Raphael Haaser (born 17 September 1997) is an Austrian

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alpine ski racer. He specializes in the technical events of

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 ...

and

Super-G Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event d ...

Career

Haaser achieved his first World Cup podium in December

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, finishing second in a super-G at

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. At the

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, he took the bronze medal in the combined, following in the footsteps of his older sister Ricarda, who won the bronze in the women's combined the day before.

Personal life

Haaser's sister,

Ricarda Haaser Ricarda Haaser (born 10 September 1993) is an Austrian alpine ski racer who competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics. At the World Championships in 2023, she took the bronze medal in the combined; her younger brother Raphael Raff ...

, is also an alpine skiier.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

*0 wins *3 podiums (3 SG); 14 top tens (10 SG, 4 GS)

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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Austrian Ski Team
– official site – Raphael Haaser – ' 1997 births Austrian male alpine skiers Living people Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Austria {{Austria-alpine-skiing-bio-stub