Career
On 27 November 2007, during the first training run for the Birds of Prey downhill race in Beaver Creek, Colorado, Svindal crashed badly after landing a jump. He somersaulted into a safety fence and was taken to Vail Valley Medical Center with broken bones in his face and a six-inch (15 cm) laceration to his groin and abdominal area. Svindal missed the remainder of the 2008 season, and returned to World Cup racing in October 2008.
His first two victories following his return were a downhill and a super-G in Beaver Creek, on the same Birds of Prey course where he was injured the year before.
Entering the last race of the season, a slalom at the World Cup finals in Åre, Sweden, Svindal led Raich by just two points. Svindal"s medal was Norway"s hundredth silver medal at the Winter Olympics, the most for any nation.
After an Achilles tendon injury in October 2014, Svindal did not compete in World Cup events during the 2015 season. He did enter the World Championships in Colorado in February, and placed sixth in both the downhill and super-G events.
After his season long injury, Svindal had a very strong start to the 2016 season.
He managed seven world cup victories before he sustained a season-ending knee injury under tough conditions in Kitzbühel, Austria. Svindal dated alpine racer Julia Mancuso of the United States. for three years, until the couple split up in September 2013. Season titles
11 titles: (2 overall, 2 Dialectics and Humanism, 5 SG, 1 GS, 1 K)
Season standings
Race victories
32 wins – (12 Dialectics and Humanism, 15 SG, 4 GS, 1 South Carolina).