Personal information | |
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Born | Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria, Germany | 22 March 1993
Occupation | Alpine skier |
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Skiing career | |
Disciplines | Slalom |
Club | SC Oberstdorf |
World Cup debut | 6 January 2014 (age 20) |
Olympics | |
Teams | 0 |
World Championships | |
Teams | 2 – (2021, 2023) |
Medals | 0 |
World Cup | |
Seasons | 5 – (2016–) |
Podiums | 0 |
Overall titles | 0 – (91st in 2018) |
Discipline titles | 0 – (29th in SL, 2018) |
Sebastian Holzmann (born 22 March 1993) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in slalom. [1]
Born in Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria, Holzman made his World Cup debut in January 2014 at age twenty and his best result is an eleventh place in March 2018 at Kranjska Gora.
He has competed in two World Championships, [2] and finished fifth in the slalom event in 2023. [3]
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel |
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2017 | 21 | 133 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — |
2018 | 22 | 91 | 29 | — | — | — | — | |
2019 | 23 | 140 | 52 | — | — | — | — | |
2020 | 24 | 135 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — |
2021 | 25 | 91 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — |
2022 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2023 | 29 | 82 | 30 | — | — | — | — |
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2018 | 4 March 2018 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom | 11th |
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | Team event |
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2021 | 27 | DNF1 | — | — | — | — | DNF | — |
2023 | 29 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 24 | — |
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