Christian Hirschbühl (born 19 April 1990) is an Austrian

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 ...

. Hirschbuehl specializes in the technical events of

slalom To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to: Sports ;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding * Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Super-G ...

and

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 ...

. Hirschbühl made his World Cup debut on 17 January

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Career

Hirschbühl made his World Cup debut on 17 January

in the Wengen slalom, but did not finish the first run. On 25 October

at Sölden, he scored his first World Cup points, with a 22nd in the giant slalom.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 1 win – (1 PG) * 1 podium – (1 PG); 12 top tens

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hirschbühl, Christian 1990 births Austrian male alpine skiers Living people Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of Austria People from Bregenz Sportspeople from Vorarlberg 21st-century Austrian people