Ralph Weber

Ralph Weber
Personal information
Born (1993-05-31) 31 May 1993 (age 31)
St. Gallen, Switzerland
OccupationAlpine skier
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G, Alpine Combined
ClubSC Flumserberg
World Cup debut
15 March 2012 (age 18)
World Cup
Seasons11
Wins0
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (108th in 2015)
Discipline titles0 – (41st in DH, 2015)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Switzerland
World Junior Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Roccaraso Super-G
Silver medal – second place 2012 Roccaraso Downhill

Ralph Weber (born 31 May 1993) is a Swiss alpine ski racer. Weber specializes in the speed events of Downhill and Super-G also skiing in the Alpine Combined discipline. Weber was the Junior World Champion in Super-G in 2012, making his World Cup debut in the same year on 15 March, 2012 in Schladming, Austria at the age of just 18.[1]

Career

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Weber's first major appearance was at the 2011 Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. He finished 9th in the downhill, and 17th in the Super-G.[2] Having claimed his first podium at Europa Cup level, Weber competed in the 2012 Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships in Roccaraso, Italy. He claimed the silver medal in the Downhill, just 9 hundredths of a second behind the winner,[3] and followed that with a gold in the Super-G the following day, ahead of teammate Nils Mani.[4] As a result of the World Junior victory, by rule the winner is invited to take part in the World Cup Finals in that discipline, and Weber made his World Cup debut in the Super-G in Schladming, finishing in 22nd place. Weber was also the reserve for Switzerland in the Team Event, though he didn't take part in the race.

In the next two seasons, Weber was mainly concentrating on the Europa Cup, with just a few appearances in the 2013 and 2014 World Cups, without scoring any points. He was however able to claim his first Europa Cup victory in his home race in Wengen in 2013.[5] Two more appearances at the Junior Worlds did not bring any more medals, and in fact Weber missed the rest of the 2014 season after suffering an injury in the Super-G at the 2014 Junior Worlds in Jasná, Slovakia.

2014-15 was to be the first season where Weber would compete in the majority of the 2015 World Cup races. He claimed his first World Cup points in the downhill in Santa Caterina, finishing in 10th place.[6] Weber also picked up his first career points in Super-G, with a 25th-place finish in Saalbach.[7]

Weber missed the start of the 2016 World Cup due to a knee injury suffered in pre-season training,[8] however, Weber was back by the events in Val Gardena in mid-December. In his first World Cup race of the year Weber finished in 11th position in the Super-G, and the next day posted the 7th fastest intermediate time halfway through the downhill, before failing to finish.[9] Courtesy of other skiers injuries and the result in the Super-G, Weber reached the top 30 in the World Cup Start List for the discipline. The races in Kitzbühel saw Weber claim points in Super-G, and his first career points in the Alpine Combined discipline. However, due to a race jury decision to cancel the famous downhill after 30 racers, Weber would have to wait another year to tackle the Streif for the first time.

World Cup results

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Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
2015 21 108 50 41
2016 22 63 23 36 28
2017 23 112 32 51
2018 24 101 37 25
2019 25 157 61
2020 26 99 36 31
2021 27 95 52 31
2022 28 114 41 48
Downhill
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Fin. Pos Points
2012-13 LAK
-
BEA
-
VGA
-
BOR
DNF
WEN
-
KIT
-
GAR
-
KVI
35
LEN
-
- 0
2013-14 LAK
51
BEA
44
VGA
-
BOR
53
WEN
DSQ
KIT
-
KVI
-
KVI
-
LEN
-
- 0
2014-15 LAK
43
BEA
44
VGA
36
SAN
10
WEN
40
KIT
-
SAA
40
GAR
-
KVI
38
MÉR
-
41st 26
2015-16 LAK
-
BEA
-
VGA
DNF
SAN
45
WEN
46
KIT
DNS
GAR
40
JEO
13
CHA
18
KVI
25
STM
-
36th 39
2016-17 ISE
30
VGA
48
KIT
28
GAR
36
GAR
37
KVI
36
KVI
38
ASP
-
51st 4
2017-18 LAK
50
BEA
40
VGA
31
BOR
45
WEN
47
KIT
43
GAR
45
KVI
48
ÅRE
-
0
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
Super-G
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fin. Pos Points
2011-12 LAK
-
BEA
-
VGA
-
CRA
-
CRA
-
KVI
-
KVI
-
SCH
22
- 0
2012-13 LAK
-
BEA
-
VGA
-
KIT
-
KVI
46
LEN
-
- 0
2014-15 LAK
-
BEA
-
VGA
-
KIT
-
SAA
25
KVI
DNF
MÉR
-
50th 6
2015-16 LAK
-
BEA
-
VGA
11
KIT
28
JEO
14
HIN
21
KVI
12
STM
12
23rd 99
2016-17 ISE
25
VGA
35
SAN
44
KIT
25
KVI
21
ASP
-
32nd 22
2017-18 LAK
33
BEA
22
VGA
32
KIT
19
KVI
46
ÅRE
-
37th 21
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
Alpine Combined
Year 1 2 3 Pos Points
2014-15 WEN
DNF1
KIT
-
- 0
2015-16 WEN
35
KIT
24
CHA
22
28th 16
2016-17 SAN
DNF1
WEN
34
- 0
2017-18 BOR
16
WEN
37
25th 15
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23

References

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  1. ^ "FIS World Cup Men's Super G 15.03.2012". International Ski Federation. 15 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Ralph Weber - 2011 Junior World Championship results". International Ski Federation. 25 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Another Cochran skier takes gold at junior worlds". USAtoday.com. 2 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Strolz gewinnt Super G bronze bei Junioren WM". relevant.at. 3 March 2012.
  5. ^ "European Cup - Men's Downhill 10.01.13". International Ski Federation. 10 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Travis Ganong siegt - Ralph Weber sensationell". srf.ch. 28 December 2014.
  7. ^ "FIS World Cup - Men's Super G 22.02.2015". International Ski Federation. 22 February 2015.
  8. ^ "8 settimane di stop per l'elvetico Ralph Weber". fantaski.it. 14 October 2015.
  9. ^ "FIS World Cup - Men's Downhill 19.12.2015 - Results, Analysis, Standings" (PDF). International Ski Federation. 19 December 2015.
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