Thomas Tumler (born 5 November 1989) is a Swiss

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alpine ski racer; he specializes in

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in Slalom skiing, slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant sl ...

and formerly also competed in

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. Tumler participated in the

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, and three

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World Cup results

Tumler debuted in the World Cup in February

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, Bulgaria, failing to finish the first run in a

race. His first points came at

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, Slovenia, finishing 26th in the same discipline. Over the next several seasons, Tumler also competed in

, reaching the top ten once, in eighth at

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, which was his first World cup top ten. He also started three downhill races; his best result was 33rd at

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, Norway, also in 2016.

Season standings

Race podiums

* 1 win (1 GS) * 5 podiums – (4 GS, 1 PG), 14 top tens

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

* * 1989 births Living people People from Scuol Swiss male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Skiers from Graubünden 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub