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Ski star Marco Odermatt is now flying on Red Bull | Sports


SPORT ⋅ The 23-year-old from Central Switzerland presents the Austrian cult brand as the new main sponsor. In the future, Marco Odermatt will benefit from the global corporation’s expertise in the areas of sports science and training.

Rainer Sommerhalder

Money is not the reason why Marco Odermatt, after four years with individual sponsor Helvetia, moves to Austria’s top address in sports sponsorship and joins the illustrious circle of alpine ski racers such as Alexis Pinturault, Dominik Paris and Ester Ledecka. The 23-year-old from Nidwalden counts above all on the support of the Athletes Special Project (ASP) from Red Bull.

Former downhill trainer Robert Trenkwalder supports his athletes in the performance center at the Red Bull headquarters in Salzburgerland using the latest methods from training theory and sports science. Not least because of this, Alexis Pinturault moved his residence to the immediate vicinity of the ASP.

Marco Odermatt will complete performance tests for the first time in Salzburg in June and then listen to Trenkwalder’s suggestions for eliminating possible weak points or implementing new methods in everyday training. However, the ski star from central Switzerland has no plans to move his center of life to Austria or to set up a private team like Pinturault.

As an athlete in ski racing, it is always about developing individually and optimizing your performance and the entire package of material, support, sporting and private environment. In combination with the existing professional association structures and the support of Swiss Ski, the partnership with Red Bull offers me optimal conditions for sporting success, also with a view to the Olympic Games in Beijing, says Odermatt about his move.

And of course to take advantage of the new collaboration. So you can see one or the other ski star now and then arrive at the race in the private jet of CEO Dietrich Mateschitz.


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