Christian Neureuther (born 28 April 1949) is a former

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alpine ski racer from Germany.

Racing career

Born and raised in

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the O ...

, Bavaria, Neureuther specialized in the

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and won six World Cup races and attained twenty podiums. He competed for

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in three

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(

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

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, and

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) and was fifth in the slalom in both

and

. Neureuther was the runner-up to

Gustav Thöni Gustav Thöni (; sometimes listed as Gustavo Thoeni; born 28 February 1951) is an Italian retired alpine ski racer. Career Thöni was born in the German-speaking province of South Tyrol, in the hamlet of Trafoi of the Stilfs municipality, whi ...

in the World Cup season slalom standings in

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and

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; he was fourth overall in 1973 and ninth in 1974.

Personal

Until her death in 2023, Neureuther was married to

Rosi Mittermaier Rosa Anna Katharina Mittermaier-Neureuther (; 5 August 1950 – 4 January 2023) was a German alpine skier. She was the overall World Cup champion in 1976 and a double gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Mittermaier competed in alpine sk ...

, a double gold medalist at the

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and the overall World Cup champion in

. Married in 1980, they are the parents of

Felix Neureuther Felix Neureuther (; 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 Neur ...

(b.1984), a retired World Cup ski racer for Germany.

World Cup results

Season standings

:Points were only awarded for top ten finishes (see scoring system).

Race podiums

* 6 wins – (6 SL) * 20 podiums – (20 SL); 59 top tens

World championship results

From

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through

, the

were also the

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for alpine skiing.
At the World Championships from

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through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

Olympic results

External links

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Christian Neureuther
World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Neureuther, Christian 1949 births Living people Sportspeople from Garmisch-Partenkirchen German male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of West Germany Alpine skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Universiade medalists in alpine skiing Universiade gold medalists for West Germany Competitors at the 1970 Winter Universiade 20th-century German people