Swiss stars Odermatt, Gut-Behrami top prize money list for Alpine skiing's World Cup circuit
Switzerland's Marco Odermatt holds the alpine ski World Cup overall title trophy, left, and the trophies for downhill, super-G and giant slalom disciplines as he celebrates on the podium, in Saalbach, Austria, Sunday, March 24, 2024. Credit: AP/Alessandro Trovati
GENEVA — Swiss stars Marco Odermatt and Lara Gut-Behrami earned the most money on Alpine skiing's World Cup circuit this season, although the two overall champions made less than the record $1 million totals of one year ago.
Odermatt again won 13 races to earn 810,000 Swiss francs ($903,000) in prize money, compared to his total of 941,200 Swiss francs (then $1,017,000) last year.
Gut-Behrami topped the women’s list with 574,200 Swiss francs ($640,000) in a season when she won a career-best eight races.
Both missed out on several opportunities to earn more as a series of speed races in the downhill and super-G disciplines were canceled because of weather issues — including in Beaver Creek, Colorado, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany.
In her injury-hit season, American standout Mikaela Shiffrin earned 557,000 Swiss francs ($621,000), one year after earning a World Cup record 964,200 Swiss francs ($1.04 million). Shiffrin’s tally of nine race wins was five fewer than last season.
Italian all-rounder Federica Brignone also reached the half-million dollar mark, earning 484,000 Swiss francs.
Odermatt made more than twice as much as any other male skier. Cyprien Sarrazin of France was second on the prize-money list after making 365,500 Swiss francs ($407,000) in his breakout season in downhill.
Switzerland's Lara Gut Behrami poses with the alpine ski, women's World Cup overall trophy, in Saalbach, Austria, Saturday, March 23, 2024. Credit: AP/Marco Trovati
