Linus Straßer (born 6 November 1992) is a German

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alpine ski racer specializing in slalom. He won a team silver medal at the

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. His first qualification for a World Cup second run came in a

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in Slalom skiing, slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant sl ...

at Beaver Creek in December

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, but he failed to finish. Straßer has competed in five

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; in his first in

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at Beaver Creek, he was in tenth in the slalom. His first World Cup podium was a victory in a

parallel slalom Slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates. These are spaced more closely than those in giant slalom, super giant slalom and downhill, necessitating quicker and shorter turns. Interna ...

race in

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in January

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World cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 5 wins – (4 SL, 1

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) * 15 podiums – (12 SL, 3 PSL); 40 top tens

World Championships results

Olympic results

References

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* * 1992 births German male alpine skiers Living people Skiers from Munich TSV 1860 Munich Olympic alpine skiers for Germany Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Olympic silver medalists for Germany 21st-century German sportsmen Long stubs with short prose {{Germany-alpine-skiing-bio-stub