Thomas Dreßen

Thomas Dreßen (born 22 November 1993) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. Dreßen made his World Cup debut in February 2015 at the Saalbach downhill. He made his first podium in December 2017 in the downhill at Beaver Creek and his first win came the following month at Kitzbühel.

Thomas Dreßen
Alpine skier
January 2018
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G, Combined
ClubSC Mittenwald
Born (1993-11-22) 22 November 1993
Jülich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
World Cup debut21 February 2015 (age 21)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams1 – (2017)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons6 – (2015–2020)
Wins5 – (5 DH)
Podiums9 – (7 DH, 2 SG)
Overall titles0 – (8th in 2018)
Discipline titles0 – (3rd in DH, 2018)

Career

Dreßen made his World Cup debut at the Saalbach downhill on 21 February 2015; he finished in 39th place.[1] He scored his first World Cup points in the Lake Louise downhill, finishing in 23rd.[2] In November 2018, Dreßen suffered a season-ending knee injury at Beaver Creek and missed the world championships in February. Exactly a year after his injury, he won the season's first downhill at Lake Louise.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
2016221094330
20172368312539
20182481138
201925893434
202026992

Race podiums

  • 5 wins – (5 DH)
  • 10 podiums – (7 DH, 3 SG)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2018 2 Dec 2017 Beaver Creek, USA Downhill 3rd
20 Jan 2018 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 1st
10 Mar 2018 Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 1st
15 Mar 2018 Åre, Sweden Super-G 3rd
2020 30 Nov 2019 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 1st
20 Dec 2019 Val Gardena, Italy Super-G 3rd
18 Jan 2020    Wengen, Switzerland Downhill 3rd
1 Feb 2020 Garmisch, Germany Downhill 1st
13 Feb 2020 Saalbach, Austria Downhill 1st
14 Feb 2020 Super-G 3rd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
201723DNF1214
201925Season-ending knee injury in November 2018, did not compete.

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2018241259

References

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