Leading the group of top male skiers in the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is Marcel Hirscher, a record-holder with eight Overall Crystal Globes. Ingemar Stenmark held the record for the greatest number of 86 World Cup wins. Marco Odermatt, Alexis Pinturault, along with Aleksander Aadmot Kilde and Hirscher, round out the group of active skiers in this elite selection.

The biggest surprise of the Olympic Winter Games held in Sapporo was the victory of 21-year-old Francisco Fernandez Ochoa, who won the Slalom by a full second.

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