Hubert Strolz

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Hubert Strolz Alpine skiing
Hubert Strolz in 1988 with his medals won in Calgary.
nation AustriaAustria Austria
birthday 26th June 1962 (age 58)
place of birth Warth , Austria
size 182 cm
Weight 76 kg
Career
discipline Slalom , giant slalom ,
super-G , downhill ,
combination
society SC Warth
status resigned
End of career 1994
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold Calgary 1988 combination
silver Calgary 1988 Giant slalom
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut 1981
 Individual world cup victories 1
 Overall World Cup 3. ( 1987/88 )
 Downhill World Cup 58th ( 1992/93 )
 Super G World Cup 5. (1987/88)
 Giant Slalom World Cup 2. (1987/88)
 Slalom World Cup 6. (1987/88)
 Combination World Cup 1. (1987/88)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Super G 0 1 1
 Giant slalom 0 11 7th
 slalom 0 2 5
 combination 1 0 5
 

Hubert Strolz (born June 26, 1962 in Warth in Vorarlberg ) is a former Austrian ski racer . He started in the Ski World Cup from 1981 to 1994 , finished second in the Giant Slalom World Cup and third in the overall World Cup in 1988 and achieved numerous podium places in all disciplines except downhill, but could only record one World Cup victory. His greatest achievement was the Olympic gold medal in the combination in Calgary 1988 .

biography

Strolz attended the ski school in Schruns , his father was a ski instructor. The Vorarlberger achieved his first major successes on an international level in the European Cup . In the 1980/81 season he won the giant slalom classification and was fourth in the overall classification, a year later he repeated his giant slalom victory, also won the overall classification and was fifth in the slalom classification.

Strolz drove his first World Cup races in the 1980/81 season , and on March 28th, when he finished seventh in the giant slalom in Laax , he took World Cup points for the first time. In the following season he already reached two fourth places and he was also used at the 1982 World Cup in Schladming . In the giant slalom, he finished tenth. In the 1982/83 season he reached three fifth places, once in the combination and twice in the then new Super-G. In the 1983/84 season , Strolz came second in the giant slalom at Chuenisbärgli in Adelboden on January 10, 1984 for the first time in the World Cup on the winners' podium and thus qualified for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo . There he finished sixth in the giant slalom, but in the slalom he dropped out in the first round. In March he finished second in the Åre giant slalom . In the following winter he came on the podium once, but at the 1985 World Championships in Bormio he failed in the second giant slalom run. During the 1985/86 season , Strolz finished eight times in the top three (seven times in the giant slalom and once in the Super-G), making it into the top ten in the overall World Cup for the first time in his career. In the giant slalom world cup he reached third place. The next season wasn't quite as successful with only two podium places. At the 1987 World Cup in Crans-Montana , the man from Vorarlberg narrowly missed a medal. In the giant slalom he finished fourth as the best Austrian and was only eight hundredths of a second behind third-placed Alberto Tomba , and in the Super-G he finished fifth.

Olympic gold and silver in Calgary

Hubert Strolz at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary

The 1987/88 season was Strolz 'most successful. After 14 podium places so far, he won his first and at the same time only World Cup race on January 17, 1988, the combination of Bad Kleinkirchheim , where the Hahnenkamm races were held alternatively. With another five podium places and numerous top ten results, he reached third place in the overall World Cup, won the combined ranking, finished second in the Giant Slalom World Cup, fifth in the Super G and sixth in the Slalom World Cup. The then 25-year-old celebrated his greatest success at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary . After the big favorite Pirmin Zurbriggen , who was leading after the descent, failed in the second slalom run shortly before the finish, Strolz became Olympic champion in the combination, which was again included in the Olympic program. In the giant slalom he finished second behind Alberto Tomba and in the Super-G he missed another medal by just three hundredths of a second in fourth. In the World Cup final in Saalbach he seemed to have his first individual victory in the Super-G (March 24th), but he was caught by Martin Hangl .

The 1988/89 season did not go quite as well . Strolz came on the podium three times and fell back to tenth place in the overall World Cup. At the 1989 World Championships in Vail , like two years earlier, he just missed a medal and finished fourth in the Super-G (here, too, he seemed to have achieved the bronze medal for a long time). In the giant slalom, he was eliminated in the first round. In the winter of 1989/90 , the Vorarlberger was able to improve again and missed his second World Cup victory in the Kranjska Gora slalom by just a hundredth of a second. With several podium places he reached third place in the Giant Slalom World Cup, in the overall ranking he was seventh. The 1990/91 season was unusually bad . In the World Cup, Strolz was only twice in the top ten. He achieved the best result of the season at the World Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm with sixth place in the combination. In the World Cup Super-G, however, he only finished 22nd. It went up again in the 1991/92 season . With four podium places, three of them in combinations, he finished second in the combined ranking and ninth in both the overall and slalom World Cups. At the 1992 Winter Olympics he almost managed to successfully defend his combination victory, but in the second slalom round he was eliminated a few goals before the finish line. He was able to finish the other races, but did not achieve any top positions.

At the beginning of the 1992/93 season , Strolz took two third places in the slalom, but then came only once among the top ten. With the 28th place in the downhill from St. Anton , he got World Cup points for the only time in this discipline. At the 1993 World Championships in Morioka-Shizukuishi , Japan , he finished fourth in slalom and sixth in giant slalom and again just missed a medal. In the combination, he retired in downhill skiing. After the World Cup, Strolz ended the season in order to prepare early for the upcoming Olympic winter. After he failed to achieve top results in the 1993/94 season , he was unable to participate in the Olympic Games. At the end of winter, the now 31-year-old announced his retirement after 14 seasons in the World Cup.

Until 2009 Hubert Strolz directed the ski and snowboard school in his hometown Warth am Arlberg . His son Johannes , born in 1992, is also a ski racer and has been part of the ÖSV squad since 2009.

successes

winter Olympics

World championships

World Cup ratings

Hubert Strolz won the discipline ranking in the combination once.

season total Departure Super G Giant slalom slalom combination
space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points
1980/81 73. 10 - - - - 25th 10 - - - -
1981/82 20th 59 - - - - 9. 44 22nd 15th - -
1982/83 39. 38 - - - - 15th 27 - - 17th 11
1983/84 22nd 72 - - - - 6th 65 31. 7th - -
1984/85 36. 49 - - - - 10. 49 - - - -
1985/86 9. 147 - - 8th. 29 3. 90 20th 28 - -
1986/87 14th 81 - - 21st 12 4th 66 24. 12 - -
1987/88 3. 190 - - 5. 31 2. 69 6th 50 1. 40
1988/89 10. 112 - - 13. 18th 6th 46 12. 33 8th. 15th
1989/90 7th 155 - - 11. 33 3. 71 13. 51 - -
1990/91 45. 26th - - 27. 4th 22nd 12 23. 10 - -
1991/92 9. 611 - - 13. 126 36. 40 9. 265 2. 180
1992/93 21st 312 58. 3 - - 27. 32 12. 172 5. 105
1993/94 80. 61 - - - - 28. 48 43. 13 - -

World Cup victories

Strolz achieved a total of 33 podium places, including 1 victory:

date place country discipline
17th January 1988 Bad Kleinkirchheim Austria combination

European Cup

  • 1980/81 season : 4th overall ranking, 1st giant slalom
  • 1981/82 season : 1st overall ranking, 1st giant slalom, 5th slalom
  • Four wins, another five podiums

Awards (excerpt)

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personal data
SURNAME Strolz, Hubert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Warth (Vorarlberg) , Austria