Felix Neureuther
Felix Neureuther (German pronunciation: [ˈfeːlɪks ˈnɔʏʁɔʏtɐ]; born 26 March 1984) is a German retired World Cup alpine ski racer and former World champion.
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| Born | 26 March 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Slalom, giant slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Partenkirchen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 4 January 2003 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | felix-neureuther.de | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 3 – (2006, 2010, 2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 9 – (2003–2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 5 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 17 – (2003–2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 13 – (11 SL, 1 GS, 1 PS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (4th in 2013, 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (2nd in SL, 2013–2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Born in Munich-Pasing, Neureuther is the son of former World and Olympic champion Rosi Mittermaier and Christian Neureuther, a slalom specialist and winner of six World Cup races. He is the nephew of Evi Mittermaier, who was also a successful alpine ski racer and former Olympian in 1976 and 1980. As of 2020, the combined Neureuther–Mittermaier family has 31 World Cup wins, with 115 podium finishes.[1][2][3][4]
Career
Neureuther was raised in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria and was a member of the German national ski team. He has competed in nine World Championships and three Winter Olympics. Neureuther won a silver medal in the slalom at the 2013 World Championships and added a bronze medal in the team event. Previously, he had won a gold medal in the team event in 2005. He won bronze medals in slalom in 2015 and 2017.
Neureuther won his first World Cup race in 2010, in a slalom at Kitzbühel, Austria. He won his only giant slalom in January 2014 at Adelboden, Switzerland, which was only the second victory by a German male in a World Cup giant slalom; Max Rieger won the first in March 1973, nearly 41 years earlier in Quebec.[5]
Through January 2019, Neureuther has thirteen World Cup victories and 47 podiums, making him Germany's most successful male World Cup skier. In March 2019 he announced his retirement from competition ahead of his final race, a slalom at the World Cup finals in Soldeu, Andorra.[6]
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | |||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2004 | 19 | 62 | 25 | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 20 | 83 | 33 | — | 48 | — | — |
| 2006 | 21 | 48 | 17 | 41 | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 31 | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 23 | 25 | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 24 | 47 | 15 | — | — | — | 43 |
| 2010 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 44 | — | — | 42 |
| 2011 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 29 | — | — | 11 |
| 2012 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 36 | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 33 | 62 | 25 | (knee injury in November: out for season) | |||
| 2019 | 34 | 38 | 14 | 46 | — | — | — |
Race podiums
| Total | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Combined | Parallel | |
| Wins | 13 | 11 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Podiums | 47 | 37 | 7 | – | 1 | 2 |
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2007 | 13 December 2006 |  Beaver Creek, USA | Slalom | 3rd |
| 25 February 2007 |  Garmisch, Germany | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2008 | 17 December 2007 |  Alta Badia, Italy | Slalom | 2nd |
| 6 January 2008 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Adelboden, Switzerland | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2009 | 11 January 2009 | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 1 March 2009 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2010 | 24 January 2010 |  Kitzbühel, Austria | Slalom | 1st |
| 13 March 2010 | Garmisch, Germany | Slalom | 1st | |
| 2011 | 26 February 2011 |  Bansko, Bulgaria | Super combined | 2nd |
| 19 March 2011 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2012 | 19 December 2011 | Alta Badia, Italy | Slalom | 3rd |
| 5 January 2012 |  Zagreb, Croatia | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 21 February 2012 |  Moscow, Russia | Parallel slalom | 2nd | |
| 18 March 2012 | Schladming, Austria | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2013 | 8 December 2012 |  Val d'Isère, France | Slalom | 2nd |
| 18 December 2012 | Madonna di Campiglio, Italy | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 1 January 2013 | Munich, Germany | Parallel slalom | 1st | |
| 12 January 2013 | Adelboden, Switzerland | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 20 January 2013 | Wengen, Switzerland | Slalom | 1st | |
| 27 January 2013 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 17 March 2013 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Slalom | 1st | |
| 2014 | 6 January 2014 | Bormio, Italy | Slalom | 1st |
| 11 January 2014 | Adelboden, Switzerland | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 19 January 2014 | Wengen, Switzerland | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 24 January 2014 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Slalom | 1st | |
| 28 January 2014 | Schladming, Austria | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 9 March 2014 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom | 1st | |
| 15 March 2013 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 16 March 2013 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
| 2015 | 16 November 2014 |  Levi, Finland | Slalom | 3rd |
| 14 December 2014 |  Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 22 December 2014 | Madonna di Campiglio, Italy | Slalom | 1st | |
| 6 January 2015 | Zagreb, Croatia | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 17 January 2015 | Wengen, Switzerland | Slalom | 1st | |
| 25 January 2015 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 27 January 2015 | Schladming, Austria | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 1 March 2015 | Garmisch, Germany | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 2016 | 12 December 2015 | Val d'Isère, France | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 13 December 2015 | Slalom | 3rd | ||
| 14 February 2016 |  Naeba, Japan | Slalom | 1st | |
| 2017 | 23 October 2016 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 5 January 2017 | Zagreb, Croatia | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 15 January 2017 | Wengen, Switzerland | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 5 March 2017 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 18 March 2017 | Aspen, USA | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 19 March 2017 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
| 2018 | 12 November 2017 | Levi, Finland | Slalom | 1st |
World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 18 | 15 | 35 | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 20 | 19 | DNF1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2007 | 22 | DNF2 | DNF1 | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 24 | 4 | 19 | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 26 | DNF2 | 34 | — | — | — | QF |
| 2013 | 28 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 2015 | 30 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | 1st round |
| 2017 | 32 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | 1st round |
| 2019 | 34 | DSQ2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Olympic results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 21 | DNF2 | DNF1 | — | — | — | |
| 2010 | 25 | DNF1 | 8 | — | — | — | |
| 2014 | 29 | DNF2 | 8 | — | — | — | |
| 2018 | 33 | injured: did not compete | |||||
Personal
Neureuther's parents are both former World Cup ski racers, members of the West German team in the 1970s. His father is Christian Neureuther, winner of six World Cup slaloms, and his mother is Rosi Mittermaier, a World, Olympic, and World Cup champion, all in 1976. At the 1976 Winter Olympics, she won medals in all three alpine events, two golds and a silver. Since 2013 he has been in a relationship with biathlete Miriam Gössner: in October 2017 she gave birth to the couple's first child, a girl named Matilda and the couple married in December same year.[7]
One of Neureuther's childhood friends is footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger: he presented Schweinsteiger with the "Special jury award" at the 2016 Bambi Awards.[8]
References
- "NEUREUTHER Felix - Athlete Information".
- "NEUREUTHER Christian - Athlete Information".
- "MITTERMAIER Rosi - Athlete Information".
- "MITTERMAIER Evi - Athlete Information".
- McKee, Hank (11 January 2014). "Neureuther takes well-deserved win in Adelboden". Ski Racing. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- "German slalom expert Neureuther announces retirement". france24.com. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- "Baby-News bei Felix Neureuther und Miriam Gössner" [Baby news from Felix Neureuther and Miriam Gössner]. rtl.de (in German). 17 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- Stommel, Dorothee (18 November 2016). "Six standing ovations". Hubert Burda Media. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
External links
- Felix Neureuther at FIS (alpine)
- Felix Neureuther at Olympics.com
- Felix Neureuther at Olympedia
- Felix Neureuther at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
- Felix Neureuther at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Felix Neureuther at DSV (in German)
- Felix Neureuther at Nordica Skis
- Official website (in German)
