Didier Cuche
- Birthday:
- 1974-08-16
- Gender:
- male
- Nationality:
- Switzerland
- Height:
- 174
- FIS:
- Didier Cuche at FIS
- Website:
- https://www.didiercuche.ch/
Biography
The record holder on the legendary Streif run. Didier Cuche holds two very special records: The Swiss athlete is the only skier so far to win the legendary Streif run in Kitzbühel five times. And - at the age of 37 years and seven months - Cuche is also the oldest athlete to have won a World Cup race. Didier Cuche's career only really took off at 30. In the end he won four World Championship medals, including Gold in the Super-G in 2009, and Olympic Silver in the Super-G in 1998. Four times he won the overall World Cup in the Downhill, once in the Super-G and once in the Giant Slalom. All in all, Didier Cuche stood on top of the podium 21 times in the World Cup. A butcher by trade, he was elected Swiss Personality of the Year in 2011 and Swiss Sportsman of the Year in 2009 and 2011.
Career Highlights
World Cup
| Year | City |
|---|---|
| Crans Montana | 3rd Super G |
| Crans Montana | 1st Super G |
| Chamonix | 3rd Downhill |
| Garmish-Partenkirchen | 1st Downhill |
| Kitzbuehel | 1st Downhill |
| Year | City |
|---|---|
| Lake Louise | 2nd Super G |
| Lake Louise | 1st Downhill |
| Kvitfjell | 1st Super G |
| Chamonix | 1st Downhill |
| Kitzbuehel | 1st Downhill |
| Wengen | 2nd Downhill |
| Year | City |
|---|---|
| Val Gardena/Groeden | 3rd Downhill |
| Beaver Creek | 3rd Super G |
| Kvitfjell | 1st Downhill |
| Kitzbuehel | 1st Downhill |
| Kitzbuehel | 1st Super G |
| Year | City |
|---|---|
| Beaver Creek | 2nd Downhill |
| Lake Louise | 1st Downhill |
| Soelden | 1st Giant Slalom |
| Are | 3rd Giant Slalom |
| Aer | 2nd Downhill |
| Kranjska Gora | 2nd Giant Slalom |
| Sestriere | 1st Giant Slalom |
| Year | City |
|---|---|
| Lake Louise | 3rd Super G |
| Soelden | 2nd Giant Slalom |
| Kvitfjell | 2nd Downhill |
| Whistler | 2nd Giant Slalom |
| Chamonix | 2nd Downhill |
| Kitzbuehel | 1st Downhill |
| Kitzbuehel | 3rd Downhill |
| Year | City |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 2nd Downhill |
| Year | City |
|---|---|
| Val Gardena/Groeden | 2nd Downhill |
| Val Gardena/Groeden | 1st Super G |
| Beaver Creek | 3rd Giant Slalom |
| Beaver Creek | 3rd Downhill |
| Lake Louise | 3rd Super G |
| Kvitfjell | 3rd Super G |
| Kvitfjell | 1st Downhill |
| Garmish-Partenkirchen | 3rd Downhill |
| Wengen | 2nd Downhill |
| Year | City |
|---|---|
| Bormio | 2nd Downhill |
| Gardena/Groeden | 2nd Downhill |
| Beaver Creek | 2nd Downhill |
World Ski Championship
| Year | City |
|---|---|
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 2nd Downhill |
| Year | City |
|---|---|
| Are | 3rd Giant Slalom |
World Ski Championship
| Year | City |
|---|---|
| Val d'Isère | 1st Super G |