Lena Dürr (born 4 August 1991) is a German

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alpine ski racer and specializes in slalom.

Career

Dürr made her World Cup debut in February

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. She has two World Cup wins; the first was also her first podium, a parallel slalom in

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. It was a City Event race in Moscow, Russia, on 29 January, where she came as a reserve. Her second win came exactly a decade later in a slalom at

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, where she edged out runner-up Mikaela Shiffrin. The two had switched positions on the podium in a slalom the previous day. Dürr won the bronze medal in slalom at the 2023 World Championships.

Personal life

Dürr was born in

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and raised nearby

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, Both her sister Katharina Dürr and father Peter Dürr were professional alpine ski racers.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 2 wins – (1 SL, 1 CE) * 17 podiums – (16 SL, 1 CE), 55 top tens

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Durr, Lena 1991 births Living people Skiers from Munich German female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Germany Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Olympic silver medalists for Germany 21st-century German sportswomen