Johannes Strolz

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Johannes Strolz
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Strolz in 2022 with the three medals won at 2022 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Born (1992-09-12) 12 September 1992 (age 32)
Bludenz, Austria [1]
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Slalom, giant slalom
World Cup debut14 December 2013 (age 21)
Website johannesstrolz.at
Olympics
Teams1 – (2022)
Medals3 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams1 – (2023)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons10 – (20142023)
Wins1 – (1 SL)
Podiums1 – (1 SL)
Overall titles0 – (97th in 2023)
Discipline titles0 – (32nd in GS, 2023)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Beijing Team event
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Beijing Combined
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Beijing Slalom
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Roccaraso Super-G

Johannes Strolz (born 12 September 1992) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He won the gold medal in the combined at the 2022 Olympics. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He is the son of Hubert Strolz, the gold medalist in Combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He and his father became the first father-son duo to win gold in Alpine skiing at the Olympics.

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Biography

Youth and Europa Cup

Strolz was born on 12 September 1992 in Bludenz, Austria. His father, Hubert Strolz, became the Olympic champion in combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. After graduating from the famous Schigymnasium Stams, he became a member of the junior squad of the Austrian Skiing Federation. Making his debut in the FIS Alpine Ski Europa Cup, Strolz's first success came at the World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2012, where he won the bronze medal in the Super-G, behind Switzerland's Ralph Weber and Nils Mani. At the following championships in Québec, he failed to repeat the win of a medal, still finishing within the top 20. Strolz then began shifting his focus onto the technical competitions of slalom and giant slalom. He became the overall champion of the Europa Cup in the 2017-18 season.

World Cup and Olympic Games

Johannes Strolz debuted on the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup at the giant slalom of Val-d’Isère in December 2013. He then struggled to deliver results and only appeared occasionally on the World Cup. In December 2019, he achieved his first world cup points, finishing 30th at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. At the slalom of Madonna di Campiglio in January 2020, Strolz reached his best result at that point, tenth place. He failed to win further points at the World Cup and was dismissed from the squad for that reason. He was granted to train with the Austrian team sometimes. Strolz had to pay for everything himself, including preparing his skis. Two years after his top-ten finish, he unexpectedly won the slalom race of Adelboden on 9 January 2022. [2]

At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Strolz took part in the Alpine combined, Slalom and Team Event. He won a medal in the three events, two gold and one silver medal. Thirty-four years after his father became an Olympic champion in Calgary, Strolz won the Alpine combined, becoming the first father-son duo to win gold in Alpine skiing at the Olympics. He then claimed the silver medal in the slalom, only beaten by French skier Clement Noel, and the gold medal in the team event.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season
AgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super-GDownhillCombinedParallel
2018 25 141 53
2019 26 68 37 34 20
2020 27 120 46
2021 28 100 35
2022 29 34 11
2023 30 97 32
Standings through 6 May 2023

Top ten finishes

Season
DateLocationDisciplinePlace
2020 8 Jan 2020 Flag of Italy.svg Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom 10th
2022 9 Jan 2022  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Adelboden, SwitzerlandSlalom1st
22 Jan 2022 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom5th
26 Feb 2022 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanySlalom4th
9 Mar 2022 Flag of Austria.svg Flachau, AustriaSlalom4th

World Championship results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
2023 30 DNF2

Olympic results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombinedTeam Event
2022 29 2 1 1

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References

  1. "Johannes STROLZ". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. "66. Internationale Adelbodner Skitage" [66th International Adelboden Ski Days](PDF) (in German).