Linus Straßer

Linus Straßer

Straßer in 2018
Personal information
Born	(1992-11-06) 6 November 1992 (age 32) Munich, Germany[1]
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Slalom, Parallel slalom
Club	TSV 1860 München
World Cup debut	27 October 2013 (age 20)
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2018, 2022)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	5 – (2015–23)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	10 – (2014–2023)
Wins	5 – (4 SL, 1 PSL)
Podiums	14 – (11 SL, 3 PSL)
Overall titles	0 – (18th in 2021)
Discipline titles	0 – (2nd in SL, 2024)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2022 Beijing Team event World Championships 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

Season standings

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

• 5 wins – (4 SL, 1 PSL)
• 14 podiums – (11 SL, 3 PSL); 34 top tens

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2017	31 January 2017	Stockholm, Sweden	Parallel slalom	1st
2018	1 January 2018	Oslo, Norway	Parallel slalom	3rd
	30 January 2018	Stockholm, Sweden	Parallel slalom	3rd
2021	6 January 2021	Zagreb, Croatia	Slalom	1st
	10 January 2021	Adelboden, Switzerland	Slalom	2nd
2022	9 January 2022		Slalom	3rd
	25 January 2022	Schladming, Austria	Slalom	1st
	27 February 2022	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	Slalom	3rd
2023	22 December 2022	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	Slalom	3rd
	8 January 2023	Adelboden, Switzerland	Slalom	3rd
2024	21 January 2024	Kitzbühel, Austria	Slalom	1st
	24 January 2024	Schladming, Austria	Slalom	1st
	25 February 2024	Palisades Tahoe, USA	Slalom	3rd
	3 March 2024	Aspen, USA	Slalom	2nd

World Championships results

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

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

References

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

External links

• Linus Straßer at FIS (alpine)
• Linus Straßer at Olympics.com
• Linus Straßer at Olympedia
• Linus Straßer at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
• Linus Straßer at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database