Sascha Posch (grass skier)

Sascha Posch
Sascha Posch in July 2011
nation	Austria
birthday	December 13, 1992
Career
discipline	Slalom , giant slalom , super-G , combination
society	WSV Traisen
status	active
Medal table
Junior World Championship 2 × 0 × 1 ×
Grass ski junior world championships gold Burbach 2012 Giant slalom gold Burbach 2012 Super G bronze Burbach 2012 Super combo
Placements in the World Cup
Debut in the World Cup June 5, 2011  Overall World Cup 24. ( 2011 , 2012 )
last change: October 20, 2012

Sascha Posch (born December 13, 1992 ) is an Austrian grass skier . He starts for the WSV Traisen and is a member of the A-team of the Austrian Ski Association . The two-time Austrian champion has been taking part in world cup races and world championships since 2011 . In 2012 he became junior world champion in giant slalom and super-G.

Career

Sascha Posch visited the Skihauptschule in Lilienfeld and then trained as a Lower Austrian national ski instructor . In addition to lower-class competitions in alpine skiing , he also took part in grass ski competitions at an early age, such as the races of the FIS School Cup. After a break of several years, he has been participating in international grass ski competitions again since 2011.

Posch drove his first FIS races in Burbach at the end of May 2011 . On June 5 of the same year, at the start of the 2011 World Cup season , he contested his first World Cup race in Marbachegg . He finished this Super-G in 14th position and won World Cup points for the only time this year. Thanks to his bonus points from the FIS races, he finished 24th in the overall World Cup at the end of the year. In August Posch achieved first place in the giant slalom and second place in the Super-G at the FIS races in Wilhelmsburg . These FIS races were counted as Austrian championships , making Posch Austrian national champion in giant slalom and junior champion in giant slalom and Super-G. Posch then started at the 2011 World Championship and the Junior World Championship in Goldingen, which was held at the same time . In addition to three failures, he achieved eighth place in the junior Super-G and eleventh place in the Super-G and fourteenth place in the giant slalom in the general class.

In the 2012 season , Posch achieved top 10 placements in world cup races for the first time, with his best result being fifth in the slalom in Rettenbach . In the overall World Cup, however, he could not improve compared to the previous year, again he finished 24th. Posch was one of the most successful participants at the Junior World Championships 2012 in Burbach : He won two gold medals in the giant slalom and in the super-G as well as the bronze medal in the super combination; only in the slalom he was eliminated. As in the previous year, he was Austrian giant slalom champion at national level.

successes

World championships

• Goldingen 2011 : 11th Super-G, 14th giant slalom

Junior World Championships

• Goldingen 2011 : 8th Super-G
• Burbach 2012 : 1st giant slalom, 1st super-G, 3rd super combination

World cup

• 3 placements among the top ten

Austrian championships

• Austrian champion in giant slalom 2011 and 2012

Web links

Commons : Sascha Posch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sascha Posch in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Sascha Posch on the website of the ÖSV grass ski team

Individual evidence

1. ↑ At the age of 16 to become a regional ski instructor! Website of the market town of Traisen, April 6, 2010, accessed on November 3, 2011.
2. ↑ Overall rating of the FIS Schoolchildren's Cup 2004.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 57 kB) SwissGrasski, accessed on November 3, 2011.  
3. ↑ Overall rating of the FIS School Cup 2006.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 133 kB) SwissGrasski, accessed on November 3, 2011.