Felix Neureuther
Neureuther in 2017
Personal information
Born (1984-03-26) 26 March 1984
Munich-Pasing, Bavaria, West Germany
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom, giant slalom
ClubSC Partenkirchen
World Cup debut4 January 2003 (age 18)
Websitefelix-neureuther.de
Olympics
Teams3 – (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams9 – (2003–2019)
Medals5 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons17 – (2003–2019)
Wins13 – (11 SL, 1 GS, 1 PS)
Podiums47
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2013, 2015)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in SL, 2013–2015)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Germany
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Slalom 11 13 13
Giant 1 3 3
Combined 0 1 0
Parallel 1 1 0
Total 13 18 16
International alpine ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 0
World Championships 1 1 3
Total 1 1 3
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 BormioTeam event
Silver medal – second place2013 SchladmingSlalom
Bronze medal – third place2013 SchladmingTeam event
Bronze medal – third place2015 Beaver CreekSlalom
Bronze medal – third place2017 St. MoritzSlalom

Felix Neureuther (German pronunciation: [ˈfeːlɪks ˈnɔʏʁɔʏtɐ]; born 26 March 1984) is a German retired World Cup alpine ski racer and former World champion.

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
2004196225————
2005208333—48——
200621481741———
20072232831———
200823257————
2009244715———43
20102521544——42
20112617829——11
20122722636———
201328426———
201429525———
201530428———
201631837———
201732544———
2018336225(knee injury in November: out for season)
201934381446———

Race podiums

Total Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Combined Parallel
Wins13111––1
Podiums47377–12
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
200713 December 2006United States Beaver Creek, USASlalom3rd
25 February 2007Germany Garmisch, GermanySlalom2nd
200817 December 2007Italy Alta Badia, ItalySlalom2nd
6 January 2008 Switzerland  Adelboden, SwitzerlandSlalom3rd
200911 January 2009Slalom3rd
1 March 2009Slovenia Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom3rd
201024 January 2010Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom1st
13 March 2010Germany Garmisch, GermanySlalom1st
201126 February 2011Bulgaria Bansko, BulgariaSuper combined2nd
19 March 2011 Switzerland  Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandSlalom3rd
201219 December 2011Italy Alta Badia, ItalySlalom3rd
5 January 2012Croatia Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom2nd
21 February 2012Russia Moscow, RussiaParallel slalom2nd
18 March 2012Austria Schladming, AustriaSlalom2nd
20138 December 2012France Val d'Isère, FranceSlalom2nd
18 December 2012Italy Madonna di Campiglio, ItalySlalom2nd
1 January 2013Germany Munich, GermanyParallel slalom1st
12 January 2013 Switzerland  Adelboden, SwitzerlandGiant slalom3rd
20 January 2013 Switzerland  Wengen, SwitzerlandSlalom1st
27 January 2013Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom2nd
17 March 2013 Switzerland  Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandSlalom1st
20146 January 2014Italy Bormio, ItalySlalom1st
11 January 2014 Switzerland  Adelboden, SwitzerlandGiant slalom1st
19 January 2014 Switzerland  Wengen, SwitzerlandSlalom2nd
24 January 2014Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom1st
28 January 2014Austria Schladming, AustriaSlalom3rd
9 March 2014Slovenia Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom1st
15 March 2013 Switzerland  Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandGiant slalom3rd
16 March 2013Slalom2nd
201516 November 2014Finland Levi, FinlandSlalom3rd
14 December 2014Sweden Åre, SwedenSlalom2nd
22 December 2014Italy Madonna di Campiglio, ItalySlalom1st
6 January 2015Croatia Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom2nd
17 January 2015 Switzerland  Wengen, SwitzerlandSlalom1st
25 January 2015Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom3rd
27 January 2015Austria Schladming, AustriaSlalom3rd
1 March 2015Germany Garmisch, GermanyGiant slalom2nd
201612 December 2015France Val d'Isère, FranceGiant slalom2nd
13 December 2015Slalom3rd
14 February 2016Japan Naeba, JapanSlalom1st
201723 October 2016Austria Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom3rd
5 January 2017Croatia Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom2nd
15 January 2017 Switzerland  Wengen, SwitzerlandSlalom3rd
5 March 2017Slovenia Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom3rd
18 March 2017United States Aspen, USAGiant slalom2nd
19 March 2017Slalom2nd
201812 November 2017Finland Levi, FinlandSlalom1st

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombinedTeam event
2003181535————
20052019DNF1———1
200722DNF2DNF1————
200924419————
201126DNF234———QF
201328210———3
20153034———1st round
201732316———1st round
201934DSQ2—————

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
200621DNF2DNF1———
201025DNF18———
201429DNF28———
201833injured: 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

  1. ↑ "NEUREUTHER Felix - Athlete Information".
  2. ↑ "NEUREUTHER Christian - Athlete Information".
  3. ↑ "MITTERMAIER Rosi - Athlete Information".
  4. ↑ "MITTERMAIER Evi - Athlete Information".
  5. ↑ McKee, Hank (11 January 2014). "Neureuther takes well-deserved win in Adelboden". Ski Racing. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "German slalom expert Neureuther announces retirement". france24.com. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ Stommel, Dorothee (18 November 2016). "Six standing ovations". Hubert Burda Media. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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