Oldest Winter Olympic gold medallist in Alpine skiing
- Who
- Aksel Lund Svindal
- What
- 35:51 year(s):day(s)
- Where
- Korea (Republic of) (Pyeongchang)
- When
- 15 February 2018
The oldest Alpine skiing gold medallist at the Winter Olympics is Aksel Lund Svindal (Norway, b. 26 December 1982), who won the men’s downhill aged 35 years 51 days on 15 February 2018. He finished 0.12 seconds ahead of compatriot Kjetil Jansrud at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea, to secure Norway’s first-ever gold medal in the men’s downhill.
Alpine skiing comprises five different disciplines: downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined.
This was Svindal’s second Olympic gold medal. He won the Super-G event in 2010 in Vancouver, Canada.