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Christian Neureuther
	Neureuther in 2014
Personal information
Born	28 April 1949 (age 75); Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Slalom, giant slalom
World Cup debut	December 1969 (age 20)
Retired	February 1981 (age 31)
Olympics
Teams	3 – (1972, 1976, 1980)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	5 – (1972–1980); includes 3 Olympics
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	12 – (1970–1981)
Wins	6 – (6 SL)
Podiums	20 – (20 SL)
Overall titles	0 – (4th in 1973)
Discipline titles	0 – (2nd in SL, 1973, 1974)

Christian Neureuther (born 28 April 1949) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Germany.

Racing career

Born and raised in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Neureuther specialized in the slalom and won six World Cup races and attained twenty podiums. He competed for West Germany in three Winter Olympics (1972, 1976, and 1980) and was fifth in the slalom in both 1976 and 1980. Neureuther was the runner-up to Gustav Thöni in the World Cup season slalom standings in 1973 and 1974; he was fourth overall in 1973 and ninth in 1974.

Personal

Until her death in 2023, Neureuther was married to Rosi Mittermaier, a double gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics and the overall World Cup champion in 1976. Married in 1980, they are the parents of Felix Neureuther (b.1984), a retired World Cup ski racer for Germany.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
1970	20	25	17	19	not run	—	not awarded
1971	21	8	6	8		—
1972	22	32	13	23		—
1973	23	4	2	—		—
1974	24	9	2	25		—
1975	25	21	7	—		—
1976	26	26	6	—		—	—
1977	27	28	9	—		—	not awarded
1978	28	34	14	—		—
1979	29	14	3	—		—
1980	30	16	3	—		—	—
1981	31	73	27	—		—

Points were only awarded for top ten finishes (see scoring system).

Race podiums

6 wins – (6 SL)
20 podiums – (20 SL); 59 top tens

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
1971	30 January 1971	Megève, France	Slalom	3rd
1971	25 February 1971	Heavenly Valley, US	Slalom	2nd
1973	17 December 1972	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	Slalom	3rd
	14 January 1973	Wengen, Switzerland	Slalom	1st
	21 January 1973	Megève, France	Slalom	1st
	4 February 1973	St. Anton, Austria	Slalom	2nd
	4 March 1973	Mt. St. Anne, Canada	Slalom	3rd
	15 March 1973	Naeba, Japan	Slalom	2nd
1974	17 December 1973	Vipiteno, Italy	Slalom	3rd
	5 January 1974	Garmisch, West Germany	Slalom	1st
	20 January 1974	Wengen, Switzerland	Slalom	1st
1975	21 February 1975	Naeba, Japan	Slalom	3rd
1976	11 January 1976	Wengen, Switzerland	Slalom	3rd
1977	18 March 1977	Voss, Norway	Slalom	3rd
1979	13 December 1978	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	Slalom	3rd
	9 January 1979	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	Slalom	1st
	21 January 1979	Kitzbühel, Austria	Slalom	1st
	17 March 1979	Furano, Japan	Slalom	2nd
1980	13 January 1980	Kitzbühel, Austria	Slalom	2nd
1980	27 February 1980	Waterville Valley, USA	Slalom	2nd

World championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
1970	20	DNF	17	not run	—	—
1972	22	11	DNF2		—	—
1974	24	DNF	—		—	—
1976	26	5	30		—	—
1978	28	6	—		—	—
1980	30	5	—		—	—

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.
At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).