Josef Strobl

Josef "Pepi" Strobl (born 3 March 1974 in Holzgau) is a former alpine skier from Austria.

Career

During his career, he won three World Cup downhills (he gained much attention after winning his first ever World Cup downhill with start number 61), one giant slalom, two Super Gs and one parallel slalom. In the 1996/7 season he was the best placed Austrian in the overall World Cup.

From the 2004/5 season, until the end of his career in 2006, he competed for Slovenia, as he faced problems with qualifying within the extremely strong Austrian skiing team.

World Cup victories Datum Ort Land Disziplin 16 December 1994 Val-d'Isère France Downhill 25 November 1996 Park City United States Giant Slalom 2 March 1997 Kvitfjell Norway Super-G 24 October 1997 Tignes France Parallel Slalom 13 March 1998 Crans-Montana Switzerland Downhill 15 January 2000 Wengen Switzerland Downhill 12 February 2000 St. Anton Austria Super-G