Alexander Schmid (born 9 June 1994) is a German World Cup

alpine ski racer Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing (cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

and 2023 World champion in parallel giant slalom. His older brother is another alpine skier Manuel Schmid, who specialised in the speed disciplines.

Career

Alexander specializes in

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

. Born in

Oberstdorf Oberstdorf ( Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in Germany and one of its highest towns. At the&nb ...

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

, he has competed in two Winter Olympics and three World Championships. Alexander won gold in parallel giant slalom at 2023 World Ski Championships by holding off Austria's Dominik Raschner by .50 seconds.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 0 wins * 3 podiums – (1 GS, 2 PG); 13 top tens

World Championship results

Olympic results

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Alexander Schmid
at the ''Deutscher Skiverband'' 1994 births Living people Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics German male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Germany Sportspeople from Oberstdorf Skiers from Bavaria Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Olympic silver medalists for Germany 21st-century German people {{Germany-alpine-skiing-bio-stub