Vincent Kriechmayr (born 1 October 1991) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the speed events of super-G and downhill. Kriechmayr is the 2021 world champion in both speed events, super-G and downhill. He won a silver medal for team combined ski at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Career Born in Linz, Upper Austria, Kriechmayr made his World Cup debut in December 2010 at age nineteen. He achieved his first World Cup podium in March 2015, a runner-up finish in super-G at Kvitfjell, Norway. He achieved his first World Cup victory in a super-G in December 2017 at Beaver Creek, Colorado. His fourth World Cup victory came in the classic downhill at Wengen in 2019.
At the World Championships in 2021 at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Kriechmayr won both the super-G and the downhill, becoming the third male to take the speed double at the Worlds, after Hermann Maier in 1999 and Bode Miller in 2005. He won the super-G season title in 2021, 83 points ahead of runner-up Marco Odermatt; the super-G at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide was cancelled due to fog. In October 2021 Kriechmayr was named Austrian sportsman of the year for 2021.
World Cup results Season titles 1 title – (1 Super-G) SeasonDiscipline 2021 Super-G
Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2014 22 59 — — 23 — 18 2015 23 24 — 48 6 21 12 2016 24 14 — 58 4 18 10 2017 25 25 — — 14 14 17 2018 26 7 — — 2 5 — 2019 27 5 — 55 2 3 9 2020 28 5 — — 2 6 10202129 6 — 51 1 5 rowspan=9 2022 30 5 — — 3 6 2023 31 5 — 58 3 2 2024 32 6 — — 2 4 2025 33 12 — — 3 11 2026 34 8 — 52 2 4
Race victories TotalSuper-GDownhill Wins 20 10 10 Podiums 43 25 18 Season Date Location Discipline20181 December 2017 Beaver Creek, United States Super-G14 March 2018 Åre, Sweden Downhill15 March 2018 Super-G201919 January 2019 Wengen, Switzerland Downhill202020 December 2019 Val Gardena, Italy Super-G20 February 2020 Hinterstoder, Austria Super-G202125 January 2021 Kitzbühel, Austria Super-G6 February 2021 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Super-G6 March 2021 Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria Downhill202215 January 2022 Wengen, Switzerland Downhill16 March 2022 Courchevel, France Downhill17 March 2022 Super-G202315 December 2022 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill28 December 2022 Bormio, Italy Downhill20 January 2023 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill15 March 2023 Soldeu, Andorra Downhill202415 December 2023 Val Gardena, Italy Super-G18 February 2024 Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G20265 December 2025 Beaver Creek, United States Super-G13 March 2026 Courchevel, France Downhill
World Championship results {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" width="40%" |- style="background-color:#369; color:white;" |rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="4%"|Year |- style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;" | width="3%"|Age | width="5%"|Slalom | width="5%"|Giantslalom | width="5%"|Super-G | width="5%"|Downhill | width="5%"|Combined | width="5%"|Teamcombined |- style="background-color:#8CB2D8; color:white;"
| 2017 || 25 || — || — || 5 || 19 || 8 || rowspan=4 |- | 2019 || 27 || — || — || bgcolor=silver|2 || bgcolor="cc9966"|3 || 17 |- | 2021 || 29 || — || — || bgcolor=gold|1 || bgcolor=gold|1 || DNF2 |- | 2023 || 31 || — || — || 12 || 11 || DNS2 |- | 2025 || 33 || — || — || 4 || bgcolor=silver|2 || || DNF2
Olympic results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedTeamcombined 2018 26 — — 6 7 DNF2 rowspan=2 202230——58—202634——762
References
External links
Vincent Kriechmayr at Ski Austria (archive) Vincent Kriechmayr at Milano Cortina 2026