Lars Lewén

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Lars Lewén Freestyle skiing
Full name Lars Gustav Lewén
nation SwedenSweden Sweden
birthday 7th October 1975
place of birth Stockholm ,  SwedenSwedenSweden 
size 174 cm
Weight 90 kg
Career
discipline Ski cross
society IFK Borlänge
status resigned
End of career 2014
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup November 23, 2003
 World Cup victories 5
 Overall World Cup 5th ( 2007/08 )
 Ski cross world cup 2. (2007/08)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Ski cross 5 1 4th
 

Lars Gustav Lewén (born October 7, 1975 in Stockholm ) is a former Swedish freestyle skier in the discipline of ski cross and ski racer .

Career

Lewén took part in alpine FIS races from August 1994 , of which he won a total of twelve in the following years. In 1998 and 1999 he took part in European Cup races, where he was classified five times in the points (Top 30). His greatest successes in the alpine area were winning the gold medal in the downhill and the silver medal in the Super-G at the Universiade in 1999 and the Swedish championship title in the combination in 2002 . He contested the last alpine races in March 2003.

Lewén made his debut at the Freestyle World Cup on November 30, 2002, and immediately finished fifth in Tignes . The first podium placement followed on November 23, 2003 with third place in Saas-Fee . At the end of the 2003/04 season and in the winter of 2004/05 he achieved two more third places. He finished fifth at both the 2005 World Cup in Ruka and the 2007 World Cup in Madonna di Campiglio .

Lewén had his most successful season in the winter of 2007/08. After a cautious start, he won three consecutive races in March 2008: in Grindelwald , Hasliberg and Valmalenco . So he finished second in the ski cross discipline of the World Cup behind the Czech Tomáš Kraus . Lewén was similarly successful in the World Cup winter 2008/09 with two victories in Lake Placid and Branäs and third place in the discipline ranking. In the 2009/10 season, a second place was his best result.

Lewén ended his active career after the 2013/14 season .

Success in ski cross

Olympic games
World championships
World Cup ratings
World Cup victories

Lewén achieved 10 podiums, including 5 wins:

date place country
March 6, 2008 Grindelwald Switzerland
March 9, 2008 Hasliberg Switzerland
March 16, 2008 Valmalenco Italy
January 19, 2009 Lake Placid United States
February 24, 2009 Branäs Sweden
More Achievements
  • 1 Swedish championship title (2009)
  • 4 victories in FIS races

Alpine successes

  • 1 Swedish championship title (combination 2002)
  • Universiade 1999: 1st downhill, 2nd super-G
  • 12 victories in FIS races (3 × downhill, 4 × giant slalom, 5 × slalom)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Time to say good-bye: Freestyle Skiing retirements ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. April 30, 2014. Archived from the original on September 2, 2015. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 5, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fis-ski.com
personal data
SURNAME Lewén, Lars
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lewén, Lars Gustav (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish freestyle skier and ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH 7th October 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm , Sweden