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Occupation | Alpine skier |
Skiing career | |
Disciplines | Giant slalom |
Club | SV Mellau - Vorarlberg |
World Cup debut | December 19, 2018 |
World Cup | |
Seasons | 3 |
Podiums | 2 |
Last updated on: December 14, 2024 | |
Patrick Feurstein (born December 1 1996) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer who specializes in giant slalom.
Carrer
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 happend 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 the Val-d'Isère giant slalom, making up 22 positions after the first run.
Personal life
Feursteins cousin Lukas Feurstein is also an alpine skiier.
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.
External links
- Patrick Freurstein at the Austrian Ski team official site (in German)