![]() Neureuther in 2014 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany | 28 April 1949
Occupation | Alpine skier |
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
Skiing career | |
Disciplines | Slalom, giant slalom |
World Cup debut | December 1969 (age 20) |
Retired | February 1981 (age 31) |
Olympics | |
Teams | 3 – ( 1972, 1976, 1980) |
Medals | 0 |
World Championships | |
Teams | 5 – (
1972–
1980) includes 3 Olympics |
Medals | 0 |
World Cup | |
Seasons | 12 – ( 1970– 1981) |
Wins | 6 – (6 SL) |
Podiums | 20 – (20 SL) |
Overall titles | 0 – (4th in 1973) |
Discipline titles | 0 – (2nd in SL, 1973, 1974) |
Christian Neureuther (born 28 April 1949) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Germany.
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, and 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.
Until her death in 2023, Neureuther was 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.
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
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1970 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 19 | not run |
— | not awarded |
1971 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 8 | — | ||
1972 | 22 | 32 | 13 | 23 | — | ||
1973 | 23 | 4 | 2 | — | — | ||
1974 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 25 | — | ||
1975 | 25 | 21 | 7 | — | — | ||
1976 | 26 | 26 | 6 | — | — | — | |
1977 | 27 | 28 | 9 | — | — | not awarded | |
1978 | 28 | 34 | 14 | — | — | ||
1979 | 29 | 14 | 3 | — | — | ||
1980 | 30 | 16 | 3 | — | — | — | |
1981 | 31 | 73 | 27 | — | — |
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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1971 | 30 January 1971 |
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Slalom | 3rd |
25 February 1971 |
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Slalom | 2nd | |
1973 | 17 December 1972 |
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Slalom | 3rd |
14 January 1973 |
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Slalom | 1st | |
21 January 1973 |
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Slalom | 1st | |
4 February 1973 |
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Slalom | 2nd | |
4 March 1973 |
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Slalom | 3rd | |
15 March 1973 |
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Slalom | 2nd | |
1974 | 17 December 1973 |
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Slalom | 3rd |
5 January 1974 |
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Slalom | 1st | |
20 January 1974 |
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Slalom | 1st | |
1975 | 21 February 1975 |
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Slalom | 3rd |
1976 | 11 January 1976 |
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Slalom | 3rd |
1977 | 18 March 1977 |
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Slalom | 3rd |
1979 | 13 December 1978 |
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Slalom | 3rd |
9 January 1979 |
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Slalom | 1st | |
21 January 1979 |
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Slalom | 1st | |
17 March 1979 |
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Slalom | 2nd | |
1980 | 13 January 1980 |
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Slalom | 2nd |
27 February 1980 |
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Slalom | 2nd |
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1970 | 20 | DNF | 17 | not run |
— | — |
1972 | 22 | 11 | DNF2 | — | — | |
1974 | 24 | DNF | — | — | — | |
1976 | 26 | 5 | 30 | — | — | |
1978 | 28 | 6 | — | — | — | |
1980 | 30 | 5 | — | — | — |
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).
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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1972 | 22 | 11 | DNF2 | not run |
— | not run |
1976 | 26 | 5 | 30 | — | ||
1980 | 30 | 5 | — | — |