Thomas Dreßen Explained

Thomas Dreßen
Disciplines:Downhill, super-G, combined
Club:SC Mittenwald
Birth Date:22 November 1993
Birth Place:Jülich, Germany
Height:1.88 m
Wcdebut:21 February 2015 (age 21)
Olympicteams:1 – (2018)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:3 – (2017, 2021, 2023)
Worldsmedals:0
Wcseasons:6 – (20152021)
Wcwins:5 – (5 DH)
Wcpodiums:10 – (7 DH, 3 SG)
Wcoveralls:0 – (8th in 2018)
Wctitles:0 – (2nd in DH, 2020)
Show-Medals:yes

Thomas Dreßen (born 22 November 1993) is a retired German World Cup alpine ski racer. He specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. Dreßen made his World Cup debut in February 2015 at the Saalbach downhill. He made his first podium in December 2017 in the downhill at Beaver Creek and his first win came the following month at Kitzbühel.

Career

Dreßen made his World Cup debut at the Saalbach downhill on 21 February 2015; he finished in 39th place.[1] He scored his first World Cup points in the Lake Louise downhill, finishing in 23rd.[2] In November 2018, Dreßen suffered a season-ending knee injury at Beaver Creek and missed the world championships in February. Exactly a year after his injury, he won the season's first downhill at Lake Louise.

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
22109 43 30
2368 31 25 39
248 11 3 8
2019253434
2692
27 injured, out for two seasons
28
2023298330rowspan=2
2024301013850

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
20182 Dec 2017 Beaver Creek, USADownhill3rd
20 Jan 2018 Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill1st
10 Mar 2018 Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill1st
15 Mar 2018 Åre, SwedenSuper-G3rd
202030 Nov 2019 Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill1st
20 Dec 2019 Val Gardena, ItalySuper-G3rd
18 Jan 2020   Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill3rd
1 Feb 2020 Garmisch-Partenkichen, GermanyDownhill1st
13 Feb 2020 Saalbach-Hinterglemm, AustriaDownhill1st
14 Feb 2020Super-G3rd

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
23 14
27
29

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
24 9
28 Injured, did not compete

Notes and References

  1. https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=AL&competitorid=146460&raceid=78952 FIS World Cup - Men's Downhill, Saalbach (AUT) 21.02.2015
  2. https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=AL&competitorid=146460&raceid=82771 FIS World Cup - Men's Downhill, Lake Louise (CAN) 28.11.2015