Marcel Hirscher has repeatedly been acknowledged as one of the greatest Austrian athletes, even beyond skiing.

Mikaela Shiffrin has won 14 Alpine World Ski Championship medals in 17 starts: seven golds, four silvers, and three bronze medals.

Annemarie Moser-Pröll is a former World Cup Alpine ski racer from Austria and the most successful female alpine ski racer during the 1970s

Gustav Thöni was the dominant skier in the technical events in the early 1970s. He won seven World Championship medals between 1972 and 1976

Janica Kostelić is a four-time Olympic gold medalist. The Croatian also won five gold medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships.

Winner of two Alpine Ski World Cup Overall titles (1978, 1980), Hanni Wenzel has also won nine medals at the Alpine World Ski Championships

Ingemar Stenmark is widely regarded as the most successful Alpine skier ever. He won 7 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships.

Pirmin Zurbriggen is one of the most successful ski racers ever. He won 9 Alpine World Ski Championship medals (4 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze).

Pernilla Wiberg is one of the most successful alpine ski racers of the 1990s having won 2 Olympic and 4 Championships gold medals

Ted Ligety is a two-time Olympic gold medalist. His 5 World Cup titles put him among the three greatest Giant Slalom skiers of all time

Marc Girardelli is a five-time Alpine Ski World Cup overall champion and eleven Alpine World Ski Championship medalist

With 4 medals at the Olympics and 4 gold medals at the Alpine Ski World Championships, Tina Maze is one of the greatest skiers of all time

The Alpine Ski World Cup will be back in 60 days. Sölden (Tirol, Austria) again will host the first Races of the season.