.jpg) At Soldeu in March 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1996-12-01) 1 December 1996 (age 28) Austria |
| Occupation | Alpine skier |
| Skiing career | |
| Disciplines | Giant slalom |
| Club | SV Mellau - Vorarlberg |
| World Cup debut | 19 December 2019 (age 23) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 0 |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 0 |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 3 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 1 – (1 GS) |
| Overall titles | 0 – (63rd in 2022) |
| Discipline titles | 0 – (18th in GS, 2022) |
| Last updated on: 16 December 2024 | |
Patrick Feurstein (born December 1, 1996) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer who specializes in giant slalom.
Career
Feurstein was raised in the village of Mellau. He debuted as a junior on December 6, 2011. He competed in his first world cup race on December 19, 2018, at Saalbach-Hinterglemm. A few weeks later, he managed to achieve his first top 30 result, finishing 29th at the giant slalom at Adelboden, but would be later disqualified. The same happened at the slalom two years later at the same location.
He had to leave out on the following 2020/21 season due to suffering from chronical headache, caused by a Neuritis. Feurstein scored his first world cup points on November 14, 2021, at the parallel race at Lech-Zürs. His best result of the season came at the giant slalom of Alta Badia where he finished fourth, narrowly missing out on a podium finish. He would finish second with the Austrian team at the team event at the season finale in Méribel.
On September 10, 2024, Feurstein narrowly avoided a crash with a course worker while competing at the South American Cup at Cerro Castor.
He scored his first podium finish in a single event on December 14, 2024, in giant slalom at Val d'Isère, France, making up 22 positions after the first run.
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25 | 63 | — | 18 | — | — | — | 29 |
| 2023 | 26 | 81 | — | 24 | — | — | — | |
| 2024 | 27 | 86 | — | 31 | — | — | ||
| 2025 | 28 | 12 | — | 7 | — | — |
- Standings through 15 December 2024
Race podiums
- 0 wins
- 1 podium – (1 GS), 4 top tens (4 GS)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 Dec 2024 |  Val d'Isère, France |
Giant slalom | 2nd |
Personal life
Feurstein is a graduate of the Internatsschule für SchisportlerInnen Stams (Boarding School for Ski Athletes Stams). His cousin Lukas Feurstein (b. 2001) is also a World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in super-G and giant slalom.
References
- "RTL in Adelboden: Feurstein disqualifiziert - da half auch Hirscher-Know-how nicht". www.kleinezeitung.at (in German). 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
- Weihs, Peter (2021-06-13). ""Hirscher hat mich in der Zeit sehr oft angerufen"". Kronen (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-14.
- Weihs, Peter (2024-09-19). "ÖSV-Riesentorläufer entgeht Katastrophe nur knapp". Kronen (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-14.
- "Patrick Feurstein im Skiweltcup.TV-Interview: "Das Einzige was hilft, ist der Glaube an sich selbst!"". Ski Weltcup Saison 2024/25 (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-14.
External links
- Patrick Feurstein at FIS (alpine)
- Patrick Feurstein at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Patrick Feurstein at the Austrian Ski team official site (in German)