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==Racing career== |
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Born in [[Schangnau]] in the canton of [[Bern (canton)|Bern]], Feuz made his World Cup debut in December 2006, but missed all of the [[2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2008]] and [[2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2009]] seasons due to torn ligaments in his left knee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fisalpine.com/news/switzerland-beat-feuz-back-the-top,1255.html|publisher=FIS Alpine.com|title=Switzerland’s Beat Feuz back at the top|date=March 11, 2011}}</ref> He secured his first two World Cup podia at the end of the [[2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2011]] season, both in [[downhill]] races at [[Kvitfjell]], [[Norway]], in March. His first podium was a victory, and he backed it up with another podium the following day. |
Born in [[Schangnau]] in the canton of [[Bern (canton)|Bern]], Feuz made his World Cup debut in December 2006, but missed all of the [[2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2008]] and [[2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2009]] seasons due to torn ligaments in his left knee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fisalpine.com/news/switzerland-beat-feuz-back-the-top,1255.html |publisher=FIS Alpine.com |title=Switzerland’s Beat Feuz back at the top |date=March 11, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314094157/http://www.fisalpine.com:80/news/switzerland-beat-feuz-back-the-top,1255.html |archivedate=2011-03-14 |df= }}</ref> He secured his first two World Cup podia at the end of the [[2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2011]] season, both in [[downhill]] races at [[Kvitfjell]], [[Norway]], in March. His first podium was a victory, and he backed it up with another podium the following day. |
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At his first [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]] in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011|2011]], Feuz finished 9th in the Downhill in [[Garmisch Classic|Garmisch]], [[Germany]]. He also competed in the [[Alpine skiing combined|Super Combined]], where he finished 2nd in the Downhill portion, but skied out of the Slalom course with just a few gates to go. He also competed in the team event for Switzerland, which lost to Sweden in the quarterfinals. |
At his first [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]] in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011|2011]], Feuz finished 9th in the Downhill in [[Garmisch Classic|Garmisch]], [[Germany]]. He also competed in the [[Alpine skiing combined|Super Combined]], where he finished 2nd in the Downhill portion, but skied out of the Slalom course with just a few gates to go. He also competed in the team event for Switzerland, which lost to Sweden in the quarterfinals. |
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Born | Schangnau, Bern, Switzerland | 11 February 1987||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | [undue weight? – discuss] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skiing career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G, Combined | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Schangnau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 10 December 2006 (age 19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | beat-feuz.ch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 1 – (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 2 – (2011, 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 7th – (2007, 2010–2012, 2014–2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 7 – (4 DH, 3 SG) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 22 – (13 DH, 5 SG, 4 KB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (2nd in 2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 – (2nd in DH & KB, 2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Beat Feuz (German pronunciation: [ˈbe.at ˈfɔɪts], born 11 February 1987) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer.
Racing career
Born in Schangnau in the canton of Bern, Feuz made his World Cup debut in December 2006, but missed all of the 2008 and 2009 seasons due to torn ligaments in his left knee.[1] He secured his first two World Cup podia at the end of the 2011 season, both in downhill races at Kvitfjell, Norway, in March. His first podium was a victory, and he backed it up with another podium the following day.
At his first World Championships in 2011, Feuz finished 9th in the Downhill in Garmisch, Germany. He also competed in the Super Combined, where he finished 2nd in the Downhill portion, but skied out of the Slalom course with just a few gates to go. He also competed in the team event for Switzerland, which lost to Sweden in the quarterfinals.
2012
Feuz carried this positive momentum into the start of the 2012 season, with four podia by mid-December. He placed second in the first downhill of the season at Lake Louise, 0.06 seconds behind Swiss teammate Didier Cuche. Feuz posted two podia in Beaver Creek and then won his second World Cup event and his first in Super G on December 16 at Val Gardena (Gröden), Italy. Just miles from his hometown, he placed second in the Super Combined at Wengen in January, and won the classic Lauberhorn downhill the next day.[2] In February he won the pre-Olympic downhill in Russia at Rosa Khutor, the alpine racing venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics. A breakout season for Feuz, he won four races and had a total of 13 podiums. He finished second in the overall World Cup standings, second in the downhill, second in combined, and third in Super G.
Out for 2013
Feuz changed equipment from Salomon to Head after the 2012 season,[3] but it was later revealed that he was suffering from inflammation and bleeding in his left knee, and would miss the whole 2013 season.[4][5] The knee was re-injured at the pre-Olympic races in Russia in February 2012, and was operated on after the season in March for bone fragments.[3][6] He re-aggravated it during training in Argentina in August and was sent home for evaluation.[7]
Return in 2014
Feuz returned to the World Cup circuit in 2014, and in his third race back, claimed 6th place in the Birds of Prey Downhill. This however, was to prove to be Feuz's best result of the season as he still appeared to be struggling with his knee injury. Feuz no longer entered Giant Slalom races, and his ability in Slalom was diminished so that he could no longer contend in the Super Combined races, not even entering the Kitzbühel Combined competition, a race in which he had previously finished on the podium. Feuz was selected for the Swiss Olympic team and raced the Downhill, Super G and Super Combined, however a 13th in the downhill was the closest Feuz came to a medal. Overall, it was clear from the results in 2014 that Feuz wasn't skiing at 100%, not even managing to qualify for the World Cup Finals by finishing outside the top 25 in both Downhill and Super G in the final standings.
Return to top positions in 2015
After another offseason's worth of recovery for the knee, Feuz started the 2015 season brightly, taking 6th position in the opening Downhill in Lake Louise. The breakthrough result came in the next downhill as Feuz came runner-up in the Birds of Prey for the second time in his career. After the event, through an interpreter Feuz said "my knee will never be 100 percent again", and that for him his comeback story was "almost bigger than I can imagine, it's almost too much".[8] The lasting effects of the knee injury were clear though, Feuz didn't manage better than 17th in the first four Super G races of the season, and he still wasn't entering Giant Slalom races as he had done previously. Form in Downhill however was very much there, and Feuz backed up his result in Beaver Creek with a second runner-up placing, this time at his home Downhill in Wengen.
The podium results in Downhill were enough to book Feuz a ticket to the 2015 World Championships. The worlds were held on the Birds of Prey hill on which Feuz had twice been on the podium in his career. The Championships didn't start off so well however, as Feuz was left out of the Swiss squad for the Super G in favour of Mauro Caviezel. The downhill however was a different story, as Feuz led the race for much of the way. He was eventually beaten by teammate and eventual winner Patrick Küng and American Travis Ganong, but Feuz claimed the Bronze, his first major championship medal.[9] In the Super Combined the next day, Feuz produced another stellar downhill run, finishing 2nd by a narrow margin after the 1st leg. In the slalom run, Feuz was forced to ski in warm conditions on a rutted course, and this together with the deterioration of Feuz's technical skiing after his knee injury, meant Feuz blew a lead of over 3 seconds on gold-medalist Marcel Hirscher.
2016
Once again, injury problems were to spoil things for Feuz, who sustained an Achilles injury straddling a gate whilst training in South America. He was expected to miss at least the first few races of the season.[10] Later however, it was revealed that Feuz was targeting a comeback in time for his home races in Wengen. Feuz skied the downhill leg of the Wengen combined and elected to start the downhill the next day, earning a respectable 11th place in his first race back. Moving on to Kitzbühel, and still taking the training runs and races on a day-to-day basis, having earned another solid result of 16th in the Super G, Feuz elected to race the Downhill the next day. In only his third full race since his return and on a course Feuz had never been better than 6th before, he finished in runner-up position in a race full of high profile crashes.[11]
World Cup results
Season standings
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
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2007 | 20 | 118 | — | — | 52 | 46 | — |
2008 | 21 | injured: out for two seasons | |||||
2009 | 22 | ||||||
2010 | 23 | 73 | — | — | 53 | 41 | 18 |
2011 | 24 | 22 | — | — | 34 | 7 | 14 |
2012 | 25 | 2 | — | 34 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
2013 | 26 | injured: out for season | |||||
2014 | 27 | 50 | — | — | 28 | 27 | 28 |
2015 | 28 | 19 | — | — | 22 | 7 | 23 |
2016 | 29 | 13 | — | — | 12 | 5 | — |
- standings through 17 March 2016
Race podiums
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2011 | 11 Mar 2011 | ![]() |
Downhill | 1st |
12 Mar 2011 | Downhill | 3rd | ||
2012 | 26 Nov 2011 | ![]() |
Downhill | 2nd |
2 Dec 2011 | ![]() |
Downhill | 2nd | |
3 Dec 2011 | Super-G | 3rd | ||
16 Dec 2011 | ![]() |
Super G | 1st | |
13 Jan 2012 | ![]() |
Super Combined | 2nd | |
14 Jan 2012 | Downhill | 1st | ||
22 Jan 2012 | ![]() |
Combined | 2nd | |
5 Feb 2012 | ![]() |
Super Combined | 3rd | |
11 Feb 2012 | ![]() |
Downhill | 1st | |
12 Feb 2012 | Super Combined | 2nd | ||
2 Mar 2012 | ![]() |
Super G | 1st | |
4 Mar 2012 | Super G | 3rd | ||
14 Mar 2012 | ![]() |
Downhill | 2nd | |
2015 | 5 Dec 2014 | ![]() |
Downhill | 2nd |
18 Jan 2015 | ![]() |
Downhill | 2nd | |
2016 | 23 Jan 2016 | ![]() |
Downhill | 2nd |
30 Jan 2016 | ![]() |
Downhill | 3rd | |
20 Feb 2016 | ![]() |
Downhill | 3rd | |
16 Mar 2016 | ![]() |
Downhill | 1st | |
17 Mar 2016 | Super G | 1st |
World Championship results
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2011 | 24 | — | — | — | 9 | DNF2 |
2013 | 26 | injured, did not compete | ||||
2015 | 28 | — | — | — | 3 | 14 |
Olympic results
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2014 | 27 | — | — | 27 | 13 | 15 |
References
- ^ "Switzerland's Beat Feuz back at the top". FIS Alpine.com. March 11, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-03-14.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Feuz lays waste to Wengen field for DH win". Ski Racing.com. January 14, 2012.
- ^ a b "Feuz signs with Head Skis". Ski Racing.com. March 23, 2012.
- ^ "Swiss skier Beat Feuz out for season with injury". ESPN. Associated Press. November 21, 2012.
- ^ "Beat Feuz lost for season to inflammation in knee". Ski Racing.com. November 21, 2012.
- ^ "Post season surgery for Beat Feuz". Ski Racing.com. March 23, 2012.
- ^ "Feuz injury not serious, but he missed a substantial amount of time". Ski Racing.com. August 27, 2012.
- ^ "Kjetil Jansrud does it again, wins Beaver Creek downhill". CBC. Associated Press. December 5, 2014.
- ^ "Travis Ganong takes Worlds downhill silver behind Swiss". NBCsports. February 7, 2014.
- ^ "Swiss skier Beat Feuz to miss 3 months due to Achilles injury". ESPN. September 2, 2015.
- ^ "Fill wins in Kitzbuhel, Svindal out for rest of season". Reuters. January 23, 2016.
External links
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- Beat Feuz at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- FIS-ski.com – Beat Feuz – World Cup season standings
- Ski-db.com – Beat Feuz – results
- Beat Feuz at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
– Olympic results
- Official website Template:De icon
- Swiss Ski team – official site – Template:De icon
- Head Skis – team – Beat Feuz