 | Madonna di Campiglio, Italy | Slalom | 2nd |
| 1 Jan 2019 |  Oslo, Norway | Parallel slalom | 1st | |
| 18 Jan 2019 |  Wengen, Switzerland | Combined | 1st | |
| 19 Feb 2019 |  Stockholm, Sweden | Parallel slalom | 3rd | |
| 2020 | 12 Jan 2020 | Adelboden, Switzerland | Slalom | 3rd |
| 26 Jan 2020 |  Kitzbühel, Austria | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2021 | 21 Dec 2020 | Alta Badia, Italy | Slalom | 3rd |
| 6 Jan 2021 |  Zagreb, Croatia | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 10 Jan 2021 | Adelboden, Switzerland | Slalom | 1st | |
| 16 Jan 2021 | Flachau, Austria | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 17 Jan 2021 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
| 26 Jan 2021 | Schladming, Austria | Slalom | 1st | |
| 30 Jan 2021 |  Chamonix, France | Slalom | 3rd |
World Championship results
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| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | Team event | |
| 2017 | 21 | 7 | — | — | — | — | NH | — |
| 2019 | 23 | 3 | 5 | — | — | 3 | NH | 2 |
| 2021 | 25 | DNF2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 18 | — |
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marco Schwarz. |
- Marco Schwarz at FIS (alpine)
- Marco Schwarz at Olympics.com
- Marco Schwarz at Olympedia
- Marco Schwarz at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
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