Career
Eberharter made his World Cup debut during the 1990 season, where he finished 32nd. Particularly successful in the downhill event, he progressed to finishing third in the downhill standings for the 1998 season and was the runner-up in 2001. His nemesis Hermann Maier was then involved in a motorcycle accident in the summer of 2001. In Maier's absence, Eberharter went on to take the overall World Cup title (and downhill and Super-G) in 2002 and 2003. His 2004 victory at the Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel is often regarded as one of the most impressive downhill victories in alpine skiing history, besting runner-up Daron Rahlves by a lengthy 1.21 seconds, an equivalent of 142 feet (43 m) at 80 mph (129 km/h).
Eberharter enjoyed success at the World Championships and Olympic Games as well. In 1991 in Saalbach, he won two gold medals in the Super-G and Combined events. Twelve years later at St. Moritz in 2003, he took gold in the Super-G event again. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, he finished second in the Giant Slalom, but went on to take gold in the same event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, where he also won the bronze medal in the downhill, and took silver in the Super-G.
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