Niels Hintermann

Niels Hintermann
	Finishing at Bormio in late 2019
Personal information
Born	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

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.

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	Kvitfjell, Norway	Downhill	3rd
2023	20 Jan 2023	Kitzbühel, Austria	Downhill	3rd
2024	17 Feb 2024	Kvitfjell, Norway	Downhill	1st