Markus Larsson hanging him on a nail skiing

After a long career in the veteran Swede Markus Larsson slalom duration of the World Cup 17 seasons withdraws from & rsquo; activity & agrave ;.

Monday 9 May 2016 5 minutes reading time

The 37 year-old native of Karlstad, County V Ã¤; rmland, had to stop last season in half & agrave; due to a & rsquo; herniated disc, so the Adelboden slalom January 10, 2016 & egrave; It was his 206th and final Cup race. Larsson thanked all those who have given him the opportunity & agrave; to compete for cos & igrave; so long and as many as l & rsquo; have supported: family, friends, technicians and sponsors. Now decider & agrave; what to & agrave; in the future and in the meantime let & agrave; rest his body, tried by so many battles. Born January 9, 1979, a resident of Monte Carlo, predominantly specialist slalom but also good in giant and combined, Lars Markus Larsson won two bronze medals in giant and super-G at the World Juniors in 1997 in Schladming, the third of the five in which he participated. In the European Cup began in 1996 obtaining between 1999 and 2014 a total of 7 podiums, all through the narrow doors, including two victories, in Courchevel in 2000 and in 2001 in Donnersbachwald-Riesneralm. L & rsquo; & egrave debut in the World Cup; dated November 23, 1999, Vail / Beaver Creek slalom, a year after entrer & agrave; for the first time in the points ending twenty-fourth in Park City. His first result among the top ten arrives December 10, 2001 when placing ninth in the slalom of Madonna di Campiglio. Its total placings in the top ten are 45, 38 in slalom (l & rsquo; last fourth place in Kranjska Gora March 15, 2015), 3 in Giant (& egrave; seventh in Alta Badia December 16, 2007 and in Val d & rsquo; Is & egrave ; King December 13, 2008), and 4 combined (fourth ever in Val d & rsquo; Is & egrave; re 12 December 2008. Of all these placings, four podium finishes, all in slalom: third place in Chamonix January 9, 2005, the second in Levi November 12, 2006 and especially two victories, won a & Aring; re March 18, 2006 and in Alta Badia on December 18 of that year. At the end of the 2006-2007 season he achieved his best result in slalom cup closing quarter. He participated in six editions of the World Cup (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013 and 2015) and & egrave; He was fourth in the slalom in Bormio on 12 February 2005. In four editions of the Olympic Games & egrave; was seventh in slalom is the first who has played, Salt Lake City 2002, both in & rsquo; last, Sochi 2014. Only one national title that he won in slalom in 2000, through the narrow doors also won in Nor-Am Cup Copper Mountain 4 December 2014. in addition, among his early victories, c & rsquo; & egrave; one at the 1994 Trofeo Topolino when imposed in the Giant in Under 16 category.

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