Georg Streitberger Explained

Georg Streitberger
Disciplines:Super G, downhill
Club:SC Saalbach-Hinterglemm
Salzburg
Birth Date:26 April 1981
Birth Place:Zell am See, Salzburg, Austria
Height:185 cm
Wcdebut:18 March 2000 (age 18)
Bormio, Italy
Retired:02 December 2016 (age 35)
Val d'Isère, France
Olympicteams:2 – (2010, 2014)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:2 – (2013, 2015)
Worldsmedals:0
Wcseasons:10 – (200716)
Wcwins:3 – (1 DH, 2 SG)
Wcpodiums:10 – (3 DH, 7 SG)
Wcoveralls:0 – (19th in 2013)
Wctitles:0 – (2nd in SG, 2011)
Show-Medals:yes

Georg Streitberger (born 26 April 1981) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Zell am See, Salzburg, he specialized in the speed events and won three World Cup races, 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
18 135 51
19 did not compete
20
21
22
23 116 36
24 0 points
25 45 10 39
26 33 11 22 52
27 50 23 23 25
28 48 13 34
29 24 2 23
30 52 20 25
31 19 10 8
32 23 9 14
33 23 16 12
34 75 26 38
35 0 points

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2008 align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"2 Mar 2008 Kvitfjell, Norway 1st
2010 22 Jan 2010 Kitzbühel, Austria Super G 3rd
2011 align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"4 Dec 2010 Beaver Creek, USA Super G1st
21 Jan 2011 Kitzbühel, Austria Super G 2nd
2013 23 Feb 2013 Garmisch, Germany 2nd
3 Mar 2013 Kvitfjell, Norway Super G 2nd
2014 1 Dec 2013 Beaver Creek, USA Super G 3rd
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"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
31
33

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
28 DNS2
32

External links

Notes and References

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