The Most Interesting Skier in the World 世界上最有意思的滑雪選手

郝福合

He is a German pop star who has put out eight albums， with his newest record featuring the single， “Higher Than Mars.” He’s also an award-winning photographer whose work has been featured in galleries and commercial campaigns. Fluent in five languages， an heir to an automotive fortune and a former friend to Andy Warhol1 during the days of Studio 542， 58-year-old six-time Olympian Hubertus von Hohenlohe， ahem3， Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe （he is a descendent of German royalty）， represented Mexico on the Alpine ski course in Sochi. He has never medaled， but von Hohenlohe is the second-oldest Winter Olympian ever in the history of the Games.

[2] Von Hohenlohe is the real-life most interesting man in the world.

[3] Although he grew up in Europe， von Hohenlohe was born in Mexico and spent the first four years of his life there. He has dual citizenship in Austria and the Latin American country， which allows him to represent Mexico at the Games.

[4] The prince began competitively skiing while a student in Austria， and at 21， he won the university downhill4 championship and then began participating in the World Cup Circuit5. In 1981， the citizen of the world founded the one-man Mexican Ski Federation and then represented Mexico at his first Winter Games in the 1984 Sarajevo Games.

[5] “I hope Mexicans are proud to have someone at the Olympics and， through that， hopefully they get to know who I am，” Von Hohenlohe told NBC.

[6] Von Hohenlohe has become more known for his popular garb6 on the slopes7 than his final Olympic results， though. In Vancouver， he wore a ski suit inspired by Mexican banditos8， which featured fake pistols and bandoliers9. He showed off his newest outfit10—a Mariachi11-style ski uniform that he would wear at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.

他是德國流行歌手，已推出8張專輯，最新唱片以單曲《高于火星》為主打。同時他也是一位獲獎攝影師，其作品已被多家畫廊及商業宣傳活動采用。現年58歲、6戰冬奧會的胡貝圖斯·馮霍恩洛厄，呃哼，胡貝圖斯·馮霍恩洛厄王子（他乃德國皇室后裔），能流利地講5種語言，可繼承一份汽車產業，在54俱樂部時期曾與安迪·沃霍爾交好，曾代表墨西哥征戰索契冬奧會高山滑雪賽道。盡管從無斬獲，但馮霍恩洛厄卻是冬奧會史上次年長的選手。

[2]馮霍恩洛厄堪稱世上最有意思的人。

[3]雖在歐洲長大，但馮霍恩洛厄生于墨西哥，并在此度過了人生的最初四年。他擁有奧地利和墨西哥的雙重國籍，因而可代表墨西哥參加奧運會。

[4]早在奧地利上學期間，這位王子即涉足競技滑雪，21歲奪得大學滑降冠軍，繼而開始參加世界杯巡回賽。1981年，這名世界公民創立了僅有他一人的墨西哥滑雪聯合會，之后代表墨西哥出征1984年薩拉熱窩冬奧會，這是他首次亮相冬奧。

[5]“我希望墨西哥人因有人參加冬奧會而自豪，也希望他們借此了解我。”馮霍恩洛厄告訴美國全國廣播公司。

[6]然而，馮霍恩洛厄出名的原因與其說是他的奧運戰果，不如說是他在滑雪賽場的人氣穿著。在溫哥華冬奧會上，他所穿的滑雪服設計靈感源于墨西哥土匪，以假手槍和子彈帶為特色配飾。他展示了出戰索契冬奧會的裝束——一套墨西哥流浪樂隊風格的滑雪服。