Patrick Feurstein (born December 1, 1996) is an Austrian

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who specializes in

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Career

Feurstein was raised in the village of

Mellau Mellau is a town in the Bregenz Forest in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, part of the district of Bregenz. Geography Mellau covers an area of 40.55 km2. Mellau lies at the foot of the Kanisfluh mountain which is considered t ...

. He debuted as a junior on December 6, 2011. He competed in his first world cup race on December 19, 2018, at

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. A few weeks later, he managed to achieve his first top 30 result, finishing 29th at the giant slalom at

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, but would be later disqualified. The same happened at the slalom two years later at the same location. He had to leave out on the following 2020/21 season due to suffering from chronic headache, caused by a

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. Feurstein scored his first world cup points on November 14, 2021, at the parallel race at

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. His best result of the season came at the giant slalom of

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where he finished fourth, narrowly missing out on a podium finish. He would finish second with the Austrian team at the team event at the season finale in

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. On September 10, 2024, Feurstein narrowly avoided a crash with a course worker while competing at the South American Cup at

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. He scored his first podium finish in a single event on December 14, 2024, in giant slalom at

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, France, making up 22 positions after the first run.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 0 wins * 1 podium – (1 GS), 4 top tens (4 GS)

World Championship results

Personal life

Feurstein is a graduate of the ''Internatsschule für SchisportlerInnen Stams'' (Boarding School for Ski Athletes Stams). His cousin

Lukas Feurstein Lukas Feurstein (born May 18, 2001) is an Austrian FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer who specializes in super-G and giant slalom. Career Feurstein was raised in the village of Mellau in Vorarlberg, and debuted ...

(b.2001) is also a World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in super-G and giant slalom.

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Feurstein, Patrick 1996 births Living people Austrian male alpine skiers Skiers from Vorarlberg 21st-century Austrian sportsmen