Sebastian Foss-Solevåg
Norwegian alpine skier
Sebastian Foss-Solevåg
At Zagreb in 2015
Born (1991-07-13 ) 13 July 1991 (age 33) Ålesund , Norway Occupation Alpine skier Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Disciplines Slalom Club Spjelkavik IL[ 1] World Cup debut 17 November 2012 (age 22) Teams 3 – (2014 , 2018 , 2022 ) Medals 2 (1 team, 1 individual) (0 gold) Teams 5 – (2015 –2023 ) Medals 2 (2 gold) Seasons 11 – (2013 –2023 ) Wins 2 – (2 SL ) Podiums 5 – (5 SL) Overall titles 0 – (14th in 2021 ) Discipline titles 0 – (5th in SL , 2020 , 2021)
Sebastian Foss-Solevåg (born 13 July 1991) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in slalom . He is world champion, Olympic bronze medalist and three times national champion in slalom.
Career
Born in Ålesund , he competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , in slalom where he placed ninth.[ 2]
Foss-Solevåg's first World Cup podium came in January 2015 at Zagreb , Croatia ,[ 3] and his first win came six years later at Flachau , Austria. He won the gold medal in the slalom at the World Championships in 2021 ,[ 4] and won another in the team event .
At the 2018 Winter Olympics he won a bronze medal in the mixed team competition,[ 1] along with Nina Haver-Løseth , Kristin Lysdahl , Maren Skjøld , Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen and Jonathan Nordbotten .[ 5]
Competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics he won a bronze medal in men's slalom ,[ 1] behind Clément Noël and Johannes Strolz .[ 6]
Foss Solevåg became national champion in slalom in 2013, 2015 and 2021.[ 7]
Personal life
Foss Solevåg was born in Ålesund on 13 July 1991.[ 1]
World Cup results
Season standings
Race podiums
2 wins – (2 SL )
5 podiums – (5 SL)
World Championship results
Olympic results
References
External links
2005 : (Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer , Andreas Ertl , Martina Ertl , Florian Eckert , Hilde Gerg , Felix Neureuther )
2007 : (Renate Götschl , Michaela Kirchgasser , Marlies Schild , Mario Matt , Fritz Strobl , Benjamin Raich )
2009 : 0000 Not contested
2011 : (Taïna Barioz , Anémone Marmottan , Tessa Worley , Thomas Fanara , Cyprien Richard , Gauthier de Tessières )
2013 : (Nicole Hosp , Michaela Kirchgasser , Carmen Thalmann , Marcel Hirscher , Marcel Mathis , Philipp Schörghofer )
2015 : (Eva-Maria Brem , Marcel Hirscher , Nicole Hosp , Michaela Kirchgasser , Christoph Nösig , Philipp Schörghofer )
2017 : (Adeline Baud Mugnier , Nastasia Noens , Tessa Worley , Mathieu Faivre , Julien Lizeroux , Alexis Pinturault )
2019 : (Aline Danioth , Andrea Ellenberger , Wendy Holdener , Sandro Simonet , Daniel Yule , Ramon Zenhäusern )
2021 : (Sebastian Foss-Solevåg , Kristin Lysdahl , Kristina Riis-Johannessen , Fabian Wilkens Solheim , Thea Louise Stjernesund )
2023 : (Tommy Ford , Katie Hensien , Paula Moltzan , Nina O'Brien , River Radamus , Luke Winters )