Georg Streitberger

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Georg Streitberger
Georg Streitberger - Team Austria Winter Olympics 2014.jpg
Streitberger in January 2014
Personal information
Born (1981-04-26) 26 April 1981 (age 43)
Zell am See, Salzburg, Austria
Occupation Alpine skier
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Super G, downhill
ClubSC Saalbach-Hinterglemm
– Salzburg
World Cup debut18 March 2000 (age 18)
Bormio, Italy
Retired02 December 2016 (age 35)
Val d'Isère, France
Olympics
Teams2 – (2010, 2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams2 – (2013, 2015)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons10 – (2007–16)
Wins3 – (1 DH, 2 SG)
Podiums10 – (3 DH, 7 SG)
Overall titles0 – (19th in 2013)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in SG, 2011)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Junior World Ski Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Quebec Giant slalom
Streitberger in March 2008 Georg Streitberger Austrian Championships 2008.jpg
Streitberger in March 2008

Georg Streitberger (born 26 April 1981) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Zell am See, Salzburg, he specialized in the speed events and won three World Cup races, two in super G [1] and one in downhill. [2] [3]

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Streitberger competed for Austria at two Winter Olympics and two World Championships.

His 2016 season ended with a knee injury at the downhill at Kitzbühel, on a difficult dark and windy day on the Streif that also ended the season of overall leader Aksel Lund Svindal. [4]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
2000 18135—51———
2001 19did not compete
2002 20
2003 21
2004 22
2005 23116——36——
2006 240 points
2007 2545——1039—
2008 2633——112252
2009 2750——232325
2010 2848——1334—
2011 2924——223—
2012 3052——2025—
2013 3119——108—
2014 3223——914—
2015 3323——1612—
2016 3475——2638—
2017 350 points

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2008 2 Mar 2008 Flag of Norway.svg Kvitfjell, Norway Super G 1st
2010 22 Jan 2010 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaSuper G3rd
2011 4 Dec 2010 Flag of the United States.svg Beaver Creek, USASuper G1st
21 Jan 2011 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaSuper G2nd
2013 23 Feb 2013 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch, Germany Downhill 2nd
3 Mar 2013 Flag of Norway.svg Kvitfjell, NorwaySuper G2nd
2014 1 Dec 2013 Flag of the United States.svg Beaver Creek, USASuper G3rd
28 Feb 2014 Flag of Norway.svg Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill1st
2015 23 Jan 2015 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaSuper G3rd
18 Mar 2015 Flag of France.svg Méribel, FranceDownhill3rd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2013 31 — — 10 — —
2015 33 — — 8 29 —

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2010 28 — — 17 — DNS2
2014 32 — — 21 17 —

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References

  1. ↑ McKee, Hank (4 December 2010). "Streitberger takes World Cup super G as Americans falter". Ski Racing. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  2. ↑ McKee, Hank (28 February 2014). "Ganong grabs first career World Cup podium in Kvitfjell". Ski Racing. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Kjetil Jansrud, Georg Streitberger win". ESPN. Associated Press. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Willemsen, Eric (23 January 2016). "Skiing: World Cup leader Svindal blows out knee in downhill crash". Salt Lake Tribune. Utah. Associated Press. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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