Johannes Strolz

Johannes Strolz

Alpine skier
Disciplines	Slalom, Giant slalom
Born	(1992-09-12) 12 September 1992 (age 29) Bludenz, Austria[1]
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Austria Olympic Games 2022 Beijing Team event 2022 Beijing Combined 2022 Beijing Slalom Junior World Championships 2012 Roccaraso Super-G World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 1 0 0 Total 1 0 0

Johannes Strolz (born 12 September 1992) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He won the gold medal in the combined at the 2022 Olympics. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He is the son of Hubert Strolz, the gold medalist in Combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. His father and he became the first father son duo to both win gold in Alpine Skiing at the Olympics.

Biography[]

Youth and Europa Cup[]

Strolz was born on September 12, 1992 in Bludenz, Austria. His father Hubert Strolz became the Olympic champion in combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. After graduating from the famous Schigymnasium Stams, he became a member of the junior squad of the Austrian Skiing Federation. Making his debut in the FIS Alpine Ski Europa Cup, Strolz first success came at the World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2012, where he won the bronze medal in the Super-G, behind Switzerlands Ralph Weber and Nils Mani. At the following championships in Québec, he failed to repeat the win of a medal, still finishing within the top 20. Strolz then began shifting his focus onto the technical competitions of slalom and giant slalom. He became the overall champion of the Europa Cup in the 2017-18 season.

World Cup and Olympic Games[]

Johannes Strolz debuted on the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup at the Giant Slalom of Val-d’Isère in December 2013. He then struggled to deliver results and only appeared occaisonally on the World Cup. In December 2019 he achieved his first world cup points, finishing 30th at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. At the slalom of in January 2020, Strolz reached his best result at that point, a tenth place. He failed to win further points at the World Cup and for that reason was dismissed from the squad. He was granted to train with the Austrian team sometimes. Strolz had to pay for everything himself now, including the preparation of his own skis. Two years after his top ten finish, he unexpectedly won the slalom race of Adelboden on January 9, 2022.^[2]

At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Strolz took part in the Alpine Combined, Slalom and Team-Event. He managed to win a medal in each of the three events, two gold and one silver medal. 34 years after his father became an olympic champion in Calgary, Strolz won the Alpine Combined as well, becoming the first father son duo to both win gold in Alpine Skiing at the Olympics. He then went on to claim the silver medal in the slalom, only beaten by french skier Clement Noel, as well as the gold medal in the team event.

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