Stefan Brennsteiner (born 3 October 1991) is an Austrian World Cup

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, and 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 ...

. He has competed in two Winter Olympics and three World Championships. Brennsteiner made his World Cup debut at age 21 in October

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at Sölden, Austria, and reached his first podium in February

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at Bansko, Bulgaria.

Career

Brennsteiner began competing as a junior in December 2006. His first win came in 2010, in the

at the Austrian National Junior Race. He represented Austria in the giant slalom at the

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, however, failed to finish his second run. Brennsteiner achieved his first World Cup podium in February 2021 in Bansko; after finishing his first run in fifth position, he moved ahead of

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and

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after his second run, finishing in third position. A month later, he finished in third position at Kranjska Gora, 0.03 seconds behind

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. Brennsteiner once again represented Austria in the

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. He competed in the Mixed Team event, in which Austria won the Gold medal, Brennsteiner beating Julian Rauchfuss in his Final heat. He also competed in the

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 ...

, recording the second-fastest time on his first run, however a mistake in his second run caused him to lose his medal position. In March 2022, Brennsteiner finished in second place in Kranjska Gora, the first time he had finished above third. He recorded the fastest time of the field in his first run; however, he fell behind Henrik Kristoffersen on his second run.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 0 wins * 3 podiums - (3 GS); 12 top tens

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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Stefann Brennsteiner
at the Austrian Ski team official site 1991 births Living people Austrian male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Austria Sportspeople from Zell am See Skiers from Salzburg (state) Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Olympic gold medalists for Austria {{Austria-alpine-skiing-bio-stub