Patrick Feurstein

Patrick Feurstein

At Soldeu in March 2023
Personal information
Born	(1996-12-01) 1 December 1996 (age 28) Austria
Occupation	Alpine skier
Skiing career
Disciplines	Giant slalom
Club	SV Mellau - Vorarlberg
World Cup debut	19 December 2019 (age 23)
Olympics
Teams	0
World Championships
Teams	0
World Cup
Seasons	3
Wins	0
Podiums	1 – (1 GS)
Overall titles	0 – (63rd in 2022)
Discipline titles	0 – (18th in GS, 2022)
Last updated on: 16 December 2024

Patrick Feurstein (born December 1, 1996) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer who specializes in giant slalom.

Career

Feurstein was raised in the village of Mellau. He debuted as a junior on December 6, 2011. He competed in his first world cup race on December 19, 2018, at Saalbach-Hinterglemm. A few weeks later, he managed to achieve his first top 30 result, finishing 29th at the giant slalom at Adelboden, but would be later disqualified. The same happened at the slalom two years later at the same location.^[1]

He had to leave out on the following 2020/21 season due to suffering from chronical headache, caused by a Neuritis.^[2] Feurstein scored his first world cup points on November 14, 2021, at the parallel race at Lech-Zürs. His best result of the season came at the giant slalom of Alta Badia where he finished fourth, narrowly missing out on a podium finish. He would finish second with the Austrian team at the team event at the season finale in Méribel.

On September 10, 2024, Feurstein narrowly avoided a crash with a course worker while competing at the South American Cup at Cerro Castor.^[3]

He scored his first podium finish in a single event on December 14, 2024, in giant slalom at Val d'Isère, France, making up 22 positions after the first run.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined	Parallel
2022	25	63	—	18	—	—	—	29
2023	26	81	—	24	—	—		—
2024	27	86	—	31	—	—
2025	28	12	—	7	—	—

Standings through 15 December 2024

Race podiums

• 0 wins
• 1 podium – (1 GS), 4 top tens (4 GS)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2025	14 Dec 2024	Val d'Isère, France	Giant slalom	2nd

Personal life

Feurstein is a graduate of the Internatsschule für SchisportlerInnen Stams (Boarding School for Ski Athletes Stams).^[4] His cousin Lukas Feurstein (b. 2001) is also a World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in super-G and giant slalom.

References

1. "RTL in Adelboden: Feurstein disqualifiziert - da half auch Hirscher-Know-how nicht". www.kleinezeitung.at (in German). 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
2. Weihs, Peter (2021-06-13). ""Hirscher hat mich in der Zeit sehr oft angerufen"". Kronen (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-14.
3. Weihs, Peter (2024-09-19). "ÖSV-Riesentorläufer entgeht Katastrophe nur knapp". Kronen (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-14.
4. "Patrick Feurstein im Skiweltcup.TV-Interview: "Das Einzige was hilft, ist der Glaube an sich selbst!"". Ski Weltcup Saison 2024/25 (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-14.

External links

• Patrick Feurstein at FIS (alpine)
• Patrick Feurstein at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Patrick Feurstein at the Austrian Ski team official site (in German)