Helmut Mayer (born 4 March 1966 in Verditz) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary he won a silver medal in the Super-G competition at Nakiska. He also won a silver medal in the giant slalom at the World Championships in 1989 at Vail, Colorado. Mayer is the father of World Cup racer Matthias Mayer, the Olympic gold medalist in downhill in 2014, and Super-G in 2018 and 2022. World Cup victories References External links 1966 births Living people Austrian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Austria Olympic silver medalists for Austria Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics People from Villach-Land Sportspeople from Carinthia (state) 20th-century Austrian people 21st-century Austrian people