Katharina Liensberger

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Katharina Liensberger
2021 Katharina Liensberger (51184225377) (cropped) (cropped).jpg
Liensberger in May 2021
Personal information
Born (1997-04-01) 1 April 1997 (age 26)
Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria [1]
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Slalom, giant slalom
ClubSK Rankweil
World Cup debut12 January 2016 (age 18)
Website katharina-liensberger.at
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 − (2019, 2021, 2023)
Medals4 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons9 − (20162024)
Wins3 − (3 SL)
Podiums15 − (14 SL, 1 GS)
Overall titles0 − (5th in 2021)
Discipline titles1 − (SL2021)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
International alpine ski competitions
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 120
World Championships 211
Total331
World Cup race podiums
Event1st2nd3rd
Slalom356
Giant slalom001
Total357
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Beijing Team event
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Team event
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Beijing Slalom
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Parallel
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Åre Team event
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Giant slalom
Junior World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Åre Giant slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2017 ÅreTeam event
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Davos Giant slalom
Liensberger in Stockholm, February 2019 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Stockholm 2019 Liensberger.jpg
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.

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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 and parallel giant slalom.

World Cup results

Season titles

FIS Crystal Globe.svg
SeasonDiscipline
2021 Slalom

Season standings

Season
AgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombinedParallel
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 12 8 14
Standings through 16 December 2023

Race podiums

Season
DateLocationDisciplinePlace
2019 8 January 2019 Flag of Austria.svg Flachau, Austria Slalom 3rd
2020 29 December 2019 Flag of Austria.svg Lienz, Austria Giant slalom 3rd
4 January 2020 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom3rd
2021 21 November 2020 Flag of Finland.svg Levi, FinlandSlalom3rd
22 November 2020Slalom3rd
29 December 2020 Flag of Austria.svg Semmering, AustriaSlalom2nd
3 January 2021 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom2nd
12 January 2021 Flag of Austria.svg Flachau, AustriaSlalom2nd
12 March 2021 Flag of Sweden.svg Åre, SwedenSlalom2nd
13 March 2021Slalom1st
20 March 2021  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandSlalom1st
2022 29 December 2021 Flag of Austria.svg Lienz, AustriaSlalom2nd
4 January 2022 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom3rd
12 March 2022 Flag of Sweden.svg Åre, SwedenSlalom1st
2024 11 November 2023 Flag of Finland.svg Levi, FinlandSlalom3rd

World Championship results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombinedParallelTeam Event
2019 21 4 12 2
2021 23 1 3 1 5
2023 25 20 24

Olympic results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombinedTeam Event
2018 20 8 2
2022 24 2 15 1

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References

  1. Profile at the Austrian Olympic Committee website
  2. "Profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.