Johannes Strolz (born 12 September 1992) is an Austrian

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. He won the gold medal in the combined at the 2022 Olympics. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and

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. He is the son of

Hubert Strolz Hubert Strolz (born 26 June 1962), nickname "Hubsi", is a former alpine skier from Austria. At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary he won a gold medal in the combined and silver in the Giant Slalom. Career In the World Cup, he won a combined competiti ...

, the gold medalist in Combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He and his father became the first father-son duo to win gold in Alpine skiing at the Olympics.

Biography

Youth and Europa Cup

Strolz was born on 12 September 1992 in Bludenz, Austria. His father, Hubert Strolz, became the Olympic champion in combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. After graduating from the famous Schigymnasium Stams, he became a member of the junior squad of the Austrian Skiing Federation. Making his debut in the

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, Strolz's first success came at the

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, where he won the bronze medal in the Super-G, behind Switzerland's Ralph Weber and Nils Mani. At the following championships in

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, he failed to repeat the win of a medal, still finishing within the top 20. Strolz then began shifting his focus onto the technical competitions of slalom and giant slalom. He became the overall champion of the Europa Cup in the 2017-18 season.

World Cup and Olympic Games

Johannes Strolz debuted on the

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at the giant slalom of Val-d’Isère in December 2013. He then struggled to deliver results and only appeared occasionally on the World Cup. In December 2019, he achieved his first world cup points, finishing 30th at

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. At the slalom of

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in January 2020, Strolz reached his best result at that point, tenth place. He failed to win further points at the World Cup and was dismissed from the squad for that reason. He was granted to train with the Austrian team sometimes. Strolz had to pay for everything himself, including preparing his skis. Two years after his top-ten finish, he unexpectedly won the slalom race of

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on 9 January 2022. At the

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, Strolz took part in the Alpine combined, Slalom and Team Event. He won a medal in the three events, two gold and one silver medal. Thirty-four years after his father became an Olympic champion in Calgary, Strolz won the Alpine combined, becoming the first father-son duo to win gold in Alpine skiing at the Olympics. He then claimed the silver medal in the slalom, only beaten by French skier Clement Noel, and the gold medal in the team event.

World Cup results

Season standings

Top ten finishes

* 1 wins (1 SL) * 1 podium; 5 top tens (5 SL)

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Strolz, Johannes 1992 births Living people Austrian male alpine skiers People from Bludenz Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Austria Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Olympic gold medalists for Austria Olympic silver medalists for Austria Skiers from Vorarlberg 21st-century Austrian sportsmen