Background
Schifferer was born in Radstadt, Salzburger Land in Austria and skied his first races at the age of three.
Schifferer was born in Radstadt, Salzburger Land in Austria and skied his first races at the age of three.
In the same season, in Bormio he reached his first podium position when he finished in second position at the downhill.
After his high school period he joined the Skigymnasium school in Stams and was invited to join the Austrian national team, which dominated the World Cups in 1995. In 1997 at the World Championships in Sestriere he finished in third position at the giant slalom, securing him the bronze medal. He just missed out on a second medal when he finished in fifth position at the downhill.
Due to his good performances during the season on other disciplines as well he finished in second position for the overall World Cup.
Only Hermann Maier collected more points. In the overall rankings he could not repeat his former results and finished in sixth position.
In Park City in 2003 he came very close to his next World Cup victory, but only finished in second position, just behind Bode Miller. In the 2005-2006 season his best result was a 9th position in Val Gardena.
On 13 December 2006 Schifferer announced his retirement from the sport.