Willis Feasey

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Willis Feasey Alpine skiing
nation New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
birthday 28th August 1992 (age 28)
place of birth Christchurch , New Zealand
size 175 cm
Weight 85 kg
Career
discipline Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom ,
slalom , combination
society Wanaka Ski and Snowsports Club
Trainer Nils Coberger
status active
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut December 7, 2013
last change: February 15, 2019

Willis Feasey (born August 28, 1992 in Christchurch ) is a New Zealand ski racer . The six-time New Zealand champion starts in all disciplines, with his strengths being in giant slalom and super-G .

biography

Willis Feasey is from Twizel and started skiing at the age of two. He competed in his first races when he was ten. He trains on Coronet Peak near Queenstown and starts for the Wanaka Ski and Snowsports Club.

Before his 15th birthday, he contested his first FIS races in New Zealand . In the same year he started in the Australian New Zealand Cup (ANC) for the first time. At his first Junior World Championship in January 2011 in Crans-Montana , he started in all disciplines and achieved 21st place as the best performance in the combination . After four starts a year later in Roccaraso, he was unable to match that. In February 2013 he competed in four races at his first world championship in Schladming and finished downhill and giant slalom in 38th and 70th.

On December 7th, 2013 he made his World Cup debut in the Super-G of Beaver Creek and since then has mainly started in giant slalom. Only two days later he suffered a shoulder dislocation in a giant slalom in Loveland , which resulted in a break from racing of around two months. He had to do without the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi . At the World Championships in Vail , he started in all disciplines for the first time, but was only able to classify in combination (37th place) and downhill (40th place). After improving over the years in the Australian New Zealand Cup, he became the first New Zealander to win the overall standings in September 2016. He finished his third World Championship in St. Moritz with 34th place in the Super-G.

At his first Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , he finished 36th and 37th in giant slalom and Super-G. In the slalom he was eliminated in the first round.

successes

Olympic games

World championships

Australian New Zealand Cup

  • 2011 season: 10th Super-G rating
  • 2013 season: 3rd overall ranking, 1st Super G ranking, 4th combined ranking, 5th downhill ranking, 7th giant slalom ranking
  • 2015 season: 8th overall ranking, 7th giant slalom ranking
  • Season 2016: 1st overall ranking, 1st Super-G ranking, 3rd giant slalom ranking
  • 2017 season : 5th giant slalom ranking
  • 11 podium places, including 3 wins:
date place country discipline
18th September 2013 Mount Hutt New Zealand Super G
23rd August 2016 Mount Hotham Australia Giant slalom
September 6, 2016 Mount Hutt New Zealand Super G
  1. ↑ The races of the Australian New Zealand Cup are held annually in August and September (southern winter) and are already included in the coming international season.

Junior World Championships

More Achievements

  • 6 New Zealand championship titles (giant slalom 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, slalom 2015, Super-G 2016)
  • 8 victories in FIS races

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Willis Feasey. New Zealand Olympic Committee, accessed February 7, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Athlete Profile - Willis Feasey. PyeongChang 2018 , accessed February 6, 2018 .
  3. ↑ World Cup and a Prang! Willis Feasey, December 9, 2013, accessed February 7, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Feasey, Willis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Christchurch