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Daniel Yule

Swiss alpine skier (born 1993)

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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.

01Racing career

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

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. Twelfth after the first run, Yule was disqualified in the second. After the Olympics, Yule went to his first Junior World Championships, where he earned a Bronze Medal in the slalom.

2015

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

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

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

2019

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.

2024

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. 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.

02World Cup results

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
2014218830, , , , , N/a
2015225116, , , ,
2016235013, , , ,
201724312116, , ,
201825225, , , ,
20192611, , , ,
20202713, , , , ,
202128501655, , , N/a,
202229246, , , ,
202330174, , , , N/a
202431297, , ,
2025324214, , ,
2026335720, , ,

Race podiums

  • 7 wins, (7 SL)
  • 17 podiums, (17 SL)
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
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

03World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined
Parallel Team
 event 
201522DNF1, , , , , N/a, N/a,
201724DNF2, , , , ,
201926DNF1, , , , 1
2021 28 5 , , , , , ,
2023 30 24 , , , , , ,
2025 32 DNF2 , , , , N/a DNF2 , N/a ,

04Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined
Team
 event 
201421DSQ2, , , , , N/a, N/a
2018258, , , , 1
2022296, , , , ,
20263315, , , , N/a13, N/a
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