Reinfried Herbst (born 11 October 1978 in Salzburg) is a retired slalom skier from Austria. Herbst won the silver medal for the men's slalom event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

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Reinfried Herbst

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Born	(1978-10-11) October 11, 1978 (age 45) Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Slalom
Club	Skiklub Unken
World Cup debut	January 21, 2001 (age 22)
Retired	March 3, 2016 (age 37)
Website	reini-herbst.com
Olympics
Teams	3 – (2006–2014)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	4 – (2007–2011, 2015)
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	16 – (2001–2016)
Wins	9 – (9 SL)
Podiums	16
Overall titles	0
Discipline titles	1 (SL)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Austria Olympic Games 2006 Turin Slalom

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On 11 March 2006 he won his first World Cup race in Shigakogen Slalom. He was 8th in the slalom World Cup standings after the 2006 season. In July, 2006 he injured his knee in a charity soccer game.^[1] After two victories in the 2008 season he finished 3rd in the slalom world cup.