Atle Skårdal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Atle Skårdal

Norwegian alpine skier

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1966

Place of Birth: Skien, Eastern Norway, Norway

Profession: alpine skier

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Atle Skårdal (born 17 February 1966, in Lunde, Telemark, Norway) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer in the speed events of Downhill and Super-G.
Since 2012 he is FIS racing director for women races as successor of Kurt Hoch.
A two-time world champion in the Super-G in 1996 and 1997, he was also the World Cup champion in Super-G in 1996.
Skårdal competed at the 1988 and 1994 Winter Olympics, with a 6th place in the 1994 Super G his best finish.In 2000, Skårdal was appointed as national team coach of Norway.
He has been FIS race director for the women's World Cup since 2005. He is married to former alpine ski racer Karin Köllerer of Austria; they have three children (2010).