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 in January 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 26 April 1981 Zell am See, Salzburg, Austria | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Super G, downhill | ||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Saalbach-Hinterglemm – Salzburg | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 18 March 2000 (age 18) Bormio, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 02 December 2016 (age 35) Val d'Isère, France | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 – (2010, 2014) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 – (2013, 2015) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 10 – (2007–16) | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 3 – (1 DH, 2 SG) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 10 – (3 DH, 7 SG) | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (19th in 2013) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (2nd in SG, 2011) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 edit
Season standings edit
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 18 | 135 | — | 51 | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 19 | did not compete | |||||
| 2002 | 20 | ||||||
| 2003 | 21 | ||||||
| 2004 | 22 | ||||||
| 2005 | 23 | 116 | — | — | 36 | — | — |
| 2006 | 24 | 0 points | |||||
| 2007 | 25 | 45 | — | — | 10 | 39 | — |
| 2008 | 26 | 33 | — | — | 11 | 22 | 52 |
| 2009 | 27 | 50 | — | — | 23 | 23 | 25 |
| 2010 | 28 | 48 | — | — | 13 | 34 | — |
| 2011 | 29 | 24 | — | — | 2 | 23 | — |
| 2012 | 30 | 52 | — | — | 20 | 25 | — |
| 2013 | 31 | 19 | — | — | 10 | 8 | — |
| 2014 | 32 | 23 | — | — | 9 | 14 | — |
| 2015 | 33 | 23 | — | — | 16 | 12 | — |
| 2016 | 34 | 75 | — | — | 26 | 38 | — |
| 2017 | 35 | 0 points | |||||
Race podiums edit
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2 Mar 2008 |  Kvitfjell, Norway |
Super G | 1st |
| 2010 | 22 Jan 2010 |  Kitzbühel, Austria |
Super G | 3rd |
| 2011 | 4 Dec 2010 |  Beaver Creek, USA |
Super G | 1st |
| 21 Jan 2011 | Kitzbühel, Austria |
Super G | 2nd | |
| 2013 | 23 Feb 2013 |  Garmisch, Germany |
Downhill | 2nd |
| 3 Mar 2013 | Kvitfjell, Norway |
Super G | 2nd | |
| 2014 | 1 Dec 2013 | Beaver Creek, USA |
Super G | 3rd |
| 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 edit
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 31 | — | — | 10 | — | — |
| 2015 | 33 | — | — | 8 | 29 | — |
Olympic results 
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| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 28 | — | — | 17 | — | DNS2 |
| 2014 | 32 | — | — | 21 | 17 | — |
References edit
- ^ McKee, Hank (4 December 2010). "Streitberger takes World Cup super G as Americans falter". Ski Racing. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ McKee, Hank (28 February 2014). "Ganong grabs first career World Cup podium in Kvitfjell". Ski Racing. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ "Kjetil Jansrud, Georg Streitberger win". ESPN. Associated Press. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ Willemsen, Eric (23 January 2016). "Skiing: World Cup leader Svindal blows out knee in downhill crash". Salt Lake Tribune. Utah. Associated Press. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Georg Streitberger.
- Georg Streitberger at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Georg Streitberger World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Georg Streitberger at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Georg Streitberger at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Austrian Ski team (ÖSV) – official site – Georg Streitberger – (in German)
- Head Skis: Georg Streitberger
- Official website (in German)
