Aksel Lund Svindal

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Medal record
Aksel Lund Svindal
Men's Alpine Skiing
World Championships
Gold	2007 Åre	Downhill
Gold	2007 Åre	Giant Slalom
Silver	2005 Bormio	Combined

Aksel Lund Svindal (born December 26, 1982 in Lørenskog) is a Norwegian alpine skier from Kjeller. He won the overall 2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup.

Svindal has also won three World Championship medals, three World Cup discipline titles (in super G, combined, and giant slalom), and nine World Cup races (in downhill, super G, giant slalom, and super combined). Additionally, he won four medals at the 2002 World Junior Championships, including gold in combined.

[edit] Injury

On November 27, 2007, during the first training run for the Birds of Prey downhill race in Beaver Creek, Colorado, USA, Svindal crashed badly after landing a jump. He somersaulted into a safety fence and taken to Vail Valley Medical Center with broken bones in his face and a 15-cm (6-inch) laceration to his groin and abdominal area. Physicians think it's likely he may miss the rest of the season due to the injury.^[1]

[edit] World Cup titles

[edit] World Cup victories

Date	Location	Race
2005-11-27	Lake Louise	Super G
2006-03-15	Åre	Downhill
2006-11-30	Beaver Creek	Super combined
2006-12-21	Hinterstoder	Giant slalom
2007-03-14	Lenzerheide	Downhill
2007-03-15	Lenzerheide	Super G
2007-03-17	Lenzerheide	Giant slalom
2007-10-28	Sölden	Giant slalom
2007-11-25	Lake Louise	Super G

[edit] References

1. ^ Ski Racing - Beaver Creek: Svindal may miss rest of season

[edit] External links

• Results for Aksel Lund Svindal

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