Fritz Strobl

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Fritz Strobl
Fritz Strobl Kitzbuehel 2000.jpg
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Salt Lake City Downhill
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Åre Team event
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Åre Super-G

Fritz Strobl (born 24 August 1972 in Lienz, Austria) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer.

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Strobl was the gold medalist in the downhill at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, run on the Grizzly course at Snowbasin. [1] [2] [3]

In his final season in 2007, he was the silver medalist in the super-G at the World Championships in Åre, Sweden.

Strobl competed on the World Cup circuit for 15 seasons and recorded 9 victories: seven in downhill and two in super-G. He had 31 podium finishes (top 3) and 110 top ten finishes.

He finished second in the downhill standings in 2002 and 2006, and third in 1997 and 2001. His best finish in the overall standings was fifth in 2005.

Strobl is of a handful of racers to have twice won the Hahnenkamm downhill at Kitzbühel (1997 and 2000). He still holds the record time for finishing the full Streif course in 1:51.58, an average speed of 66.4 mph (106.9 km/h), set in 1997. Strobl retired from international competition at age 34, at the conclusion of the 2007 season.

In his final race on 15 March 2007, Strobl descended the Lenzerheide super-G course dressed as Mozart. [4] [5]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom		Super-GDownhillCombined
1994 21116———48—
1995 22
1996 23
1997 2412——31311
1998 2528———137
1999 2614——81013
2000 277——365
2001 2813——193—
2002 295——32—
2003 3019——167—
2004 3114——184—
2005 328——106—
2006 3312——192—
2007 3428——1515—

Race victories

SeasonDateLocationDiscipline
1997 15 Dec 1996 Flag of France.svg Val-d'Isère, France Downhill
25 Jan 1997 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, Austria ^Downhill
12 Mar 1997 Flag of the United States.svg Vail, CO, USADownhill
2000 22 Jan 2000 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill
13 Feb 2000 Flag of Austria.svg St. Anton, Austria Super-G
2001 27 Jan 2001 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch, GermanyDownhill
2002 29 Dec 2001 Flag of Italy.svg Bormio, ItalyDownhill
26 Jan 2002 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch, GermanySuper-G
2006 26 Nov 2005 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill
^ course record

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 		Super GDownhillCombined
1997 24———4—
1999 26
2001 28———6—
2003 30———10—
2005 32———4—
2007 34—— 2 22 —

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 		Super GDownhillCombined
1998 25 — — — 11 —
2002 29 — — 4 1 —
2006 33 — — — 8 —

Discography

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References

  1. ↑ Layden, Tim (18 February 2002). "Grizzly Bear". Sports Illustrated. p. 46.
  2. ↑ "Strobl's downhill shock". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. 11 February 2002. p. C6.
  3. ↑ Pennington, Bill (11 February 2002). "Austria's downhill dominance returns". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (New York Times). p. 1E.
  4. ↑ Bulman, Erica. "Strobl ends career in Mozart-clad descent". International Herald Tribune . Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  5. ↑ "Fritz Strobl". YouTube . Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
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