Christina Ager

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Christina Ager
2017 Audi FIS Ski Weltcup Garmisch-Partenkirchen Damen - Christina Ager - by 2eight - 8SC8908.jpg
January 2017
Personal information
Born (1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 28)
Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
Occupation Alpine skier
Skiing career
ClubWSV Söll
World Cup debut16 November 2013 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams0
World Championships
Teams1 – (2019)
Medals0
World Cup
Wins0
Podiums1
Overall titles0
Discipline titles0

Christina Ager (born 11 November 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer.

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Career

Ager won a bronze medal at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, two medals at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, and competed at the 2014 and 2015 Junior World Championships where her best placement was fifth in 2015. [1]

She made her World Cup debut in November 2013 in Levi, Finland, shocking the alpine skiing world with a fourth place in the slalom. Competing in all disciplines, Ager made the top 10 again in the 201819 season with a 10th place in Val Gardena, 9th place in Cortina d'Ampezzo and lastly a 6th place in the combined in February 2019 in Crans Montana. [1]

She represents the sports club WSV Söll. [1]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAge Overall  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2014 186925
2015 199238
2016 20
2017 21 130 51 20
2019 22 86 53 44 6
2019 23 49 30 29
2020 24
2021 25 117 49
2022 26
2023 27 55 37 25
2024 28 36 24 18

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2024 26 January 2024 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 3rd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedParallelTeam
event
2019 23 DNF 17

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