Alexander Schmid Explained

Alexander Schmid
Disciplines:Giant slalom, slalom
Club:SC Fischen
Birth Date:9 June 1994
Birth Place:Oberstdorf, Germany
Height:1.78 m
Wcdebut:26 October 2014 (age 20)
Olympicteams:2 – (2018, 2022)
Olympicmedals:1
Olympicgolds:0
Worldsteams:3 − (20192023)
Worldsmedals:2
Worldsgolds:1
Wcseasons:8 − (20152023)
Wcwins:0
Wcpodiums:3 − (1 GS, 2 PG)
Wcoveralls:0 – (33rd in 2021)
Wctitles:0 – (3rd in PG, 2021)
Show-Medals:yes

Alexander Schmid (born 9 June 1994) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and 2023 World champion in parallel giant slalom. His older brother is another alpine skier Manuel Schmid, who specialised in the speed disciplines.[1]

Career

Alexander specializes in giant slalom. Born in Oberstdorf, Bavaria, he has competed in two Winter Olympics[2] and three World Championships. Alexander won gold in parallel giant slalom at 2023 World Ski Championships by holding off Austria's Dominik Raschner by .50 seconds.[3]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombinedParallel
2366 20 -->
24
255
26rowspan=4 3
2714
284614rowspan=2
284415

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2020 9 Feb 2020 Chamonix, France 3rd
2021 27 Nov 2020 Lech/Zürs, Austria Parallel-G 3rd
2022 20 Dec 2021 Alta Badia, Italy 3rd

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel Team
event
24rowspan="1"
26
286

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill CombinedTeam
event
235
272

Notes and References

  1. Web site: – HEAD. www.head.com. 10 April 2023.
  2. Web site: Athlete Profile: Alexander SCHMID . PyeongChang2018.com . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180420014626/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/alpine-skiing/athlete-profile-n3031803-alexander-schmid.htm . 20 April 2018.
  3. Web site: Alexander Schmid wins men's parallel at World Alpine Skiing Championships. 15 February 2023. 10 April 2023. www.nbcsports.com.