Felix Neureuther

Felix Neureuther (; born 26 March 1984) is a German retired World Cup alpine ski racer and former World champion.

Early life Born in Munich-Pasing , Neureuther is the son of former World and Olympic champion Rosi Mittermaier and Christian Neureuther, a slalom specialist and winner of six World Cup races. He is the nephew of Evi Mittermaier, who was also a successful alpine ski racer and former Olympian in 1976 and 1980. As of 2020, the combined Neureuther–Mittermaier family has 31 World Cup wins, with 115 podium finishes.

Career

Neureuther was raised in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria and was a member of the German national ski team. He has competed in nine World Championships and three Winter Olympics. Neureuther won a silver medal in the slalom at the 2013 World Championships and added a bronze medal in the team event. Previously, he had won a gold medal in the team event in 2005. He won bronze medals in slalom in 2015 and 2017.

Neureuther won his first World Cup race in 2010, in a slalom at Kitzbühel, Austria. He won his only giant slalom in January 2014 at Adelboden, Switzerland, which was only the second victory by a German male in a World Cup giant slalom; Max Rieger won the first in March 1973, nearly 41 years earlier in Quebec.

Through January 2019, Neureuther has thirteen World Cup victories and 47 podiums, making him Germany's most successful male World Cup skier. In March 2019 he announced his retirement from competition ahead of his final race, a slalom at the World Cup finals in Soldeu, Andorra.

Personal life Neureuther's parents are both former World Cup ski racers, members of the West German team in the 1970s. His father is Christian Neureuther, winner of six World Cup slaloms, and his mother is Rosi Mittermaier, a World, Olympic, and World Cup champion, all in 1976. At the 1976 Winter Olympics, she won medals in all three alpine events, two golds and a silver. Since 2013 he has been in a relationship with biathlete Miriam Gössner; in October 2017 she gave birth to the couple's first child, a girl named Matilda, and the couple married in December the same year.

One of Neureuther's childhood friends is footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger. He presented Schweinsteiger with the "Special jury award" at the 2016 Bambi Awards.

World Cup results Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantslalomSuper GDownhillCombined 2004 19 62 25 — — — — 2005 20 83 33 — 48 — — 2006 21 48 17 41 — — — 2007 22 32 8 31 — — — 2008 23 25 7 — — — — 2009 24 47 15 — — — 43 2010 25 21 5 44 — — 42 2011 26 17 8 29 — — 11 2012 27 22 6 36 — — — 2013 28 4 2 6 — — — 2014 29 5 2 5 — — — 2015 30 4 2 8 — — — 2016 31 8 3 7 — — — 2017 32 5 4 4 — — — 2018 33 62 25 (knee injury in November: out for season) 2019 34 38 14 46 — — —

Race podiums TotalSlalomGiantslalomSuper GCombinedParallel Wins 13 111––1 Podiums 47 377–12

World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined Team event 2003 18 15 35 — — — — 2005 20 19 DNF1 — — — 1 2007 22 DNF2 DNF1 — — — — 2009 24 4 19 — — — — 2011 26 DNF2 34 — — — QF 2013 28 2 10 — — — 3 2015 30 3 4 — — — 1st round 2017 32 3 16 — — — 1st round 2019 34 DSQ2 — — — — —

Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2006 21 DNF2 DNF1 — — — 2010 25 DNF1 8 — — — 2014 29 DNF2 8 — — — 2018 33 injured: did not compete