Vincent Kriechmayr

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Vincent Kriechmayr
Matthias Mayer Max Franz Vincent Kriechmayr Hannes Reichelt - Team Austria Winter Olympics 2018 (cropped).jpg
At the 2018 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Born (1991-10-01) 1 October 1991 (age 33)
Linz, Upper Austria, Austria
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Super-G, Downhill, Combined
ClubTVN Wels – Oberoesterreich
World Cup debut12 December 2010 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams5 – (2017–2025)
Medals5 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons13 – (2011–2023)
Wins18 – (9 DH, 9 SG)
Podiums37 – (15 DH, 22 SG)
Overall titles0 – (5th in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)
Discipline titles1 – (SG in 2021)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
World Cup race podiums
Event1st2nd3rd
Super-G976
Downhill960
Total18136
International alpine ski competitions
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 000
World Championships 221
Total221
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Downhill
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Super-G
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Åre Super-G
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Saalbach Downhill
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 Åre Downhill

Vincent Kriechmayr (born 1 October 1991) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the speed events of super-G and downhill.

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Kriechmayr is the 2021 world champion in both speed events, super-G and downhill.

Career

Born in Linz, Upper Austria, Kriechmayr made his World Cup debut in December 2010 at age nineteen. He achieved his first World Cup podium in March 2015, a runner-up finish in super-G at Kvitfjell, Norway. He achieved his first World Cup victory in a super-G in December 2017 at Beaver Creek, Colorado. [1] His fourth World Cup victory came in the classic downhill at Wengen in 2019. [2]

At the World Championships in 2021 at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Kriechmayr won both the super-G [3] and the downhill, [4] becoming the third male to take the speed double at the Worlds, after Hermann Maier in 1999 and Bode Miller in 2005. [5] He won the super-G season title in 2021, 83 points ahead of runner-up Marco Odermatt; the super-G at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide was cancelled due to fog. [6] In October 2021 Kriechmayr was named Austrian sportsman of the year for 2021. [7]

World Cup results

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
2021 Super-G

Season standings

Season
AgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super-GDownhillCombined
2014 2259——23—18
2015 2324—4862112
2016 2414—5841810
2017 25 25 — — 14 14 17
2018 26 7 — — 2 5 —
2019 27 5 — 55 2 3 9
2020 28 5 — — 2 6 10
2021 29 6 — 51 1 5 —
2022 30 5 — — 3 6
2023 31 5 — 58 3 2
2024 32 6 — — 2 4
2025 33 9 — — 2 9
Standings through 17 January 2025

Race victories

TotalSlalomGiant slalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedParallel
Wins18——99——
Podiums58——2215——
Season
DateLocationDiscipline
2018 1 December 2017 Flag of the United States.svg Beaver Creek, USA Super-G
14 March 2018 Flag of Sweden.svg Åre, Sweden Downhill
15 March 2018Super-G
2019 19 January 2019  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill
2020 20 December 2019 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalySuper-G
20 February 2020 Flag of Austria.svg Hinterstoder, AustriaSuper-G
2021 25 January 2021 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaSuper-G
6 February 2021 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanySuper-G
6 March 2021 Flag of Austria.svg Saalbach-Hinterglemm, AustriaDownhill
2022 15 January 2022  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill
16 March 2022 Flag of France.svg Courchevel, FranceDownhill
17 March 2022Super-G
2023 15 December 2022 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill
28 December 2022 Flag of Italy.svg Bormio, ItalyDownhill
20 January 2023 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill
15 March 2023 Flag of Andorra.svg Soldeu, AndorraDownhill
2024 15 December 2023 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalySuper-G
18 February 2024 Flag of Norway.svg   Kvitfjell, NorwaySuper-G

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2017 25 — — 5 19 8
2019 27 — — 2 3 17
2021 29 — — 1 1 DNF2
2023 31 — — 12 11 DNS2
2025 33 — — 4 2 DNF2

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2018 26 — — 6 7 DNF2
2022 30 — — 5 8 —

References

  1. ↑ "Alpine skiing: Kriechmayr wins Super-G for first World Cup victory". Reuters. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Vincent Kriechmayr wins downhill, American Bryce Bennett finishes fifth". ESPN. Associated Press. 19 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Vincent Kriechmayr crowned men's Super G world champion at Cortina 2021". olympics.com. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Alpine skiing world championships: Vincent Kriechmayr takes men's downhill to back up super-G win". Eurosport. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Vincent Kriechmayr wins men's downhill gold by smallest margin ever". theguardian.com . 14 February 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Morgan, Liam (18 March 2021). "Kriechmayr clinches super-G title after racing cancelled at Alpine World Cup finals". Inside the Games . Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  7. ↑ Price, Matilda (28 October 2021). "Anna Kiesenhofer named Austrian sportswoman of year". cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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