Hermann Mair had his birth in Altenmarkt, Austria. His date of birth was the seventh of December, of the year 1972. He was trained by his ski master father, but in the beginning, he did not like ski racing. He enrolled at the academy at Schlaming at the age of fifteen, but they sent him back because he was too short. He then became a bricklayer during the summer and took the job as a ski trainer in the winter.
Hermann Mair was strong spirited and was not to be stopped. Though he did not attend the World Cup in Austria, he won the championships in Salzburg and Tyrol. However, in the year 1996 he was just a forerunner in the World Cup in Austria, when he was timed with the 12th fastest skier in the run for the Great Cup at Flachau. So the national coaches could not, but put him up for the World Cup. This put him up to a brilliant global vocation.
Hermann Mair won the Super-G race of Garmisch-Partenkirchen as his first win in a World Cup. After that there was nothing that could hold him down. He became known as the most energetic and powerful racer. He soon dominated ski racing in the Alpine. He was a gold medalist in the Super-G and the giant Slalom. However, when he was just racing downhill he suddenly flew off the course and tumbled badly a few times before crashing past the double safety of B-netting. Still he stood up and walked away without any help. It was this incident that got him the name “Hermintor”. Soon after this he won one gold medal at the Nagano Winter Olympics.
Then he went on a winning spree. Hermann Mair won the overall world cup title in 1998. He also won the Super-G, along with the giant Slalom title. He nabbed the overall world title and the Super-G and downhill Slalom races in 2000 and 2001.
During this period when he had ended a training session in Austria and was turning back home, his motorcycle smacked into a car, causing a near fatal accident, where he almost lost his lower leg. Through at first the doctors wanted to remove it, they could it after a huge reconstructive surgery. This led the people to think that he would not return to the skiing arena, because he could hardly walk, but astonishing the world, he began to practice just a few months thereafter.
Hermann Mair returned to the world cup in the year 2002 and was able to win the World Cup by 2003. In 2004, he won the overall World Championship. The same year he was appreciated for his comeback spirit and was conferred the Laureus Award.
As of now he has to his credit, 53 international cups, and has come 1st, 2nd, 3rd places 93 times. Hermann Mair ranks as the second most successful skier in the history of the world after Ingemar Stenmark, who had notched up 86 victories. However, he could not notch up any victories in the years 2006 and 2007.
On the 30th of November of the Season of 2009, he won Super-G. This was his first victory in three years, and he just earned his 54th cup of a world cup event, and that too a week prior to his birthday. On October 13th, in the year 2009, Hermann Mair gave the world notice that he would no longer be skiing professionally. Check out BonusBonusBonus.com for the best livescores and information on online sports betting.