Josef "Pepi" Strobl (born 3 March 1974 in

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) is a former

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from Austria.

Career

During his career, he won three

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s (he gained much attention after winning his first ever World Cup downhill with start number 61), one

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, two

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s and one parallel slalom. In the 1996/7 season he was the best placed Austrian in the overall World Cup. From the 2004/5 season, until the end of his career in 2006, he competed for

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, as he faced problems with qualifying within the extremely strong Austrian skiing team.

World Cup victories

External links

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YouTube video
- Josef Strobl at

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- - 3rd place - 12-Jan-200

* 1974 births Living people Austrian male alpine skiers {{Austria-alpine-skiing-bio-stub