Vincent Kriechmayr

Vincent Kriechmayr (born 1 October 1991) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the speed events of super-G and downhill.

Vincent Kriechmayr

At the 2018 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1991-10-01) 1 October 1991 (age 33) Linz, Upper Austria, Austria
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Super-G, Downhill, Combined
Club	TVN Wels – Oberoesterreich
World Cup debut	12 December 2010 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2018, 2022)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	5 – (2017–2025)
Medals	5 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	13 – (2011–2023)
Wins	18 – (9 DH, 9 SG)
Podiums	37 – (15 DH, 22 SG)
Overall titles	0 – (5th in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)
Discipline titles	1 – (SG in 2021)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Austria World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Super-G 9 7 6 Downhill 9 6 0 Total 18 13 6 International alpine ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 0 World Championships 2 2 1 Total 2 2 1 World Championships 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Downhill 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Super-G 2019 Åre Super-G 2025 Saalbach Downhill 2019 Åre Downhill

Kriechmayr is the 2021 world champion in both speed events, super-G and downhill.

Career

Born in Linz, Upper Austria, Kriechmayr made his World Cup debut in December 2010 at age nineteen. He achieved his first World Cup podium in March 2015, a runner-up finish in super-G at Kvitfjell, Norway. He achieved his first World Cup victory in a super-G in December 2017 at Beaver Creek, Colorado.^[1] His fourth World Cup victory came in the classic downhill at Wengen in 2019.^[2]

At the World Championships in 2021 at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Kriechmayr won both the super-G^[3] and the downhill,^[4] becoming the third male to take the speed double at the Worlds, after Hermann Maier in 1999 and Bode Miller in 2005.^[5] He won the super-G season title in 2021, 83 points ahead of runner-up Marco Odermatt; the super-G at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide was cancelled due to fog.^[6] In October 2021 Kriechmayr was named Austrian sportsman of the year for 2021.^[7]

World Cup results

Season titles

• 1 title  – (1 Super-G)

Season	Discipline
2021	Super-G

Season standings

Season
	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2014	22	59	—	—	23	—	18
2015	23	24	—	48	6	21	12
2016	24	14	—	58	4	18	10
2017	25	25	—	—	14	14	17
2018	26	7	—	—	2	5	—
2019	27	5	—	55	2	3	9
2020	28	5	—	—	2	6	10
2021	29	6	—	51	1	5	—
2022	30	5	—	—	3	6
2023	31	5	—	58	3	2
2024	32	6	—	—	2	4
2025	33	12	—	—	2	11

Standings through 9 March 2025

Race victories

	Total	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined	Parallel
Wins	18	—	—	9	9	—	—
Podiums	37	—	—	22	15	—	—

Season
	Date	Location	Discipline
2018	1 December 2017	Beaver Creek, USA	Super-G
	14 March 2018	Åre, Sweden	Downhill
	15 March 2018		Super-G
2019	19 January 2019	Wengen, Switzerland	Downhill
2020	20 December 2019	Val Gardena, Italy	Super-G
	20 February 2020	Hinterstoder, Austria	Super-G
2021	25 January 2021	Kitzbühel, Austria	Super-G
	6 February 2021	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	Super-G
	6 March 2021	Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria	Downhill
2022	15 January 2022	Wengen, Switzerland	Downhill
	16 March 2022	Courchevel, France	Downhill
	17 March 2022		Super-G
2023	15 December 2022	Val Gardena, Italy	Downhill
	28 December 2022	Bormio, Italy	Downhill
	20 January 2023	Kitzbühel, Austria	Downhill
	15 March 2023	Soldeu, Andorra	Downhill
2024	15 December 2023	Val Gardena, Italy	Super-G
	18 February 2024	Kvitfjell, Norway	Super-G

World Championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2017	25	—	—	5	19	8
2019	27	—	—	2	3	17
2021	29	—	—	1	1	DNF2
2023	31	—	—	12	11	DNS2
2025	33	—	—	4	2	DNF2

Olympic results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2018	26	—	—	6	7	DNF2
2022	30	—	—	5	8	—