Aksel Lund Svindal is a retired Norwegian alpine ski racer born December 26, 1982, in Lorenskog, Akershus, who competed across 17 World Cup seasons between 2002 and his retirement in 2019. He won the overall World Cup title twice, in 2007 and 2009, took Olympic gold in the super-G at the 2010 Vancouver Games and in the downhill at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, and earned nine World Championship medals including five gold across the downhill, giant slalom and super combined disciplines. With his 2013 world championship downhill victory he became the first male alpine racer to win titles at four consecutive world championships, and across his career he took 36 World Cup victories.
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Career HighlightTwo-time overall World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist in super-G (2010) and downhill (2018), with five World Championship titles. 1 Classification
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Was Aksel Lund Svindal the first man to win world championship titles four years running?
He was the first male alpine racer to win titles at four consecutive world championships.
Among male alpine racers, yes. With his victory in the downhill in 2013, Aksel Lund Svindal became the first male alpine racer to win titles in four consecutive world championships.
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Aksel Lund Svindal (born 26 December 1982) is a Norwegian former World Cup alpine ski racer.
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Svindal is a two-time overall World Cup champion (2007 and 2009), an Olympic gold medalist in super-G at the 2010 Winter Olympics and in downhill at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and a five-time World Champion in downhill, giant slalom, and super combined
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Svindal is sometimes considered the best Norwegian alpine skier ever.
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Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Svindal is a two-time overall World Cup champion (2007 and 2009), an Olympic gold medalist in super-G at the 2010 Winter Olympics and in downhill at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and a five-time World Champion in downhill, giant slalom, and super combined (2007 Åre,
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Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Svindal is a two-time overall World Cup champion (2007 and 2009), an Olympic gold medalist in super-G at the 2010 Winter Olympics and in downhill at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and a five-time World Champion in downhill, giant slalom, and super combined (2007 Åre,
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is a Norwegian former World Cup alpine ski racer.
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