Georg Streitberger

Georg Streitberger
 Alpine skier 

Streitberger in January 2014
Disciplines Downhill, Super G
Club SC Saalbach-Hinterglemm
Salzburg
Born (1981-04-26) 26 April 1981
Zell am See, Salzburg, Austria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
World Cup debut 11 March 2000 (age 18)
Website georg-streitberger.at
Olympics
Teams 2 – (2010, 2014)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 2 – (2013, 2015)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 10th – (200716)
Wins 3 – (1 DH, 2 SG)
Podiums 10 – (3 DH, 7 SG)
Overall titles 0 – (19th in 2013)
Discipline titles 0 – (2nd in SG, 2011)
Streitberger in March 2008

Georg Streitberger (born 26 April 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Zell am See, Salzburg, he specializes in the speed events and has three World Cup victories, two in super G[1] and one in downhill.[2][3]

Streitberger competed for Austria at two Winter Olympics and two World Championships.

His 2016 season ended with a knee injury at the downhill at Kitzbühel, on a difficult dark and windy day on the Streif that also ended the season of overall leader Aksel Lund Svindal.[4]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2005 23 116 36
2006 24
2007 25 45 10 39
2008 26 33 11 22 52
2009 27 50 23 23 25
2010 28 48 13 34
2011 29 24 2 23
2012 30 52 20 25
2013 31 19 10 8
2014 32 23 9 14
2015 33 23 16 12
2016 34 75 26 38

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2008 2 Mar 2008 Kvitfjell, Norway Super G 1st
2010 23 Feb 2013 Kitzbühel, Austria Super G 3rd
2011 4 Dec 2010 Beaver Creek, USA Super G1st
21 Jan 2013 Kitzbühel, Austria Super G 2nd
2013 23 Feb 2013 Garmisch, Germany Downhill 2nd
3 Mar 2013 Kvitfjell, Norway Super G 2nd
2014 1 Dec 2013 Beaver Creek, USA Super G 3rd
28 Feb 2014 Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 1st
2015 23 Jan 2015 Kitzbühel, Austria Super G 3rd
18 Mar 2015 Méribel, France Downhill 3rd

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2013 31 10
2015 33 8 29

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2010 28 17 DNS2
2014 32 21 17

References

  1. McKee, Hank (4 December 2010). "Streitberger takes World Cup super G as Americans falter". Ski Racing. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  2. McKee, Hank (28 February 2014). "Ganong grabs first career World Cup podium in Kvitfjell". Ski Racing. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  3. "Kjetil Jansrud, Georg Streitberger win". ESPN. Associated Press. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  4. Willemsen, Eric (January 23, 2016). "Skiing: World Cup leader Svindal blows out knee in downhill crash". Salt Lake Tribune (Utah). Associated Press. Retrieved January 26, 2016.

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