Personal information | |
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Occupation | Alpine skier |
Skiing career | |
Disciplines | Giant slalom |
Club | SV Mellau - Vorarlberg |
World Cup debut | December 9, 2023 |
Last updated on: February 27, 2024 |
Noel Zwischenbrugger (born March 24, 2001) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer who specializes in giant slalom.
Zwischenbrugger was raised in the village of Mellau. He debuted as a junior on December 1, 2017. He was removed from the Austrian national skiing team due to a lack of results in 2020, but continued to train on his own. [1] He gave his debut at the FIS Alpine Ski Europa Cup in December 2021, but shortly afterwards suffered a tear of the syndesmotic ligament. [2]
On December 9, 2023, Zwischenbrugger gave his World Cup Debut at Val-d'Isère, where he immediately scored points, finishing 13th with the best time in the second run. [3] His debut only came about because the originally qualified Joshua Sturm had to withdraw due to illness.
Zwischenbrugger's uncle Jan Zwischenbrugger is a soccer player. [4]
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