Felix Neureuther is a German retired World Cup alpine ski racer and former World champion.
10 Facts About Felix Neureuther
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Felix Neureuther is the nephew of Evi Mittermaier, who was a successful alpine ski racer and former Olympian in 1976 and 1980.
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Felix Neureuther was raised in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria and was a member of the German national ski team.
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Felix Neureuther has competed in nine World Championships and three Winter Olympics.
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Felix Neureuther won a silver medal in the slalom at the 2013 World Championships and added a bronze medal in the team event.
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Felix Neureuther won bronze medals in slalom in 2015 and 2017.
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Felix Neureuther won his first World Cup race in 2010, in a slalom at Kitzbuhel, Austria.
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Felix Neureuther won his only giant slalom in January 2014 at Adelboden, Switzerland, which was only the second victory by a German male in a World Cup giant slalom; Max Rieger won the first in March 1973, nearly 41 years earlier in Quebec.
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Felix Neureuther's parents are both former World Cup ski racers, members of the West German team in the 1970s.
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Felix Neureuther's father is Christian Neureuther, winner of six World Cup slaloms, and his mother is Rosi Mittermaier, a World, Olympic, and World Cup champion, all in 1976.