Austrian alpine skier
Klaus Kröll
Kröll in March 2008
Born (1980-04-24 ) 24 April 1980 (age 44) Öblarn , Styria , Austria Occupation Alpine skier Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) Disciplines Downhill , Super-G Club Sport Union Öblarn World Cup debut 8 January 2000 (age 19) Website klaus-kroell.at Teams 3 – (2006 , 2010 , 2014 ) Medals 0 Teams 3 – (2009 , 2011 , 2013 ) Medals 0 Seasons 16 – (2002 –17 ) Wins 6 – (4 DH , 2 SG ) Podiums 24 – (21 DH , 3 SG ) Overall titles 0 – (7th in 2012 ) Discipline titles 1 – (DH , 2012 )
Klaus Kröll (born 24 April 1980) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria . He specialized in the speed events of downhill and super-G and won the World Cup downhill season title in 2012 .[ 1] He competed in three Winter Olympics and three World Championships .
Born in Öblarn , Styria , Kröll made his World Cup debut in January 2000 at age 19. His first World Cup victory was the super-G in Kitzbühel in 2009 . He ended his career having achieved six World Cup victories and 24 podia, with three wins and eight podiums at Kvitfjell , Norway .
Kröll won the World Cup downhill title in 2012 with three victories and three additional podiums. He finished seventh at the World Cup finals to hold off Beat Feuz in the final standings by just seven points, 605–598.[ 1]
World Cup results
Season titles
Season standings
Season
Age
Overall
Slalom
Giant slalom
Super-G
Downhill
Combined
2002
21
33
—
—
24
16
—
2003
22
27
—
—
50
10
—
2004
23
29
—
—
—
12
—
2005
24
46
—
—
—
20
—
2006
25
32
—
—
25
12
—
2007
26
48
—
—
—
21
—
2008
27
41
—
—
—
8
—
2009
28
12
—
—
8
2
—
2010
29
35
—
—
25
12
—
2011
30
10
—
—
12
3
—
2012
31
7
—
—
5
1
—
2013
32
12
—
—
14
2
—
2014
33
43
—
—
37
17
—
2015
34
64
—
—
—
22
—
2016
35
63
—
—
51
23
—
2017
36
95
—
—
—
28
—
Race podiums
6 wins – (4 DH , 2 SG )
24 podiums – (21 DH, 3 SG)
Season
Date
Location
Discipline
Place
2003
14 Dec 2002
Val-d'Isère , France
Downhill
2nd
2006
28 Jan 2006
Garmisch , Germany
Downhill
2nd
2008
29 Jan 2008
Kvitfjell , Norway
Downhill
3rd
2009
12 Dec 2008
Bormio , Italy
Downhill
2nd
23 Jan 2009
Kitzbühel , Austria
Super-G
1st
24 Jan 2009
Downhill
3rd
7 Mar 2009
Kvitfjell, Norway
Downhill
1st
2010
6 Mar 2010
Downhill
3rd
2011
15 Jan 2011
Wengen , Switzerland
Downhill
1st
29 Jan 2011
Chamonix , France
Downhill
3rd
12 Mar 2011
Kvitfjell, Norway
Downhill
2nd
13 Mar 2011
Super-G
2nd
2012
2 Dec 2011
Beaver Creek , USA
Downhill
3rd
29 Dec 2011
Bormio, Italy
Downhill
3rd
21 Jan 2012
Kitzbühel, Austria
Downhill
3rd
3 Feb 2012
Chamonix, France
Downhill
1st
2 Mar 2012
Kvitfjell, Norway
Super-G
1st
3 Mar 2012
Downhill
1st
2013
24 Nov 2012
Lake Louise , Canada
Downhill
3rd
18 Jan 2013
Wengen, Switzerland
Downhill
2nd
23 Feb 2013
Garmisch, Germany
Downhill
3rd
2 Mar 2013
Kvitfjell, Norway
Downhill
3rd
2014
30 Nov 2013
Lake Louise, Canada
Downhill
2nd
2016
16 Jan 2016
Wengen, Switzerland
Downhill
3rd
World Championship results
Olympic results
References
External links