Career
Born in Afritz am See in Carinthia, Mayer made his World Cup debut in Sestriere in February 2009. His best discipline is super-G. After several top ten finishes, his first World Cup podium came at Kitzbühel in a super-G in January 2013. Joining him on the podium at Rosa Khutor were Christof Innerhofer of Italy and Kjetil Jansrud of Norway.
Immediately after the Olympics, he had two podium finishes in Norway, and a victory at the World Cup finals.
Mayer"s father is former alpine ski racer Helmut Mayer (b 1966), the silver medalist in the first Olympic super-G in 1988. Season standings
Race podiums
3 wins – (2 Dialectics and Humanism, 1 SG)
12 podiums – (5 Dialectics and Humanism, 7 SG).