Christian Ring (grass skier)

Christian Ring
nation	Germany
birthday	4th January 1973
place of birth	Nabburg ,  Germany
Career
discipline	Slalom , giant slalom , super-G
society	SpVgg Pfreimd
status	resigned
End of career	2002
Medal table
World Championship 0 × 0 × 3 × European Championship 0 × 1 × 3 × German championship 6 × ? × ? ×
World Championship bronze 1999 Super G bronze 2001 Giant slalom bronze 2001 Super G European Championship bronze 1992 slalom bronze 1994 slalom silver 1996 Giant slalom bronze 1996 Super G German championship gold 1994 slalom gold 1995 Giant slalom gold 1998 slalom gold 1998 Giant slalom gold 1998 Super G gold 1998 Giant slalom
last change: November 16, 2015

Christian Ring (born January 4, 1973 in Nabburg ) is a former German grass skier . Ring won three bronze medals at the World Grass Skiing Championships and four medals at the European Grass Skiing Championships .

Life

With his first participation in international competitions, Ring won the bronze medal in slalom at the European Grass Ski Championships in 1992. He was able to defend this two years later at the next European Championship. At the European Championships in 1996 he won the silver medal in the giant slalom and Super G competition.

Between 1994 and 1999 he won the German Grass Ski Championships six times. In 1994 he became German slalom champion and the following year German champion in giant slalom. In 1998 and 1999 he won the German championship title in two competitions each, in 1998 in slalom and in giant slalom, in 1999 in giant slalom and in Super G.

In addition, he won the German Cup six times in 1989, 1990 and 1992 , three times in the slalom and three times in the giant slalom.

At the 1999 Grass Ski World Championships, he won the bronze medal in the giant slalom. In 2001 he played his last European and World Cup. At the 2001 Grass Ski World Championships, he came third in the giant slalom and in the Super G on the podium. A year later, in his last year as an active member of the German Ski Association, he was among the top 10 in the overall ranking of the Germany Cup and won four more races in the competition series, most recently in Ehrenfriedersdorf.

successes

World championships

Giant slalom

• Bronze: 2001

Super G

• Bronze: 1999
• Bronze: 2001

European championships

slalom

• Bronze: 1992, 1994

Giant slalom

• Silver: 1996

Super G

• Bronze: 1996

German championships

slalom

• Gold: 1994, 1998

Giant slalom

• Gold: 1995, 1998, 1999

Super G

• Gold: 1999

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Winner in the men's competitions at the German Grass Ski Championships in Slalom, Giant Slalom and Super G on sport-komplett.de . Retrieved November 16, 2015.
2. ↑ Podium placements at the German Grass Ski Championships in giant slalom on sport-komplett.de . Retrieved November 16, 2015.
3. ↑ Overall ranking Germany Cup 2002. In: TV Floss-Skialpin. Retrieved January 4, 2013 . 
4. ^ WM bronze for the Christian Ring in Pfreimder. In: Pfreimd ski club. Retrieved December 16, 2013 .