Klaus Kröll

Klaus Kröll
	— Alpine skier —
	Kröll in March 2008
Disciplines	Downhill, Super-G
Club	Sport Union Öblarn
Born	24 April 1980; Öblarn, Styria, Austria
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
World Cup debut	8 January 2000 (age 19)
Website	klaus-kroell.at
Olympics
Teams	3 – (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	3 – (2009, 2011, 2013)
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	16 – (2002–17)
Wins	6 – (4 DH, 2 SG)
Podiums	24 – (21 DH, 3 SG)
Overall titles	0 – (7th in 2012)
Discipline titles	1 – (DH, 2012)
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Austria
Junior World Ski Championships

Klaus Kröll (born 24 April 1980) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. He specialized in the speed events of downhill and super-G and won the World Cup downhill season title in 2012.^[1] He competed in three Winter Olympics and three World Championships.

Born in Öblarn, Styria, Kröll made his World Cup debut in January 2000 at age 19. His first World Cup victory was the super-G in Kitzbühel in 2009. He ended his career having achieved six World Cup victories and 24 podia, with three wins and eight podiums at Kvitfjell, Norway.

Kröll won the World Cup downhill title in 2012 with three victories and three additional podiums. He finished seventh at the World Cup finals to hold off Beat Feuz in the final standings by just seven points, 605–598.^[1]

World Cup results

Season titles

Season	Discipline
2012	Downhill

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2002	21	33	—	—	24	16	—
2003	22	27	—	—	50	10	—
2004	23	29	—	—	—	12	—
2005	24	46	—	—	—	20	—
2006	25	32	—	—	25	12	—
2007	26	48	—	—	—	21	—
2008	27	41	—	—	—	8	—
2009	28	12	—	—	8	2	—
2010	29	35	—	—	25	12	—
2011	30	10	—	—	12	3	—
2012	31	7	—	—	5	1	—
2013	32	12	—	—	14	2	—
2014	33	43	—	—	37	17	—
2015	34	64	—	—	—	22	—
2016	35	63	—	—	51	23	—
2017	36	95	—	—	—	28	—

Race podiums

6 wins – (4 DH, 2 SG)
24 podiums – (21 DH, 3 SG)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2003	14 Dec 2002	Val-d'Isère, France	Downhill	2nd
2006	28 Jan 2006	Garmisch, Germany	Downhill	2nd
2008	29 Jan 2008	Kvitfjell, Norway	Downhill	3rd
2009	12 Dec 2008	Bormio, Italy	Downhill	2nd
	23 Jan 2009	Kitzbühel, Austria	Super-G	1st
	24 Jan 2009	Kitzbühel, Austria	Downhill	3rd
	7 Mar 2009	Kvitfjell, Norway	Downhill	1st
2010	6 Mar 2010	Kvitfjell, Norway	Downhill	3rd
2011	15 Jan 2011	Wengen, Switzerland	Downhill	1st
	29 Jan 2011	Chamonix, France	Downhill	3rd
	12 Mar 2011	Kvitfjell, Norway	Downhill	2nd
	13 Mar 2011	Kvitfjell, Norway	Super-G	2nd
2012	2 Dec 2011	Beaver Creek, USA	Downhill	3rd
	29 Dec 2011	Bormio, Italy	Downhill	3rd
	21 Jan 2012	Kitzbühel, Austria	Downhill	3rd
	3 Feb 2012	Chamonix, France	Downhill	1st
	2 Mar 2012	Kvitfjell, Norway	Super-G	1st
	3 Mar 2012	Kvitfjell, Norway	Downhill	1st
2013	24 Nov 2012	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill	3rd
	18 Jan 2013	Wengen, Switzerland	Downhill	2nd
	23 Feb 2013	Garmisch, Germany	Downhill	3rd
	2 Mar 2013	Kvitfjell, Norway	Downhill	3rd
2014	30 Nov 2013	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill	2nd
2016	16 Jan 2016	Wengen, Switzerland	Downhill	3rd

World Championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2009	28	—	—	9	10	—
2011	30	—	—	—	11	—
2013	32	—	—	—	4	—

Olympic results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2006	25	—	—	—	22	—
2010	29	—	—	—	9	—
2014	33	—	—	—	22	—

References

1 2 McKee, Hank (14 March 2012). "Svindal wins Schladming DH, Kroell holds on to title". Ski Racing. Retrieved 31 March 2014.

External links

Klaus Kröll at the International Ski Federation
FIS-ski.com – Klaus Kröll – World Cup season standings
Ski-db.com – Klaus Kröll – results
Klaus Kröll at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com – Olympic results
Official website (in German)
Austrian Ski team (ÖSV) – official site – Klaus Kröll – (in German)
Salomon Racing.com – team – alpine skiing – Klaus Kröll

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[12fin-1] 1 2 McKee, Hank (14 March 2012). "Svindal wins Schladming DH, Kroell holds on to title". Ski Racing. Retrieved 31 March 2014.