Daniel Albrecht says stop

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Daniel Albrecht says stop

His exclusion from the Swiss teams could be a clear sign of what was to come, time has come also the'' official: Daniel Albrecht retires. The announcement was made by 30 year old Valais at a press conference in Zurich.

Born May 25, 1983 in Fiesch, Albrecht made his debut in the World Cup January 28, 2003 in the slalom in Schladming, in the same year the Junior World Championships in Serre Chevalier literally dominated the'' winning gold in downhill and combined and the giant ' 'silver in slalom. Its performance is constantly growing: his first top ten in the Cup arrives in the first super combined of the story, in Wengen in 2005, where he was fourth, while the 2006 Turin Games, the only edition of the Olympic Games in which he participated, it is still the fourth combined in the classic format. The World Cup was instead presented on three occasions and it is the World Championships in Åre 2007, which gets the most important achievements of his career by winning the gold in the super combined'' and the'' silver in the giant slalom. Meanwhile in the World Cup between March 2007 and December 2008 meeting eight times on the podium by winning four races: in super combined and giant slalom in Beaver Creek in 2007-2008 and again in giant slalom in Sölden to'' beginning of the 2008-2009 season. But just when it seems ready for a quantum leap'' January 22, 2009 is the protagonist of a terrible crash in practice on the final jump of the Streif in Kitzbühel. '' He is taken to hospital in Innsbruck and kept in artificial coma for three weeks. Is recovered slowly and 5 December 2010 back to racing with a sensational twenty-first place in the giant slalom in Beaver Creek but will remain the best result of his second career, made up of just 13 races in 15 months. Overall its races in the World Cup are 137, the'' last of the giant Kranjska Gora on 10 March 2012. Unfortunately the bad luck it still takes aim at when, on his return downhill, in November 2012 marks in test in Lake Louise destroying the left knee and should skip all of last season. Now the'' official farewell: Albrecht is tired of fighting against bad luck. Good luck for your life outside skiing Daniel!

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