Marcel Hirscher: What the ski superstar is doing after the end of his career

Even Felix Neureuther was surprised at the end: "I hoped until the end that Marcel would continue," said the former German ski star in an interview with "Spiegel", "I'm surprised, I wouldn't have expected it. In any case, extremely bitter, so we lose a very great of the sport." Shortly before the start of the 2019 season, the Austrian ends his career - it was one of the greatest in winter sports ever.

After Marcel Hirscher made himself scarce in public. Only as a presenter of the television show „A Summer in Austria - Holiday in Red-White-Red" on ORF 2, he made a name for himself.

However, Marcel Hirscher then took off in 2021: In September he presented his own winter sports brand "Van Deer". In the meantime, he has developed his own FIS-compliant racing ski series. Hirscher's World Cup comeback could therefore work out not as an athlete, but as a supplier.

In terms of sport, however, Marcel Hirscher is ambitious on two wheels: Enduro motorsport has taken a fancy to him. He broke his leg in an enduro rally accident in Romania. But the man from Salzburg won't let that put him off his new passion for sport.

Marcel Hirscher can look back to the following achievements:

• World Cup eight times
• All eight triumphs in succession from the 2011/12 season onwards 
• Total of 20 crystal globes
• One olympic gold medal
• Six time world champion
• Record - no professional has collected so many large crystal globes in his career.

With a total of 20 crystal globes won (8 overall World Cups, 6 slalom, 6 giant slalom) Hirscher broke the eternal record of Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark (3 overall World Cups, 7 giant slalom, 8 slalom).

Social:

Instagram:648,000 followers (as of October 2021).

Facebook:600,000 fans (as of October 2021)

Social media channels such as facebook and instagram have always been reliable sources for promoting someones businesses outside of sports and the former skier is no exception for that. Marcel Hirscher Facebook counts almost 610.000 fans. Marcel Hirscher Instagram hits the 675.000 subscribers. He is very active on both channels and likes to give insights into one of his biggest passions: Motorsports. Meanwhile, Marcel Hirscher Twitter is also developing at a tremendous pace.

Marcel Hirscher was together with his wife Laura for 13 years. Both have two children together. However, the couple separated in 2021. "Unfortunately, things don't always work out as planned," Marcel Hirscher said. With the children, Laura gave him "the greatest gift you can have in life".

Outfitters/Sponsors:

Atomic (skis), Raiffeisen, Audi, Komperdell (poles), Energiapura, Picker, Salzburger Land, Under Armour, Red Bull.

Revenue:

Hirschers estimated total annual income was over 2 million euros in his final career years.

In 2015, Marcel Hirscher was almost hit by a camera drone from TV marketer Infront that crashed just behind him during the World Cup slalom in Madonna di Campiglio. Not actually that funny, but Hirscher reacted cool. "Heavy air traffic today over Italy," he tweeted. Later he spoke of an early Christmas present because he remained unharmed.