Felix Monsén

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Felix Monsén Alpine skiing
nation SwedenSweden Sweden
birthday 6th November 1994 (age 25)
place of birth Saltsjöbaden , Sweden
size 192 cm
Weight 95 kg
Career
discipline Downhill , Super-G , combination
society Are SLK
status active
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut March 8, 2015
 Overall World Cup 115th ( 2019/20 )
 Downhill World Cup 45th (2019/20)
 Super G World Cup 45th (2019/20)
 Combination World Cup 27. ( 2017/18 )
last change: March 13, 2020

Felix Monsén (born November 6, 1994 in Saltsjöbaden , Stockholm County ) is a Swedish ski racer . The multiple Swedish champion specializes in the fast downhill and super-G disciplines, but occasionally also starts in the combination and in giant slalom .

biography

Felix Monsén grew up in Saltsjöbaden , a suburb of Stockholm . At the age of twelve, he moved to Åre with his parents and brothers . During his youth, he also did a lot of sports away from the ski slopes, such as football , tennis and swimming .

Two weeks after his 15th birthday, he competed in his first FIS races in Tärnaby . In February 2011 he took part in the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Liberec and finished 59th in the giant slalom. Monsén made his European Cup debut on December 3, 2013 in the giant slalom in Klövsjö , and in the same season he secured his first national title in the giant slalom. In January 2015 he achieved his first European Cup podium with second place in the Super-G in Val-d'Isère .

This result enabled him to make his World Cup debut in the Super-G at Kvitfjell in March 2015 . At his third Junior World Championships in Hafjell , he finished seventh in each of the two speed disciplines. Due to an injury sustained in summer training, he had to sit out the entire 2015/16 season and made his comeback in the Nor-Am Cup in December 2016 . After good results, including a podium, he continued the season in the World Cup. At the World Championships in St. Moritz , he started in three disciplines and achieved a respectable result in 16th place in the downhill. In Kvitfjell he got his first World Cup points with ranks 29 and 30 in Downhill and Super-G. At the end of the season he won the Swedish championship title in both fast disciplines for the first time.

In the following season he was able to improve his performance in the European Cup and after four placements he finished ninth in the top ten in the downhill classification. In the World Cup he achieved his best results for the time being with ranks 23 and 24 in the two combinations in Bormio and Wengen . He was not considered for the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang . In April he was able to successfully defend both national championship titles.

successes

World championships

World cup

  • 2 placements among the best 20

World Cup ratings

season total Departure Super G combination
space Points space Points space Points space Points
2016/17 158. 3 52. 2 56. 1 - -
2017/18 129. 15th - - - - 27. 15th
2018/19 124. 16 49. 11 - - 38. 5
2019/20 115. 29 45. 16 45. 13 - -

European Cup

Junior World Championships

More Achievements

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Felix Monsén. Eurosport , accessed December 16, 2018 .
  2. ↑ After 2017 success: “I hit bottom” - Felix Monsén has set his sights on Åre 2019. Via.tt, November 26, 2018, accessed on December 16, 2018 (English).
  3. ↑ About Felix Monsén. Felix Monsén & Mattias Rönngren, accessed on December 16, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Monsén, Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Saltsjöbaden , Sweden