Sebastian Foss-Solevåg Explained

Sebastian Foss-Solevåg
Disciplines:Slalom
Club:Spjelkavik IL
Birth Date:1991 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Ålesund, Norway
Height:1.82 m
Wcdebut:17 November 2012 (age 22)
Olympicteams:3 – (2014, 2018, 2022)
Olympicmedals:2 (1 team, 1 individual)
Olympicgolds:0
Worldsteams:5 – (20152023)
Worldsmedals:2
Worldsgolds:2
Wcseasons:11 – (20132023)
Wcwins:2 – (2 SL)
Wcpodiums:5 – (5 SL)
Wcoveralls:0 – (14th in 2021)
Wctitles:0 – (5th in SL, 2020, 2021)
Show-Medals:yes

Sebastian Foss-Solevåg (born 13 July 1991) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in slalom. He is world champion, Olympic bronze medalist and three times national champion in slalom.

Career

Born in Ålesund, he competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in slalom where he placed ninth.[1]

Foss-Solevåg's first World Cup podium came in January 2015 at Zagreb, Croatia,[2] and his first win came six years later at Flachau, Austria. He won the gold medal in the slalom at the World Championships in 2021,[3] and won another in the team event.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics he won a bronze medal in the mixed team competition, along with Nina Haver-Løseth, Kristin Lysdahl, Maren Skjøld, Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen and Jonathan Nordbotten.[4]

Competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics he won a bronze medal in men's slalom, behind Clément Noël and Johannes Strolz.[5]

Foss Solevåg became national champion in slalom in 2013, 2015 and 2021.[6]

Personal life

Foss Solevåg was born in Ålesund on 13 July 1991.[7]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombinedParallel
2272 26 rowspan=6
2335 9
2411 ||— || || || —|-| 2017 ||25|| 56 || 18 || || || || |-| 2018 ||26|| 29 || 8 || || || || 40|-| 2019 ||27|| 50 || 17 || || || || |-| 2020 ||28|| 25 || 5 || || || || || |-| 2021 ||29|| 14 || 5 || || || || rowspan=3 || |-| 2022 ||30||32||10|||||||| |-| 2023 ||31||54||21|||||| || |}

Race podiums

  • 2 wins – (2 SL)
  • 5 podiums – (5 SL)
SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2015 6 Jan 2015 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom3rd
2016 20 Mar 2016    St. Moritz, Switzerland Slalom 3rd
2021 22 Dec 2020 Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom 2nd
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"17 Jan 2021 align=left Flachau, Austria Slalom 1st
2022 align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"22 Dec 2021 Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom 1st

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill CombinedTeam
event
23 5
25 5
27 5
29 1
31

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
event
22 not run
26 3
30

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sebastian Foss Solevaag . Sochi2014.com . . 22 February 2014 . 22 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222121623/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-sebastian-foss-solevaag . dead .
  2. https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=AL&competitorid=132894 Sebastian FOSS-SOLEVAAG
  3. Encyclopedia: alpint (verdensmestere) . Jørn . Sundby . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian . 25 March 2023.
  4. Web site: Team, Mixed . olympedia.org . 25 March 2023.
  5. Web site: Slalom, Men . olympedia.org . 25 March 2023.
  6. Encyclopedia: alpint – norgesmestere . Rolf . Bryhn . Jørn . Sundby . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian . 25 March 2023.
  7. Web site: Sebastian Foss Solevåg . olympedia.org . 25 March 2023.