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Daniel Albrecht was born in Fiesch, Valais, Switzerland on May 25th 1983 and will probably be best remembered for his crash in Kitzbuehel on January 22nd 2009 that saw his remain in a drug induced coma for almost a month. The Swiss skier made his World Cup debut in 2003 in the legendary slalom race of Schladming in 2003 but failed to finish. The first time he really demonstrated his potential came in 2005 when he finished fourth in the supercombined at Wengen. Following that result at the age of just 19 he struggled to really make a name for himself on the World Cup tour for the next couple of years and was often out of the top 15 finishers in his favored slalom and giant slalom disciplines. 2007 was the breakthrough year for the young prodigy. The World Championships in Are, Sweden, put his name on the map definitively as he claimed gold in the supercombined and silver in the giant slalom. A month later he managed a second place in the 2007 finals of Lenzerheide in the downhill, result that gave him the confidence to become an all rounder. Nine months after the incredible experience of the World Championships he grabbed his first victory in World Cup in the supercombined of Beaver Creek. He followed that result up just a few days later with another win in Giant Slalom in the same venue. It was a land mark for Albrecht who it seemed was destined for great... |
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