Philipp Schmid

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Philipp Schmid Alpine skiing
Philipp Schmid in March 2010
Philipp Schmid in March 2010
nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday 7th May 1986 (age 34)
place of birth Lindenberg im Allgäu , Germany
size 180 cm
Weight 85 kg
Career
discipline Slalom , giant slalom
society SC Oberstaufen
status resigned
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut March 1, 2009
 Overall World Cup 101st ( 2012/13 )
 Slalom World Cup 40th ( 2014/15 )
last change: March 22, 2015

Philipp Schmid (born May 7, 1986 in Lindenberg im Allgäu ) is a former German ski racer who specialized in the technical disciplines of slalom and giant slalom . He belonged to the B-squad of the German Ski Association and was a member of the customs ski team of the Federal Customs Administration .

biography

Philipp Schmid took part in FIS races for the first time in December 2001 , and made his debut in the European Cup three years later . At the beginning of 2005 he showed his first successes when he stood on the podium for the first time in an FIS race and shortly afterwards became German junior champion in slalom. At the Junior World Championships 2005 in Bardonecchia , however, he only achieved 47th place in the giant slalom. In the slalom he was disqualified in the second round. In the following years Schmid was thrown back from injuries. After a cruciate ligament rupture in the 2006/07 season, he was only able to take part in races in February.

Philipp Schmid in the FIS slalom from Hinterstoder in March 2010

On February 17, 2008 Schmid won his first European Cup points as the 28th of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen slalom . Four weeks later he became German runner-up in giant slalom behind Felix Neureuther . In the 2009/10 season he achieved top 20 placements in the European Cup for the first time and his first victory in an FIS race. On March 1st, 2009 he started in the slalom of Kranjska Gora for the first time in a World Cup race . As the 45th of the first run, he missed the qualification for the second round of the best 30 by exactly one second. For the time being, this was his only World Cup start. At the German championships in 2009 Schmid came third in the slalom. In 2010 he won two silver medals in the national championships in slalom and giant slalom, where he was only a hundredth of a second behind the winner, Stefan Kogler .

At the beginning of the 2010/11 season Schmid had to take a break for several weeks due to an injury. On January 16, 2011, he achieved his first top 10 result in the European Cup with sixth place in the Kirchberg in Tirol slalom . After several victories in FIS races in February, it was used for the second time in the World Cup on March 6, 2011. In the slalom of Kranjska Gora, he achieved 20th place with the ninth fastest time in the finals, with which he won World Cup points for the first time. Schmid has been a regular participant in World Cup slaloms since winter 2011/12. His best World Cup result was tenth place in Levi's slalom on November 11, 2012. Two weeks later he achieved the first European Cup podium finish in the same place with third place in the slalom. On December 12, 2012, Schmid suffered cartilage damage in the European Cup slalom in Obereggen .

In 2018 he ended his career after a recurring knee injury.

successes

World championships

Junior World Championships

World cup

  • 2 placements among the best 15

European Cup

More Achievements

  • German runner-up in giant slalom 2008 and 2010 and slalom 2010
  • German junior champion in slalom 2005
  • 11 victories in FIS races

Web links

Commons : Philipp Schmid  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schmid suffers cartilage damage. www.focus.de, December 14, 2012, accessed on January 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ Philipp Schmid ends his career as a ski racer. SC Oberstaufen, August 18, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Lindenberg in the Allgäu