At the
2016 Junior World Championships in
Sochi, Odermatt won the bronze medal in super-G and the gold medal in giant slalom, which allowed him to make his World Cup debut in March 2016 in the giant slalom at the season finals in
St. Moritz. At the
2018 Junior World Championships in
Davos, Odermatt won an unprecedented five gold medals (combined, downhill, super-G, giant slalom, and team event). He gained his first World Cup podium at
Kranjska Gora in and his first win in December 2019 in a super-G at
Beaver Creek. In the next season, Odermatt achieved his first victory in giant slalom in
Santa Caterina and finished second in the giant slalom and overall
World Cup titles, both times after
Alexis Pinturault. Odermatt had his breakthrough in the
2021–22 season, winning seven races as well as the overall and giant slalom season titles. He achieved his childhood dream of winning the historic giant slalom in
Adelboden and represented Switzerland at the
2022 Winter Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the
giant slalom, recording the fastest time in the first run and finishing 0.19 seconds ahead of runner-up
Žan Kranjec. The next season, Odermatt set a new record for overall men's points in a World Cup season with 2,042, overtaking
Hermann Maier, and tied Maier (
2000–01),
Ingemar Stenmark (
1978–79) and
Marcel Hirscher (
2017–18) for the men's record for most wins in a World Cup season with 13. He also won gold medals in downhill and giant slalom at the
2023 World Ski Championships, recording his first win in a professional downhill event. In the
2023–24 season, Odermatt again claimed 13 wins, including the first nine giant slalom races, and became the fourth man in World Cup history to win four season titles in the same year, claiming the overall, downhill, super-G and giant slalom globes. The following year, Odermatt surpassed
Pirmin Zurbriggen as the most successful male Swiss skier in World Cup history with his 41st victory, and became the second man to win four consecutive GS races in Adelboden after Stenmark (
1979–
1982). He opened the
2025–26 season with a giant slalom victory in
Sölden, followed by a super-G victory in
Copper Mountain. ==Personal life==