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Hermann Mair was born on 7th December 1972 in Altenmarkt in Austria. At first he trained under his father who was a ski master, but did not enjoy ski racing initially. When he was 15 years old he was enrolled in the ski academy at Schlaming but being short in stature, he was sent back home. He took up bricklaying as his summer occupation and in the winter, he was a ski instructor.

Nothing could stop the ambitious Mair. Hermann Mair used to take part only in the local games and donned the mantle of the winner in the championships of Tyrol and Salzburg. During the 1996 Austrian World Cup, he took part as a fore runner, and he was timed with the 12 fastest skiers in the Flachau world cup. The Austrian coaches then recognized his talent, and he was allowed to compete in the world skiing. This was the beginning to an unforgettable universal profession.

It was in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that he won his first world championship. From there his status as a great skier, traveled ahead of him all the time. He soon conquered the alpine ski racing scene. Hermann Mair won gold medals in the giant Slalom and Super-G and went on to win the gold at the winter Olympics in Nagano. Just before that, while he was in a downhill race, he flew off the sunlit course, landing on his head and tumbled uncontrollably many times, before crashing through two layers of B-netting. However, he could walk out on his own. This fall earned him the title “Herminator”.

Then there was no stopping, he just kept winning. Hermann Mair won the overall world cup title in 1998. He also won the Super-G, along with the giant Slalom title. He nabbed the overall world title and the Super-G and downhill Slalom races in 2000 and 2001.

Just when he had reached the top of his profession, and was going home after a session of practice in Austria, his motorcycle smacked into a car. Hermann Mair was nearly killed, but the accident nearly cost him his leg. Even through the doctors at first wanted to cut off the lower part of his leg, they saved it through an enormous reconstructive surgery. Everybody thought that it his career would end with this because he was finding it difficult to walk. However, he amazed the world by beginning his training soon, and without much delay, was back in reckoning.

Hermann Mair returned to attend the World Cup races in 2002. And by 2003 he won his first World Cup after the accident. And by 2004, he became the Overall World champion. He received the Laureus Sports Award that is given to the best comeback sportsman of the year.

To date, he has won 53 World Cup races followed by 93 positions in first, second or third places. Hermann Mair ranks as the second most successful skier in the history of the world after Ingemar Stenmark, who had recorded up 86 victories. Nevertheless, during 2006-2007, he was not able to win a single world cup race.

On 30 November 2009 he won the first Super-G of the 2009 season. It was his 54th world Cup Victory, but his first in three years. This was a week before his 36th birthday. On 13 October 2009 subsequent to 13 years of World Cup Track Hermann Mair announced his retirement from skiing.

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