Here's a list of the men who've won both the classic Hahnenkamm (Kitzbuhel) and Lauberhorn (Wengen) downhill races in the same season.
Only three skiers have achieved this feat more than once, Austrian trio Toni Sailer (twice), Karl Schranz (twice) and Franz Klammer (three times).
Sailer did it two years in a row in 1956 and 1957, whilst Klammer, unbelievably, won both races three years in a row between 1975 and 1977, a feat that we think will be a long time, if ever, before it's repeated.
And let's not forget poor old Didier Cuche - a record five times winner on the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbuhel, but, almost as incredibly, unable to claim victory even once on the home snow of the Lauberhorn.
Follow the links below for more information on the individual races for both the Wengen Lauberhorn races and the Kitzbuhel Hahnenkamm races:
All the details of the classic Lauberhorn race on the slopes below the Eiger, including all the winners from one of the world's most stunning sporting events.
The Hahnenkamm downhill race at Kitzbuhel is one of the most exciting events on the ski-racing calendar. Check out the history and details of the Streif race - the most brutal race slope in skiing .
The list of skiers who have claimed victory in both the Wengen Lauberhorn Downhill and the Kitzbuhel Hahnenkamm Downhill in the same year:
| Year | Double-Winner | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Didier Defago | Switzerland |
| 2002 | Stephan Eberharter | Austria |
| 1999 | Lasse Kjus | Norway |
| 1992 | Franz Heinzer | Switzerland |
| 1989 | Marc Girardelli | Luxembourg |
| 1982 | Harti Weirather | Austria |
| 1980 | Ken Read | Canada |
| 1977 | Franz Klammer | Austria |
| 1976 | Franz Klammer | Austria |
| 1975 | Franz Klammer | Austria |
| 1974 | Roland Collombin | Switzerland |
| 1969 | Karl Schranz | Austria |
| 1968 | Gerhard Nenning | Austria |
| 1967 | Jean-Claude Killy | France |
| 1966 | Karl Schranz | Austria |
| 1961 | Guy Perillat | France |
| 1957 | Toni Sailer | Austria |
| 1956 | Toni Sailer | Austria |
| 1954 | Christian Pravda | Austria |
Austrian skiers Franz Klammer, Toni Sailer and Karl Shranz are the only skiers to have done the Wengne-Kitzbuhel 'double' more than once, and with the now-retired Didier Defago being the last skier to have achieved the feat, it could stay that way for a while longer...
| Number of Doubles | Name | Nationality | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Franz Klammer | Austria | 1975 1976 1977 |
| 2 | Toni Sailer | Austria | 1956 1957 |
| 2 | Karl Schranz | Austria | 1966 1969 |
| 1 | Roland Collombin | Switzerland | 1974 |
| 1 | Didier Defago | Switzerland | 2009 |
| 2 | Stephan Eberharter | Austria | 2002 |
| 1 | Marc Girardelli | Luxembourg | 1989 |
| 1 | Franz Heinzer | Switzerland | 1992 |
| 1 | Jean-Claude Killy | France | 1967 |
| 1 | Lasse Kjus | Norway | 1999 |
| 1 | Gerhard Nenning | Austria | 1968 |
| 1 | Guy Perillat | France | 1961 |
| 1 | Christian Pravda | Austria | 1954 |
| 1 | Ken Read | Canada | 1980 |
| 1 | Harti Weirather | Austria | 1982 |
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