Hermann Maier: a spectacular crash in the downhill followed by two titles at Nagano 1998 - Olympic News
![Reigning World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria practices with a velometer in his hospital bed in Salzburg September 7, 2001. Maier has badly broken his right leg Reigning World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria practices with a velometer in his hospital bed in Salzburg September 7, 2001. Maier has badly broken his right leg](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D47AX1/reigning-world-cup-and-double-olympic-ski-champion-hermann-maier-of-austria-practices-with-a-velometer-in-his-hospital-bed-in-salzburg-september-7-2001-maier-has-badly-broken-his-right-leg-in-a-motor-cycle-accident-on-august-24-the-accident-happened-in-radstadt-in-central-austria-when-maiers-motorcycle-collided-with-a-car-maier-was-operated-for-several-hours-in-a-salzburg-hospital-on-a-broken-shin-reuterscalle-toernstroem-pr-2D47AX1.jpg)
Reigning World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria practices with a velometer in his hospital bed in Salzburg September 7, 2001. Maier has badly broken his right leg
![Hermann Maier (C), vainqueur de la coupe du monde autrichienne et double champion olympique de ski, se prépare à la formation de l'équipe nationale autrichienne de ski sur le glacier de Zermatt, Hermann Maier (C), vainqueur de la coupe du monde autrichienne et double champion olympique de ski, se prépare à la formation de l'équipe nationale autrichienne de ski sur le glacier de Zermatt,](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2ckbmn9/hermann-maier-c-vainqueur-de-la-coupe-du-monde-autrichienne-et-double-champion-olympique-de-ski-se-prepare-a-la-formation-de-l-equipe-nationale-autrichienne-de-ski-sur-le-glacier-de-zermatt-en-suisse-le-22-juillet-2002-maier-rejoint-l-entrainement-de-l-equipe-nationale-de-ski-autrichienne-pour-la-premiere-fois-depuis-qu-il-a-serieusement-casse-la-jambe-droite-lors-d-un-accident-de-moto-le-24-aout-2001-reuters-denis-balibuse-db-hm-crb-2ckbmn9.jpg)
Hermann Maier (C), vainqueur de la coupe du monde autrichienne et double champion olympique de ski, se prépare à la formation de l'équipe nationale autrichienne de ski sur le glacier de Zermatt,
![Reigning World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria stretches before skiing down a slope for the first time after his motorcycle accident in his home town of Flachau Reigning World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria stretches before skiing down a slope for the first time after his motorcycle accident in his home town of Flachau](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D4299P/reigning-world-cup-and-double-olympic-ski-champion-hermann-maier-of-austria-stretches-before-skiing-down-a-slope-for-the-first-time-after-his-motorcycle-accident-in-his-home-town-of-flachau-in-austrias-salzburg-province-on-december-21-2001-maier-badly-broke-his-right-leg-in-a-motorcycle-accident-on-august-24-reuterscalle-toernstroem-le-2D4299P.jpg)
Reigning World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria stretches before skiing down a slope for the first time after his motorcycle accident in his home town of Flachau
![Hermann Maier, la star du ski autrichien, regarde Ivana Trump, ancienne femme du magnat américain Donald Trump, lors de la célèbre émission télévisée allemande « Wetten Dass...? » à Saarbruecken, en mars Hermann Maier, la star du ski autrichien, regarde Ivana Trump, ancienne femme du magnat américain Donald Trump, lors de la célèbre émission télévisée allemande « Wetten Dass...? » à Saarbruecken, en mars](https://l450v.alamy.com/450vfr/d3bd32/afp-l-autrichien-hermann-maier-star-ski-est-photographie-a-l-audi-partie-a-kitzbuehel-autriche-26-janvier-2003-dix-sept-mois-apres-un-grave-accident-de-moto-maier-a-fait-un-retour-definitif-avec-son-triomphe-a-sensation-a-la-coupe-du-monde-de-super-g-a-kitzbuehel-le-27-janvier-2003-d3bd32.jpg)
Hermann Maier, la star du ski autrichien, regarde Ivana Trump, ancienne femme du magnat américain Donald Trump, lors de la célèbre émission télévisée allemande « Wetten Dass...? » à Saarbruecken, en mars
![Reigning World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria stretches before skiing down a slope for the first time after his motorcycle accident in his home town of Flachau Reigning World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria stretches before skiing down a slope for the first time after his motorcycle accident in his home town of Flachau](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/24e55c01088b4be6890ee2c720ef0101/2d3jh5n.jpg)