The veteran champion
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Cuche kisses the crystal globe he picked up after winning the men's World Cup downhill on March 16, 2011. (Keystone/Dominic Favre) Keystone -
Cuche wins bronze in the giant slalom at the 2007 Alpine Skiing World Championships in Åre, Sweden (Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella) Keystone -
Cuche sets off in Zermatt dressed in the Swiss national football team strip in 2003 (Keystone/Olivier Maire) Keystone -
It's a devil of a helmet (Keystone/Alessandro della Valle) -
Cuche scratches his head after a training run (Keystone/AP/Giovanni Auletta) Keystone -
Silver in the downhill at the Olympic Games in Nagano in 1998 (Keystone/Alessandro della Valle) Keystone -
Body scan for the new racing suit, 2007 (Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella) Keystone -
Sliding through the finishing line after a fall during the downhill at the World Skiing Championships 2001 in St Anton (Keystone/Steffen Schmidt) Keystone -
Cuche won the downhill World Cup four times and the giant slalom World Cup once (Keystone/Arno Balzarini) Keystone -
Silver in the Alpine World Skiing Championships downhill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 2011 (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) Keystone -
Training for the Lauberhorn in 2006 is cancelled, Cuche looks for snow on the Jungfrau (Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella) Keystone -
After a knee operation in 2005 in hospital in Lausanne (Keystone/Fabrice Coffrini) Keystone -
Lending support to the Swiss Aids charity in 2008 (Keystone/Aidshilfe Schweiz) Keystone -
Posing for photographers after a race (AP Photo/Elvis Piazzi) Keystone -
With Carlo Janka in Val d'Isère during a live television broadcast; Cuche was named sportsman of the year for 2009 (Keystone/Peter Klaunzer) Keystone -
Cuche's trademark ski flip (EPA/Janerik Henriksson) Keystone -
With up and coming young skiers in his home village Les Bugnenets in canton Neuchâtel (Keystone/Sandro Campardo) Keystone
Alpine ski racer Didier Cuche has been a regular on the winners' podium.
This content was published on March 16, 2011 - 11:14
Cuche has thrilled fans since he first came to international prominence as a silver medal winner at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Excelling in downhill, super G and giant slalom, Cuche had his fair share of injuries over the years. He ends this season with a string of fresh victories to his credit.
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