Planai
Place: Austria Schladming
Mountain: Planai
Member: Club5+
Opened: 1975
Slalom
Start: 961 m (3,153 ft) (AA)
Finish: 745 m (2,444 ft)
Vertical drop: 216 m (709 ft)
Max. incline: 28.4° degrees (54%)
Aver. incline: 20.2° degrees (36.8%)
Most wins: NorwayHenrik Kristoffersen (4x)

Planai is a World Cup ski course, located on the same name mountain and ski resort in Schladming, Styria, Austria, opened in 1973.

Since 1997 it is regular host of the night slalom, the highest attended in the circuit with 50,000 people each year.

Course hosted two World Championships in 1982 and 2013 and World Cup season final in 2012.

History

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Opened in 1973 with dowhnill event and Franz Klammer as the winner. Until the end of the decade and through the eighties, all disciplines were regularly held on this course.

In 1982, they organized Alpine World Ski Championships for the first time, with all men's events and only giant slalom event for women held on this course.

In 1988, they replaced originally scheduled Les Menuires (W) and Val Thorens (M) as season opening in the last minute due to weather conditions.[1]

In 1990, they organized last World Cup weekend with downhill, slalom and combined events, before 7 years long break and entering new era.

In 1997, they organized first slalom under floodlight. Since then this became the most visited and most spectacular slalom in the world.[2]

In 2013, they organized 2nd Alpine World Ski Championships, completely renovated the finish area with recognizable arc of steel.

World Championships

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Men's events

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Franz Klammer in 1982
 
Kristoffersen won record 4 WC slaloms
 
 
Location in Austria
Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
1982 GS 3 February 1982     Steve Mahre   Ingemar Stenmark   Boris Strel
KB (SL) 1 February 1982  
(DH) 5 February 1982  
  Michel Vion     Peter Lüscher   Anton Steiner
DH 6 February 1982     Harti Weirather     Conradin Cathomen   Erwin Resch
SL 7 February 1982     Ingemar Stenmark   Bojan Križaj   Bengt Fjällberg
2013 SG 6 February 2013     Ted Ligety   Gauthier de Tessières   Aksel Lund Svindal
DH 9 February 2013     Aksel Lund Svindal   Dominik Paris   David Poisson
SC 11 February 2013     Ted Ligety   Ivica Kostelić   Romed Baumann
GS 15 February 2013     Ted Ligety   Marcel Hirscher   Manfred Mölgg
SL 17 February 2013     Marcel Hirscher   Felix Neureuther   Mario Matt

Women's events

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Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
1982 GS 2 February 1982     Erika Hess   Christin Cooper   Ursula Konzett
2013 GS 14 February 2013     Tessa Worley   Tina Maze   Anna Fenninger

Team event

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Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
2013 TE 12 February 2013     Austria
Nicole Hosp
Michaela Kirchgasser
Carmen Thalmann
Marcel Hirscher
Marcel Mathis
Philipp Schörghofer
  Sweden
Nathalie Eklund
Frida Hansdotter
Maria Pietilä Holmner
Jens Byggmark
Mattias Hargin
André Myhrer
  Germany
Lena Dürr
Maria Höfl-Riesch
Veronique Hronek
Fritz Dopfer
Stefan Luitz
Felix Neureuther

World Cup

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No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
162 DH 1973–74 22 December 1973     Franz Klammer   Roland Collombin   Bernhard Russi
210 DH 1975–76 20 December 1975     Dave Irwin   Klaus Eberhard   Herbert Plank
211 SL 21 December 1975     Hansi Hinterseer   Ingemar Stenmark   Piero Gros
285 GS 1978–79 9 December 1978     Ingemar Stenmark   Peter Lüscher   Leonardo David
286 DH 10 December 1978     Ken Read   Dave Murray   Vladimir Makeev
287 KB 10 December 1978     Peter Lüscher   Leonhard Stock   Andreas Wenzel
DH 1979–80 22 December 1979   cancelled after 28 skiers due to poor visibility
368 GS 1980/81 2 February 1981     Ingemar Stenmark   Hans Enn   Jean-Luc Fournier
DH 7 February 1981   cancelled
499 GS 1984–85 8 January 1985     Thomas Bürgler   Marc Girardelli   Martin Hangl
534 DH 1985–86 31 December 1985     Peter Wirnsberger   Peter Müller   Erwin Resch
621 DH 1987–88 29 January 1988     Pirmin Zurbriggen   Franz Heinzer   Peter Durr
622 GS 30 January 1988     Rudolf Nierlich   Hubert Strolz   Helmut Mayer
633 SG 1988–89 27 November 1988     Pirmin Zurbriggen   Franck Piccard   Leonhard Stock
676 DH 1989–90 11 January 1990     Franck Piccard   Kristian Ghedina   Daniel Mahrer
677 SL 12 January 1990     Armin Bittner   Michael Tritscher   Konrad Ladstätter
  Tetsuya Okabe
678 KB 12 January 1990     Pirmin Zurbriggen   Paul Accola   Günther Mader
921 SL 1996–97 30 January 1997     Alberto Tomba   Thomas Stangassinger   Sébastien Amiez
948 SL 1997–98 8 January 1998     Alberto Tomba   Thomas Sykora   Hans Petter Buraas
949 SG 10 January 1998     Hermann Maier   Stephan Eberharter   Luca Cattaneo
950 SG 11 January 1998     Hermann Maier   Andreas Schifferer   Stephan Eberharter
985 SL 1998–99 7 January 1999     Benjamin Raich   Pierrick Bourgeat  Kjetil André Aamodt
986 SG 9 January 1999     Hermann Maier   Rainer Salzgeber   Hans Knauß
1039 SL 1999–00 9 March 2000     Mario Matt  Kjetil André Aamodt   Thomas Stangassinger
1066 SL 2000–01 23 January 2001     Benjamin Raich   Hans Petter Buraas   Mitja Kunc
1102 SL 2001–02 22 January 2002     Bode Miller   Jean-Pierre Vidal   Ivica Kostelić
1140 SL 2002–03 28 January 2003     Kalle Palander   Benjamin Raich  Hans Petter Buraas
1174 SL 2003–04 27 January 2004     Benjamin Raich   Manfred Mölgg   Kalle Palander
1213 SL 2004–05 25 January 2005     Manfred Pranger   Benjamin Raich   André Myhrer
1250 SL 2005–06 24 January 2006     Kalle Palander   Akira Sasaki   Benjamin Raich
1285 SL 2006–07 30 January 2007     Benjamin Raich   Jens Byggmark   Mario Matt
1322 SL 2007–08 22 January 2008     Mario Matt   Jean-Baptiste Grange   Manfred Mölgg
1362 SL 2008–09 27 January 2009     Reinfried Herbst   Manfred Pranger   Ivica Kostelić
1398 SL 2009–10 26 January 2010     Reinfried Herbst     Silvan Zurbriggen   Manfred Pranger
1430 SL 2010–11 25 January 2011     Jean-Baptiste Grange   André Myhrer   Mattias Hargin
1466 SL 2011–12 24 January 2012     Marcel Hirscher   Stefano Gross   Mario Matt
1484 DH 14 March 2012     Aksel Lund Svindal   Beat Feuz   Hannes Reichelt
1485 SG 15 March 2012     Christof Innerhofer   Alexis Pinturault   Marcel Hirscher
1486 GS 17 March 2012     Marcel Hirscher   Hannes Reichelt   Marcel Mathis
1545 SL 2013–14 28 January 2014     Henrik Kristoffersen   Marcel Hirscher   Felix Neureuther
1580 SL 2014–15 27 January 2015     Alexander Khoroshilov   Stefano Gross   Felix Neureuther
1616 SL 2015–16 26 January 2016     Henrik Kristoffersen   Marcel Hirscher   Aleksandr Khoroshilov
1659 SL 2016–17 24 January 2017     Henrik Kristoffersen   Marcel Hirscher   Aleksandr Khoroshilov
1698 SL 2017–18 23 January 2018     Marcel Hirscher   Henrik Kristoffersen     Daniel Yule
1735 SL 2018–19 29 January 2019     Marcel Hirscher   Alexis Pinturault     Daniel Yule
1771 SL 2019–20 28 January 2020    Henrik Kristoffersen   Alexis Pinturault     Daniel Yule
1805 SL 2020–21 26 January 2021     Marco Schwarz   Clément Noël   Alexis Pinturault
1842 SL 2021–22 25 January 2022     Linus Strasser  Atle Lie McGrath   Manuel Feller
1878 SL 2022–23 24 January 2023     Clément Noël     Ramon Zenhäusern  Lucas Braathen
1879 GS 25 January 2023       Loïc Meillard     Gino Caviezel   Marco Schwarz
1912 GS 2023–24 24 January 2024       Marco Odermatt   Manuel Feller   Žan Kranjec
1913 SL 25 January 2024     Linus Straßer   Timon Haugan   Clément Noël

Women

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No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
584 SG 1988–89 26 November 1988     Carole Merle   Ulrike Maier   Regine Mösenlechner
  Anita Wachter
1387 GS 2011–12 18 March 2012     Viktoria Rebensburg   Anna Fenninger   Federica Brignone
1717 SL 2021–22 11 January 2022     Mikaela Shiffrin   Petra Vlhová   Lena Dürr

Alpine team event

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No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
6 TE 2011–12 16 March 2012     Austria
Eva-Maria Brem
Michaela Kirchgasser
Stephanie Köhle
Max Franz
Marcel Mathis
Philipp Schörghofer
   Switzerland
Lara Gut
Wendy Holdener
Markus Vogel
Ralph Weber
Silvan Zurbriggen

  Sweden
Therese Borssén
Frida Hansdotter
Anna Swenn-Larsson
Axel Bäck
Mattias Hargin
André Myhrer

 Not in original calendar. It replaced women's GS from Les Menuires (1988), men's GS from Val Thorens (1988) and SL from Flachau (2022). 

Club5+

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In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.[3]

Later over the years other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St.Moritz and Åre.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Ženske sezono odpirajo z super G v Schladmingu (page 6)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 26 November 1988.
  2. ^ "Results & History". thenightrace.at. 11 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Srečko Medven predsednik elitnega združenje (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Naše novice. June 2010.
  4. ^ "Club5+ workshop in Adelboden". saslong.org. 23 October 2021.
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