Johannes Strolz

Johannes Strolz
	Strolz in 2022 with the three medals won at 2022 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Born	12 September 1992 (age 32); Bludenz, Austria
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Slalom, giant slalom
World Cup debut	14 December 2013 (age 21)
Website	johannesstrolz.at
Olympics
Teams	1 – (2022)
Medals	3 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams	1 – (2023)
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	10 – (2014–2023)
Wins	1 – (1 SL)
Podiums	1 – (1 SL)
Overall titles	0 – (97th in 2023)
Discipline titles	0 – (32nd in GS, 2023)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Austria
Olympic Games
Junior World Championships

Johannes Strolz (born 12 September 1992) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He won the gold medal in the combined at the 2022 Olympics. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He is the son of Hubert Strolz, the gold medalist in Combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He and his father became the first father-son duo to win gold in Alpine skiing at the Olympics.

Biography

Youth and Europa Cup

Strolz was born on 12 September 1992 in Bludenz, Austria. His father, Hubert Strolz, became the Olympic champion in combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. After graduating from the famous Schigymnasium Stams, he became a member of the junior squad of the Austrian Skiing Federation. Making his debut in the FIS Alpine Ski Europa Cup, Strolz's first success came at the World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2012, where he won the bronze medal in the Super-G, behind Switzerland's Ralph Weber and Nils Mani. At the following championships in Québec, he failed to repeat the win of a medal, still finishing within the top 20. Strolz then began shifting his focus onto the technical competitions of slalom and giant slalom. He became the overall champion of the Europa Cup in the 2017-18 season.

World Cup and Olympic Games

Johannes Strolz debuted on the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup at the giant slalom of Val-d’Isère in December 2013. He then struggled to deliver results and only appeared occasionally on the World Cup. In December 2019, he achieved his first world cup points, finishing 30th at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. At the slalom of Madonna di Campiglio in January 2020, Strolz reached his best result at that point, tenth place. He failed to win further points at the World Cup and was dismissed from the squad for that reason. He was granted to train with the Austrian team sometimes. Strolz had to pay for everything himself, including preparing his skis. Two years after his top-ten finish, he unexpectedly won the slalom race of Adelboden on 9 January 2022.^[2]

At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Strolz took part in the Alpine combined, Slalom and Team Event. He won a medal in the three events, two gold and one silver medal. Thirty-four years after his father became an Olympic champion in Calgary, Strolz won the Alpine combined, becoming the first father-son duo to win gold in Alpine skiing at the Olympics. He then claimed the silver medal in the slalom, only beaten by French skier Clement Noel, and the gold medal in the team event.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season
Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined	Parallel
2018	25	141	—	53	—	—	—
2019	26	68	37	34	—	—	20
2020	27	120	46	—	—	—	—	—
2021	28	100	35	—	—	—	—	—
2022	29	34	11	—	—	—		—
2023	30	97	32	—	—	—		—

Standings through 6 May 2023

Top ten finishes

1 wins (1 SL)
1 podium; 5 top tens (5 SL)

Season
Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2020	8 Jan 2020	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	Slalom	10th
2022	9 Jan 2022	Adelboden, Switzerland	Slalom	1st
	22 Jan 2022	Kitzbühel, Austria	Slalom	5th
	26 Feb 2022	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	Slalom	4th
	9 Mar 2022	Flachau, Austria	Slalom	4th