Linus Straßer - who is the man who achieved his first World Cup victory in slalom in early January 2021?
The career of the German ski racer at a glance.
Linus Strasser
is a German
ski racer
with the special disciplines
slalom
and
giant slalom
.
On January 6, 2021 brings
Linus Strasser
in
Zagreb
the first victory in a
World Cup race
in his favorite discipline
slalom
.
Professionally, he is a
customs officer
and a member of the customs ski team.
It happened at the beginning of 2021 and was a happy surprise for many observers: the German
ski racer
Linus Straßer emerged
from the shadow of
Felix Neureuther
and won the
World Cup race
in
Zagreb
.
Overwhelmed with joy, he couldn't even hold back the tears at the finish line.
After various setbacks and bad luck with injuries, the likeable DSV athlete was rewarded for years of training and dedication - with a victory in a single race in his specialty.
Profile of Linus Straßer:
Date of birth: November 6, 1992 in Munich
Club: TSV 1860 Munich
Occupation: Customs officer (member of the customs ski team)
Height / Weight: 183 cm / 75 kg
Hobbies: soccer, tennis, motocross, cycling and baking
Linus Straßer
competed in his first ski races
as a six-year-old on winter vacation as a member of the
Kitzbühel Ski Club
.
At the age of twelve he switched to the ski department of TSV 1860 Munich.
He
competed in
his first
FIS races
from December 2007 when he was fifteen.
He will make his first appearance in the
European Cup
in February 2010. A year later, at the
age of nineteen
, the young
ski racer
won his first FIS race victory.
Linus Straßer: From the German junior champion to the first successes in the World Cup
Shortly afterwards,
Linus Straßer
becomes
German
junior champion
in the slalom
.
He then injured himself and subsequently missed the remainder of the 2011/12 season.
For this he successfully passed his
Abitur
in
2012
.
After a hip operation, Linus Straßer became
German slalom junior champion
for a second time the following year
.
In October of the same year he
made his
World Cup debut
in
Sölden
.
Shortly thereafter, he won a European Cup race for the first time in the
parallel slalom
in
St. Vigil
.
In March 2014 he becomes
German champion
in
giant slalom
.
From the 2014/15 winter season,
Linus Straßer will
regularly be used in the
World Cup
alongside German ski ace
Felix Neureuther
.
On January 6, 2015, he posted his first
World Cup points
in the
slalom
of
Zagreb
.
In
Adelboden
,
Kitzbühel
and
Schladming
, further respectable successes followed.
His good first World Cup season was crowned by participating in the
World Championships
in
Vail
.
Here the German
ski racer
can
book another success
with tenth place in the
slalom
.
In the city event of
Stockholm
on January 31, 2017
,
Linus Straßer won
his first
World Cup
- not in a single race, but in the
parallel slalom
.
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January 2021: Linus Straßer has reached the top of the world in alpine skiing
Thus qualified
Linus Strasser
directly for the
World Championships 2017
in
St. Moritz
, where he twelfth place in the
giant slalom
reached.
In 2018 he took part in the
Winter Olympics
in
Pyeongchang
(China).
At the
world championships
in
Åre
,
Sweden
, the German
ski racer
achieved a very good result in the
combination
with fifth place
.
Further good placements in the combination followed.
At the end of the 2018/19 season, he secured
the
German championship title
in the
combination
.
After a good start into the 2019/20 season,
Linus Straßer
suffered a broken
scaphoid bone
in his right hand
during training
.
He should
pause for
six weeks after an
operation
.
But just four weeks later he was
at the start
- equipped with a special glove - in
Zagreb
: With a furious second run, he landed in first place and achieved the greatest
success of
his career
to date
.
Just a few days later, he was to achieve something similar: with an excellent second place in
Adelboden
,
Linus Straßer
finally reached the
top of
the
world in
2021
.
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From Heike Waskow