Christian Neureuther

Christian Neureuther (born 28 April 1949) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Germany.

Christian Neureuther
Alpine skier
Neureuther in 2014
DisciplinesSlalom, Giant slalom
Born (1949-04-28) April 28, 1949
Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
Bavaria, West Germany
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
World Cup debutDecember 1969 (age 20)
RetiredFebruary 1981 (age 31)
Olympics
Teams3 – (1972, 1976, 1980)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams5 – (19721980)
      includes 3 Olympics
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons12 – (19701981)
Wins6 – (6 SL)
Podiums20 – (20 SL)
Overall titles0 – (4th in 1973)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in SL, 1973, 1974)

Racing career

Born and raised in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Neureuther specialized in the slalom and won six World Cup races and attained twenty podiums. He competed for West Germany in three Winter Olympics (1972, 1976, 1980) and was fifth in the slalom in both 1976 and 1980. Neureuther was the runner-up to Gustav Thöni in the World Cup season slalom standings in 1973 and 1974; he was fourth overall in 1973 and ninth in 1974.

Personal

Neureuther is married to Rosi Mittermaier, a double gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics and the overall World Cup champion in 1976. Married in 1980, they are the parents of Felix Neureuther (b.1984), a retired World Cup ski racer for Germany.

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
197020251719not
run
not
awarded
197121868
197222321323
19732342
1974249225
197525217
197626266
197727289not
awarded
1978283414
197929143
198030163
1981317327
Points were only awarded for top ten finishes (see scoring system).

Race podiums

  • 6 wins – (6 SL)
  • 20 podiums – (20 SL); 59 top tens
SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
197130 Jan 1971 Megève, FranceSlalom3rd
25 Feb 1971 Heavenly Valley, USASlalom2nd
197317 Dec 1972 Madonna di Campiglio, ItalySlalom3rd
14 Jan 1973   Wengen, SwitzerlandSlalom1st
21 Jan 1973 Megève, FranceSlalom1st
4 Feb 1973 St. Anton, AustriaSlalom2nd
4 Mar 1973 Mt. St. Anne, CanadaSlalom3rd
15 Mar 1973 Naeba, JapanSlalom2nd
197417 Dec 1973 Vipiteno, ItalySlalom3rd
5 Jan 1974 Garmisch, West GermanySlalom1st
20 Jan 1974   Wengen, SwitzerlandSlalom1st
197521 Feb 1975 Naeba, JapanSlalom3rd
197611 Jan 1976   Wengen, SwitzerlandSlalom3rd
197718 Mar 1977 Voss, NorwaySlalom3rd
197913 Dec 1978 Madonna di Campiglio, ItalySlalom3rd
9 Jan 1979   Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandSlalom1st
21 Jan 1979 Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom1st
17 Mar 1979 Furano, JapanSlalom2nd
198013 Jan 1980 Kitzbühel, AustriaSlalom2nd
27 Feb 1980 Waterville Valley, USASlalom2nd

World championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
197020DNF17not
run
19722211DNF2
197424DNF
197626530
1978286
1980305

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.
At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
19722211DNF2not
run
not
run
197626530
1980305
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