Kristina Riis-Johannessen

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Kristina Riis-Johannessen Alpine skiing
nation NorwayNorway Norway
birthday 5th March 1991 (age 29)
place of birth Oslo , Norway
Career
discipline Slalom , giant slalom ,
super-G , downhill , combination
society Ready
status active
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut December 29, 2016
 Overall World Cup 86th ( 2019/20 )
 Giant Slalom World Cup 28. (2019/20)
last change: March 16, 2020

Kristina Riis-Johannessen (born March 5, 1991 in Oslo ) is a Norwegian ski racer . She starts in all disciplines, with her strengths being in giant slalom and super-G .

biography

Riis-Johannessen won the 2004 slalom at the Whistler Cup and the Trofeo Topolino . After reaching the age limit, she contested her first FIS race at the end of November 2006 and celebrated her first victory in the FIS giant slalom in Norefjell on March 11, 2007 . The following winter she was used for the first time in the European Cup , but could not classify herself in the points. By 2011, she came to a total of 18 European Cup appearances, with their best result a 15th place in the Super-G of Kvitfjell was on 30 November, 2008.

In 2008 she became three-time Norwegian Junior Champion in Downhill, Super G and Super Combined and was part of the Norwegian squad for the Junior World Championships in 2009 and 2010 , where she finished 18th as the best result in the 2009 Downhill. At Norwegian championships she has won eight silver medals (slalom 2009, super G 2009 to 2011, downhill 2009 and 2010, super combination 2009 and 2010) and three bronze medals (super combination 2008, slalom 2011, downhill 2011).

In 2011 Riis-Johannessen began studying business administration at the University of Vermont and has therefore almost exclusively competed in races in North America since the 2011/12 season. In December 2011 she finished third in the Panorama slalom on the podium in a Nor-Am Cup race for the first time, and her first victory in this racing series was on December 17, 2013 at the slalom in Vail . In the 2015/16 season she was part of the Norwegian European Cup team, but remained out of action for the entire winter due to an injury.

In 2016/17 Riis-Johannessen took part in competitions again and won a European Cup race for the first time on December 10, 2016 with the combination in Kvitfjell . In the course of the 2016/17 European Cup season , she achieved nine further podium finishes, including three wins, which made her the overall standings. On December 29, 2016, she made her debut in the slalom at Semmering in the World Cup , but was eliminated in the first round. In February 2017 she took part in the World Championships in St. Moritz , where she achieved 21st place in the Super G as the best result. She won her first World Cup points on March 10, 2017 with 24th place in the giant slalom in Squaw Valley .

successes

World championships

World cup

  • 1 place among the best 15

World Cup ratings

season total Giant slalom
space Points space Points
2016/17 114. 7th 46. 7th
2019/20 86. 33 28. 33

Nor-Am Cup
date place country discipline
17th December 2013 Vail United States slalom

European Cup

  • Season 2016/17 : 1st overall ranking, 2nd Super G ranking, 3rd combined ranking, 4th giant slalom ranking, 5th downhill ranking
  • 11 podium places, including 5 wins:
date place country discipline
December 10, 2016 Kvitfjell Norway combination
January 16, 2017 Zinal Switzerland Giant slalom
January 24, 2017 Davos Switzerland Departure
1st February 2017 Chatel France Super G
February 21, 2020 Sarntal Italy combination

Junior World Championships

More Achievements

  • 20 victories in FIS races
  • three-time Norwegian Junior Champion (Super G 2008, Downhill 2008, Super Combined 2008)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Trofeo Topolino winners list. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 24, 2017 ; accessed on December 18, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / trofeotopolinosci.wixsite.com
  2. ^ Profile on Vermont Catamounts. uvmathletics.com, accessed December 18, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Laguttak 2015-2016. (No longer available online.) Norwegian Ski Federation, archived from the original on July 25, 2015 ; Retrieved August 21, 2015 (Norwegian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.skiforbundet.no
  4. ↑ Kristina Riis-Johannesen from Ready tatt util Europa cup laget for 2016/17. ready.no, accessed December 28, 2016 (Norwegian).
personal data
SURNAME Riis-Johannessen, Kristina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo , Norway