(CNN) Life after a glittering sports career can feel like a come down for many top athletes, but for Austrian skier Mario Matt the party is still pumping.

Literally.

The 39-year-old slalom specialist was one of the best skiers of his generation before his retirement in 2015, but he has replaced the thrill of competition with the buzz of owning one of Austria's most infamous apres-ski bars.

Matt spent 16 seasons on skiing's World Cup circuit, winning 15 times, clinching slalom world titles in 2001 and 2007 and earning Olympic slalom gold in Sochi in 2014.

With one eye on the future, he also took up the chance to buy the popular Krazy Kanguruh slopeside bar in his home town of St. Anton in 2009. He combines that with running a stable where he breeds prize-winning Arabian horses.

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