Alexander Schmid

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Alexander Schmid
Personal information
Born (1994-06-09) 9 June 1994 (age 31)
Oberstdorf, Germany
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Giant slalom, slalom
ClubSC Fischen
World Cup debut26 October 2014 (age 20)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 − (20192023)
Medals2 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons8 − (20152023)
Wins0
Podiums3 − (1 GS, 2 PG)
Overall titles0 – (33rd in 2021)
Discipline titles0 – (3rd in PG, 2021)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Beijing Team event
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Méribel Parallel
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Cortina d’Ampezzo Team event
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Hafjell Team event

Alexander Schmid (born 9 June 1994) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and 2023 World champion in parallel giant slalom. His older brother is another alpine skier Manuel Schmid, who specialised in the speed disciplines. [1]

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Career

Alexander specializes in giant slalom. Born in Oberstdorf, Bavaria, he has competed in two Winter Olympics [2] and three World Championships. Alexander won gold in parallel giant slalom at 2023 World Ski Championships by holding off Austria's Dominik Raschner by .50 seconds. [3]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombinedParallel
2018 236620
2019 24 81 24
2020 25 44 19 5
2021 26 33 16 3
2022 27 39 44 12 14
2023 28 46 14
2024 28 44 15
Standings through 17 March 2024

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2020 9 Feb 2020 Flag of France.svg Chamonix, France Parallel-G 3rd
2021 27 Nov 2020 Flag of Austria.svg Lech/Zürs, AustriaParallel-G3rd
2022 20 Dec 2021 Flag of Italy.svg Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom 3rd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedParallelTeam
event
2019 24 8
2021 26 DNF2 4 3
2023 28 DNF1 15 1 6

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedTeam
event
2018 23 DNF1 5
2022 27 19 DNF1 2

References

  1. "– HEAD". www.head.com. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. "Athlete Profile: Alexander SCHMID". PyeongChang2018.com. PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018.
  3. "Alexander Schmid wins men's parallel at World Alpine Skiing Championships". 15 February 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023 via www.nbcsports.com.