Description
Marco B�chel is a retired alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein. He participated in a record-tying six Winter Olympics, starting in 1992 and ending in 2010.
On 18 January 2008, B�chel won a World Cup Super-G race at Kitzb�hel, and set a then record as the oldest winner of a World Cup race at the age of 36 years, 75 days. This has since been surpassed by Didier Cuche, who won a downhill race at the same location on 22 January 2011 to set a new record as the oldest winner of a World Cup race; the following 13 months Cuche extended this record 6 times, finally with his last career victory in the Super-G of Crans Montana on 24 February 2012 to 37 years, 192 days.
B�chel is featured in the OL-floka music video for the 1994 Winter Olympics. He's seen climbing upwards the combined slalom course, after missing a gate.
B�chel retired following the Super-G race at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 11 March 2010. He celebrated his last race by racing not in the regular catsuit but by wearing a tuxedo with black Bermuda shorts. As he skied down the course, B�chel slowed down many times to "high-five" various trainers.
Born
November 4th, 1971 in Walenstadt (Age 53)
Last Changes
2022/01/18
Address replaced: Available to members only
2022/01/18
Address Removed: Available to members only
2021/10/28
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Probably Authentic)