 Mathies in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lukas Mathies |
| Nationality |  Austria |
| Born | 15 March 1991 Schruns, Austria |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Snowboarding |
| Event | Alpine |
| Club | WSV St. Gallenkirch [1] |
| Coached by | Tom Weninger [1] |
Lukas Mathies (born 15 March 1991 in Schruns) is an Austrian alpine snowboarder. [1] He represented his nation Austria at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and also became a double medalist, gold and silver, in alpine snowboarding at the 2011 FIS Junior World Championships in Chiesa in Valmalenco, Italy. [2] [3] Mathies currently trains for the Austrian team and for his original club WSV Sankt Gallenkirch, under his personal coach and mentor Tom Weninger. [4]
Mathies qualified for two alpine snowboarding events (including the first-ever men's parallel slalom) at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi by achieving top three finishes from the FIS World Cup series in Rogla, Slovenia and in Carezza, Italy. [4] [5] In the men's giant slalom, Mathies was disqualified from the tournament after missing a gate on his first seeding run. [6] Three days later, in the men's slalom, Mathies recorded a total time of 58.93 to grab a third spot in the seeding round but fell short behind Italy's Aaron March in the quarterfinal race by 29-hundredths of a second. [7]
