Fritz Strobl

Fritz Strobl

Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake CityDownhill
World Championships
2007 ÅreTeam event
2007 ÅreSuper-G

Fritz Strobl (born 24 August 1972 in Lienz, Austria) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer.

Strobl was the gold medalist in the downhill at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

In his final season, he was the silver medalist in the super-G at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden.

Strobl competed on the World Cup circuit for 15 seasons and recorded 9 victories: seven in downhill and two in super-G. He had 31 podium finishes (top 3) and 110 top ten finishes.

He finished second in the downhill standings in 2002 and 2006, and third in 1997 and 2001. His best finish in the overall standings was fifth in 2005.

Strobl is of a handful of racers to have twice won the Hahnenkamm downhill at Kitzbühel (1997 and 2000). He still holds the record time for finishing the full Streif course in 1:51.58, an average speed of 66.4 mph (106.9 km/h), set in 1997.

Strobl retired from international competition at age 34, at the conclusion of the 2007 season.

In his final race on 15 March 2007, Strobl descended the Lenzerheide super-G course dressed as Mozart.[1][2]

Discography

  • Genie auf die Ski (2007) No. 2 Austria

World Cup victories

9 wins – (7 DH, 2 SG)

Season Date Location Discipline
199715 Dec 1996Val-d'Isère, FranceDownhill
25 Jan 1997Kitzbühel, Austria ^Downhill
12 Mar 1997Vail, CO, USADownhill
200022 Jan 2000Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill
13 Feb 2000St. Anton, AustriaSuper-G
200127 Jan 2001Garmisch, GermanyDownhill
200229 Dec 2001Bormio, ItalyDownhill
26 Jan 2002Garmisch, GermanySuper-G
200626 Nov 2005Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill

^ course record

References

  1. ↑ Bulman, Erica. "Strobl ends career in Mozart-clad descent". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  2. ↑ "Fritz Strobl". Retrieved 19 February 2009.
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