Andreas Sander (born 13 June 1989) is a former German World Cup alpine ski racer. He specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G.
Career
On 13 March 2008, Sander made his World Cup debut in the Bormio Super-G. In December 2010, he scored his first World Cup points in the Val Gardena downhill, finishing in 28th place. Sander competed at the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, in the Super-G and Downhill. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the super-G, downhill, and combined. On 29 December 2015, he scored his first Top 10 World Cup result in the Santa Caterina Downhill, finishing in 10th place.
Sander won the silver medal in the downhill at the World Championships in 2021 at Cortina d'Ampezzo. His first World Cup podium came in March 2023 with a runner-up finish in the super-G at Aspen.
World Cup results Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantSlalomDownhillCombinedParallel 2011 21 161 — — — 59 — rowspan=8 2012 22 80 — — 46 35 32 2013 23 120 — — 52 49 29 2015 25 93 — — 43 37 — 2016 26 31 — — 15 25 25 2017 27 35 — — 12 22 — 2018 28 27 — — 11 13 — 2019 29 93 — — 24 47 — 2020 30 37 — — 13 30 — — 2021 31 20 — — 6 10 rowspan=3 — 2022 3246——1233 — 2023 3315——416
Top five results 0 wins 2 podiums (1 SG, 1 DH); 8 top fives (6 SG, 2 DH); 33 top tens Season Date Location Discipline Rank2017 16 December 2016 Val Gardena, Italy Super-G 5th202118 December 2020 Super-G 5th22 January 2021 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 5th2022 2 December 2021 Beaver Creek, USA Super-G 4th2023 Super-G 5th29 January 2023 Super-G 4th5 March 2023 Aspen, USA Super-G 2nd15 March 2023 Soldeu, Andorra Downhill 3rd
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantSlalomSuper-GDownhillCombined 2011 21 — — 21 DNF — 2015 25 — — 23 17 23 2017 27 — — 7 8 23 2021 31 — — 9 2 — 2023 33 — — 9 29 DNS2
Olympic Games results YearAgeSlalomGiantSlalomSuper-GDownhillCombined 2018 29 — — 10 8 DNF 2022 33 — — 8 17 —
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