Patrick Schweiger
Patrick Schweiger 
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 Austria
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| birthday | 23rd March 1990 (age 30) | ||||||||||
| place of birth | Austria | ||||||||||
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Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom , combination |
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| society | SK Mühlbach | ||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||
| End of career | April 8, 2018 | ||||||||||
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Patrick Schweiger (born March 23, 1990 ) is a former Austrian ski racer . His strongest disciplines were downhill and super-G .
biography
Schweiger comes from Mühlbach am Hochkönig . In December 2006, at the age of 15, he began taking part in FIS races , initially driving in all disciplines. He made his first appearances in the European Cup in December 2008. At first there were no notable successes, which is why he never took part in the Junior World Championships. He first drove into the European Cup points in February 2010 and won his first FIS race in December of the same year. Due to the lack of good results, he gave up the slalom and increasingly began to specialize in the fast disciplines.
On January 12, 2012, Schweiger achieved a European Cup podium for the first time when he finished second in the downhill in Val-d'Isère . In the further course of the winter of 2011/12, six more top 10 placements followed. After good results at the beginning of the season, he was nominated for the World Cup downhill in Val Gardena . During his first training run on the Saslong slope on December 12, 2012, he fell badly and tore a cruciate ligament and a tear in the meniscus on his left knee, which meant that he was out for the rest of the winter.
After his comeback, Schweiger achieved four European Cup podiums from January and February 2014. With second place in the Super-G discipline, he secured a fixed World Cup starting place for this discipline. On November 30, 2014, he won World Cup points for the first time, finishing 16th in the Super-G in Lake Louise . He achieved his first European Cup victory on January 8, 2015 in Wengen . In the further course of the 2014/15 season, two more European Cup victories followed, with which he won the Super-G classification. In the 2015/2016 season, Schweiger made it into the top 10 twice and qualified in his strongest discipline, the Super G, for the World Cup final in Sankt Moritz.
Due to persistent knee problems, he ended his career in April 2018. Schweiger is currently studying business administration.
successes
World cup
- 2 placements among the top ten
World Cup ratings
| season | total | Departure | Super G | combination | ||||
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| space | Points | space | Points | space | Points | space | Points | |
| 2014/15 | 94. | 47 | 51. | 12 | 36. | 27 | 33. | 8th |
| 2015/16 | 66. | 132 | 38. | 33 | 24. | 91 | 39. | 33 |
| 2016/17 | 121. | 18th | - | - | 34. | 18th | - | - |
European Cup
- 2011/12 season : 4th downhill classification
- 2013/14 season : 4th overall ranking, 2nd Super-G ranking, 4th downhill ranking
- Season 2014/15 : 4th overall ranking, 1st Super-G ranking, 10th downhill ranking
- 2015/16 season : 6th downhill classification
- 11 podium places, including 3 wins:
| date | place | country | discipline |
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| January 8, 2015 | Wengen | Switzerland | Departure |
| February 25, 2015 | Saalbach-Hinterglemm | Austria | Super G |
| March 23, 2015 | Grandvalira | Andorra | Super G |
More Achievements
- 1 Austrian championship title (downhill 2015)
- 10 victories in FIS races
Web links
- Patrick Schweiger in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Patrick Schweiger in the database of Ski-DB (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ After a fall in Val Gardena: Patrick Schweiger diagnosed a cruciate ligament tear. (No longer available online.) Sportreport.biz, December 12, 2012, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 31, 2015 . 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.
- ↑ Speed specialist Schweiger ends his career. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .
- ^ ÖSV athlete Patrick Schweiger ends his career. Retrieved April 10, 2018 .
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| SURNAME | Schweiger, Patrick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1990 |