Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (; born 19April 2000) is a Norwegian-born Brazilian

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. Until his retirement from World Cup racing inOctober 2023, he represented Norway in international competition. In March 2024, Braathen announced that he would return to ski racing, representing Brazil instead.

Early life

Braathen was born in Oslo to a Norwegian father and Brazilian mother on 19 April 2000. His parents separated when he was three years old and Braathen went to Brazil with his mother. Later in his childhood, he moved back to Norway to live with his father regularly visiting Brazil. He grew up speaking Norwegian and Portuguese. Braathen first skied when he was three or four years old, but he did not start skiing again until he was nine years old. Braathen also played football as a child, though he preferred skiing as it is an individual sport.

Career

From

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, Braathen raced for Norwegian club

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. At the Junior World Championships in

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, Braathen finished fourth and eleventh, followed by a silver medal in super-G, and a bronze medal in the combined event. He made his

debut in December

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, and collected his first points (five) with a 26th-place finish. Braathen recorded his first victory (and podium) in October

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at the season opener, a giant slalom in

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. In

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, he won his first slalom at the Lauberhorn race in

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, going from 29th place after the first run to first place after the second run, the largest jump to victory at that time. He announced his retirement from World Cup racing on 27 October 2023, a day before the new season's opening event in

, Austria. However, on 7 March 2024, Braathen announced that he would return to alpine ski racing; but competing for Brazil instead of Norway. On 27 October 2024, exactly a year after he announced his retirement, he returned at the World Cup Giant Slalom season opener in Sölden, narrowly finishing in 4th place behind the 1-2-3 podium clean sweep achieved by his former Norwegian teammates, scoring the first ever world cup points for Brazil in Alpine Skiing.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 5 wins – (3 SL, 2 GS) * 17 podiums – (11 SL, 6 GS), 43 top tens

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

* * (Norway) * – (Brazil) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinheiro Braathen, Lucas 2000 births Living people Skiers from Bærum Brazilian male alpine skiers Norwegian male alpine skiers Norwegian people of Brazilian descent Brazilian people of Norwegian descent Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Norway 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen