Katharina Liensberger

Katharina Liensberger

Liensberger in May 2021
Personal information
Born	(1997-04-01) 1 April 1997 (age 28) Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria [1]
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country	Austria
Skiing career
Disciplines	Slalom, giant slalom
Club	SK Rankweil
World Cup debut	12 January 2016 (age 18)
Website	katharina-liensberger.at
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2018, 2022)
Medals	3 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	4 − (2019–2025)
Medals	5 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	10 − (2016–2025)
Wins	3 − (3 SL)
Podiums	18 − (17 SL, 1 GS)
Overall titles	0 − (5th in 2021)
Discipline titles	1 − (SL – 2021)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing   Austria International alpine ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 2 0 World Championships 2 1 2 Total 3 3 2 World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 3 6 6 Giant slalom 0 0 1 Total 3 6 7 Olympic Games 2022 Beijing Team event 2018 Pyeongchang Team event 2022 Beijing Slalom World Championships 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Parallel 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Slalom 2019 Åre Team event 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Giant slalom 2025 Saalbach Slalom Junior World Championships 2017 Åre Giant slalom 2017 Åre Team event 2018 Davos Giant slalom

Liensberger in Stockholm, February 2019

Katharina Liensberger (born 1 April 1997) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer, ^[2] and specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.

Born in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Liensberger made her World Cup debut in January 2016 and gained her first podium in 2019; her first World Cup victories came in March 2021 and won the season title in slalom. A month earlier, she became the world champion in the slalom ^{[3] [4]} and parallel giant slalom. ^{[5] [6]}

World Cup results

Season titles

• 1 title (1 Slalom)

Season	Discipline
2021	Slalom

Season standings

Season
	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined	Parallel
2017	19	106	44	—	—	—	—	—
2018	20	36	14	34	—	—	—
2019	21	12	7	12	—	—	—
2020	22	16	3	13	—	—	—	26
2021	23	5	1	10	—	—	—	16
2022	24	15	4	21	—	—		16
2023	25	39	19	20	—	—		—
2024	26	18	7	21	—	—
2025	27	11	3	29	—	—

Standings through 9 March 2025

Race podiums

• 3 wins – (3 SL)
• 18 podiums – (17 SL, 1 GS); 64 top tens

Season
	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2019	8 January 2019	Flachau, Austria	Slalom	3rd
2020	29 December 2019	Lienz, Austria	Giant slalom	3rd
	4 January 2020	Zagreb, Croatia	Slalom	3rd
2021	21 November 2020	Levi, Finland	Slalom	3rd
	22 November 2020		Slalom	3rd
	29 December 2020	Semmering, Austria	Slalom	2nd
	3 January 2021	Zagreb, Croatia	Slalom	2nd
	12 January 2021	Flachau, Austria	Slalom	2nd
	12 March 2021	Åre, Sweden	Slalom	2nd
	13 March 2021		Slalom	1st
	20 March 2021	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Slalom	1st
2022	29 December 2021	Lienz, Austria	Slalom	2nd
	4 January 2022	Zagreb, Croatia	Slalom	3rd
	12 March 2022	Åre, Sweden	Slalom	1st
2024	11 November 2023	Levi, Finland	Slalom	3rd
2025	16 November 2024	Levi, Finland	Slalom	2nd
	29 December 2024	Semmering, Austria	Slalom	3rd
	9 March 2025	Åre, Sweden	Slalom	2nd

World Championship results

Year
	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined	Team Combined	Parallel	Team  event
2019	21	4	12	—	—	—	—	—	2
2021	23	1	3	—	—	—	1	5
2023	25	20	24	—	—	—	—	—
2025	27	3	12	—	—	—	5	—	—

Olympic results

Year
	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined	Team  event
2018	20	8	—	—	—	—	2
2022	24	2	15	—	—	—	1

References

1. Profile at the Austrian Olympic Committee website
2. "Profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
3. "'Felt like flying': Liensberger topples Shiffrin". APNews. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
4. "World Ski Championships 2021 - Mikaela Shiffrin denied slalom five-peat, Katharina Liensberger wins". Eurosport. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
5. "Bassino, Liensberger, Faivre secure inaugural parallel giant slalom world titles". olympics.com. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
6. "World Championships: Bassino, Liensberger, Faivre win parallel golds for Italy, Austria and France". Eurosport. Retrieved 17 February 2025.

External links

• Katharina Liensberger at FIS (alpine)
• Katharina Liensberger at Olympics.com
• Katharina Liensberger at Olympedia
• Katharina Liensberger at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Katharina Liensberger at Flashscore.com
• Katharina Liensberger at Ski Austria (in German) (archive)
• Katharina Liensberger at Team Austria (in German)
• Official website (in German)