Thomas Dreßen
Thomas Dreßen (born 22 November 1993) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. Dreßen made his World Cup debut in February 2015 at the Saalbach downhill. He made his first podium in December 2017 in the downhill at Beaver Creek and his first win came the following month at Kitzbühel.
| Alpine skier | |||||||||||||||||
 January 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G, Combined | ||||||||||||||||
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| Club | SC Mittenwald | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 November 1993 Jülich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 21 February 2015 (age 21) | ||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (2018) | ||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (2017) | ||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 6 – (2015–2020) | ||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 5 – (5 DH) | ||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 9 – (7 DH, 2 SG) | ||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (8th in 2018) | ||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (3rd in DH, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Dreßen made his World Cup debut at the Saalbach downhill on 21 February 2015; he finished in 39th place.[1] He scored his first World Cup points in the Lake Louise downhill, finishing in 23rd.[2] In November 2018, Dreßen suffered a season-ending knee injury at Beaver Creek and missed the world championships in February. Exactly a year after his injury, he won the season's first downhill at Lake Louise.
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 22 | 109 | — | — | — | 43 | 30 |
| 2017 | 23 | 68 | — | — | 31 | 25 | 39 |
| 2018 | 24 | 8 | — | — | 11 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 25 | 89 | — | — | 34 | 34 | — |
| 2020 | 26 | 9 | — | — | 9 | 2 | — |
Race podiums
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 Dec 2017 |  Beaver Creek, USA |
Downhill | 3rd |
| 20 Jan 2018 |  Kitzbühel, Austria |
Downhill | 1st | |
| 10 Mar 2018 |  Kvitfjell, Norway |
Downhill | 1st | |
| 15 Mar 2018 |  Åre, Sweden |
Super-G | 3rd | |
| 2020 | 30 Nov 2019 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Lake Louise, Canada |
Downhill | 1st |
| 20 Dec 2019 |  Val Gardena, Italy |
Super-G | 3rd | |
| 18 Jan 2020 |  Wengen, Switzerland |
Downhill | 3rd | |
| 1 Feb 2020 |  Garmisch, Germany |
Downhill | 1st | |
| 13 Feb 2020 | Saalbach, Austria |
Downhill | 1st | |
| 14 Feb 2020 | Super-G | 3rd |
World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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| 2017 | 23 | — | — | DNF | 12 | 14 |
| 2019 | 25 | Season-ending knee injury in November 2018, did not compete. | ||||
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thomas Dreßen. |
- Thomas Dressen at the International Ski Federation
- Thomas Dressen World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Thomas Dressen at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Thomas Dressen at the International Olympic Committee
- Thomas Dreßen at Zoll (in German)
- Thomas Dreßen at German Ski Team (in German)
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