Daniel Yule (born 18 February 1993) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in slalom. Born in Martigny, Valais, he is of Scottish parentage.[1]

Daniel Yule
Yule in 2023
Personal information
Born (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 (age 31)
Martigny, Valais,
Switzerland[1]
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom
ClubChampex-Ferret
World Cup debut22 January 2012 (age 18)
Websitedanielyule.com
Olympics
Teams3 – (20142022)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams5 – (20152023)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons12 – (20122023)
Wins7 – (7 SL)
Podiums17 – (17 SL)
Overall titles0 – (11th in 2019)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in SL, 2019)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Switzerland
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Slalom 7 1 7
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Team event
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Åre Team event
Junior World Ski Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Jasná Slalom

Racing career

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Yule rose quickly to make his World Cup debut in the 2012 season in Kitzbühel at the age of 18, he had achieved his first points at the European Cup level just a month earlier. Having had a year of solid results in the European Cup in 2013, he became a World Cup regular for the 2014 season.

2014

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After earning his first European Cup victory in the early 2014 season, Yule achieved his first World Cup points in the third slalom of the year, a race that was moved to Bormio, where he took 17 place. The breakthrough result came on the same piste on which he had made his World Cup debut. With a start number of 41, Yule finished 30th after the first run, meaning he was the last person to qualify for a second. In that second run, Yule took 4 tenths of a second out of the rest of the field, which catapulted him up the order to eventual 7th position. This result was enough to earn him a place on the Swiss Olympic Team in Sochi, where he competed in the slalom.[2] Twelfth after the first run, Yule was disqualified in the second.[3] After the Olympics, Yule went to his first Junior World Championships, where he earned a Bronze Medal in the slalom.

2015

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The 2015 season was to be the first which Yule concentrated on the World Cup, although Yule did claim back-to-back victories in the two European Cup slaloms in Chamonix. He was able to find consistency in his skiing at the World Cup level, achieving points in 7 of the first 8 races of the season. Yule finished tenth three times; in Levi, Zagreb, and Schladming. and with those results, he fulfilled the selection criteria for the World Championships. His run in the slalom at the Championships ended very quickly, as he skied out of the course after only three gates. Yule's season results were enough to qualify for the World Cup Finals for the first time, and he finished the slalom tour in 16th as highest ranked Swiss in the discipline.

2016

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Yule began the year promisingly with a ninth place in the first slalom of the season in Val-d'Isère after the season opener in Levi was cancelled.

2018

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During the 2018 season, Yule took his first World Cup podium finishes, taking third at both Kitzbühel and Schladming.[4]

2019

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Yule started his 2019 season with a fifth place in Levi and a sixth in Saalbach-Hinterglemm. He earned his first win on the World Cup circuit in the Madonna di Campiglio night slalom after finishing fourth in the first run. He benefited from both Marcel Hirscher and Henrik Kristoffersen straddling. Yule's victory was the first World Cup slalom win for a Swiss male skier since Marc Gini's first place in Reiteralm in November 2007.[4]

2024

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In a groundbreaking moment at the World Cup, Daniel Yule achieved a historic victory in the slalom event held in Chamonix. This remarkable triumph marked the first time in World Cup history that an athlete, initially ranking 30th after the initial run, secured a victory in such a competition.[5] Yule's accomplishment marked a significant milestone, surpassing the prior achievement of Lucas Braathen, who had managed to secure victory in the Wengen slalom event in 2022 after beginning the race from the 29th position following the initial run.

World Cup results

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Season standings

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Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
2014 21 88 30
2015 22 51 16
2016 23 50 13
2017 24 31 21 16
2018 25 22 5
2019 26 11 2
2020 27 13 3
2021 28 50 16 55
2022 29 24 6
2023 30 17 4
2024 31 26 7
Standings through 17 March 2024

Race podiums

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  • 7 wins – (7 SL)
  • 17 podiums – (17 SL); 53 top tens
Season Date Location Discipline Position
2018 21 January 2018   Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 3rd
23 January 2018   Schladming, Austria Slalom 3rd
2019 22 December 2018   Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom 1st
29 January 2019   Schladming, Austria Slalom 3rd
17 March 2019   Soldeu, Andorra Slalom 3rd
2020 24 November 2019   Levi, Finland Slalom 3rd
8 January 2020   Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom 1st
11 January 2020     Adelboden, Switzerland Slalom 1st
26 January 2020   Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 1st
28 January 2020   Schladming, Austria Slalom 3rd
2022 16 January 2022     Wengen, Switzerland Slalom 2nd
9 March 2022   Flachau, Austria Slalom 3rd
2023 22 December 2022   Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom 1st
22 January 2023   Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 1st
4 February 2023   Chamonix, France Slalom 3rd
2024 21 January 2024   Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 3rd
4 February 2024   Chamonix, France Slalom 1st

World Championship results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel Team
event
2015 22 DNF1
2017 24 DNF2
2019 26 DNF1 1
2021 28 5
2023 30 24

Olympic results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
event
2014 21 DSQ2
2018 25 8 1
2022 29 6

References

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  1. ^ a b Website https://www.danielyule.com/daniel.html (14 January 2019).
  2. ^ "Daniel Yule". Sochi2014. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Daniel Yule". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Yule gewinnt Slalom in Madonna di Campiglio" [Yule wins slalom in Madonna di Campiglio]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 22 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  5. ^ "'Absolutely incredible': Yule skis from last to first in historic triumph". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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