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Linus Straßer

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Linus Straßer
Straßer in 2018
Personal information
Born (1992-11-06) 6 November 1992 (age 31)
Munich, Germany[1]
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom, Parallel slalom
ClubTSV 1860 München
World Cup debut27 October 2013 (age 20)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams5 – (201523)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons10 – (20142023)
Wins5 – (4 SL, 1 PSL)
Podiums14 – (11 SL, 3 PSL)
Overall titles0 – (18th in 2021)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in SL, 2024)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Team event
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cortina d’Ampezzo Team event

Linus Straßer (born 6 November 1992) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer specializing in slalom. He won a team silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[2]

His first qualification for a World Cup second run came in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek in December 2014, but he failed to finish. Straßer has competed in five World Championships; in his first in 2015 at Beaver Creek, he was in tenth in the slalom. His first World Cup podium was a victory in a parallel slalom race in Stockholm in January 2017.

World cup results

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Season standings

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Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
2015 22 64 21
2016 23 114 36
2017 24 40 14
2018 25 36 13 51
2019 26 107 48 17
2020 27 43 12 12
2021 28 18 8 29
2022 29 21 5 12
2023 30 25 7
2024 31 8 2 53
Standings through 17 March 2024

Race podiums

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  • 5 wins – (4 SL, 1 PSL)
  • 14 podiums – (11 SL, 3 PSL); 34 top tens
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2017 31 January 2017 Sweden Stockholm, Sweden Parallel slalom 1st
2018 1 January 2018 NorwayOslo, Norway Parallel slalom 3rd
30 January 2018 Sweden Stockholm, Sweden Parallel slalom 3rd
2021 6 January 2021 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 1st
10 January 2021  Switzerland  Adelboden, Switzerland Slalom 2nd
2022 9 January 2022 Slalom 3rd
25 January 2022 Austria Schladming, Austria Slalom 1st
27 February 2022 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Slalom 3rd
2023 22 December 2022 Italy Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom 3rd
8 January 2023  Switzerland  Adelboden, Switzerland Slalom 3rd
2024 21 January 2024 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 1st
24 January 2024 Austria Schladming, Austria Slalom 1st
25 February 2024 United States Palisades Tahoe, USA Slalom 3rd
3 March 2024 United States Aspen, USA Slalom 2nd

World Championships results

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Linus Strasser in Hammarbybacken World Cup 2018
Strasser in Hammarbybacken World Cup 2018
Year Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
event
Parallel
2015 22 10 DNS2
2017 24 20 12
2019 26 28 37 5
2021 28 15 3 7
2023 30 9 6 14

Olympic results

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Year Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
event
2018 25 DNF1 22 DNF2 5
2022 29 7 DNF1 2

References

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  1. ^ Profile at German Customs Authority website
  2. ^ fis-ski.com (Access: 8 January 2017).
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