Christine SCHEYER

Austria

Alpine Skiing

Date of Birth: 18 Jul 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Place of birth: HOHENEMS

Birth Country:

Austria

Residence: GOETZIS

Residence Country:

Austria

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Alpine Skiing	Women's Alpine Combined	6

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Women's Downhill 1st Training	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Women's Downhill 2nd Training	Cancelled
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Women's Downhill 3rd Training	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Women's Alpine Combined Downhill 1st Training	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Women's Alpine Combined Downhill	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical	Women's Alpine Combined Slalom	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
6	Downhill Ladies	2017	St. Moritz, SUI	1:33.79
13	Alpine combined Ladies	2017	St. Moritz, SUI	2:01.23
15	Super G Ladies	2017	St. Moritz, SUI	1:22.78
17	Super G Ladies	2021	Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA	1:27.16
19	Downhill Ladies	2021	Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA	1:36.26

World Cup Rankings
Season	All	Downhill	Super G	Alpine Combined
2021/2022	37	11	29
2020/2021	40	27	12
2019/2020	92	35	56
2018/2019	75	30
2017/2018	54	29	24	26
2016/2017	25	10	14	26
2015/2016	111			41

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Downhill	Super G	Alpine combined
2021/2022	1 x 5th	2 x 20th
2020/2021	1 x 17th	2 x 5th
2019/2020	1 x 12th	1 x 30th
2018/2019	1 x 7th
2017/2018	1 x 12th	1 x 6th	1 x 14th
2016/2017	1 x 1st	1 x 7th	1 x 11th
2015/2016		2 x 36th	1 x 23rd

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
5	Downhill	2021/2022	Lake Louise, CAN	1:49.75
10	Downhill	2021/2022	Zauchensee, AUT	1:47.04
10	Downhill	2021/2022	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER	1:41.88
13	Downhill	2021/2022	Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA	1:08.03
15	Downhill	2021/2022	Lake Louise, CAN	1:49.63
19	Downhill	2021/2022	Val d'Isere, FRA	1:43.81
20	Super G	2021/2022	Zauchensee, AUT	1:11.88
20	Super G	2021/2022	Val d'Isere, FRA	1:20.86
21	Super G	2021/2022	Lake Louise, CAN	1:20.04
23	Super G	2021/2022	St. Moritz, SUI	1:22.82

Nickname:

Christl. (Athlete, 2 Sep 2021)

Hobbies:

Tennis, reading, shopping, cooking, music, mountain biking. Likes to spend the time until her next training session with her parents and four sisters. (christine-scheyer.at; Athlete, 2 Sep 2021; oesv.at)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Graduated from Sportgymnasium Dornbirn. (vorarlberg.at, 16 Jan 2017)

Family:

Father, Wolfgang. Mother, Inge. Sisters, Alexandra, Julia, Lina, Ella.

Languages spoken:

German, English

Club name:

WSV Koblach

Coach:

National: Christoph Alster (AUT)

Sporting relatives:

Sister Alexandra Scheyer (Alpine skiing): Competed at the national level.

Other sports:

Gymnastics: 2013 World champion in acrobatic group gymnastics, as a member of Zurcaroh, the Goetzis group. (head.com)

Debut:

2009 FIS event in Bormio (Giant slalom - 33rd)
2014 World Cup event in Are (Giant slalom - DNQ1)

Injuries:

2 December 2018: Ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee along with a torn medial meniscus and an impression fracture of her right thigh, when she crashed in the World Cup super-G in Lake Louise, ending her season. Underwent surgery in Hochrum with Dr. Christian Hoser. (Athlete; 2 Sep 2021; sportreport.biz, 4 Dec 2018)

7 January 2015: Ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee in a Europa Cup giant slalom race in Zinal. (vol.at, 8 Jan 2015)

31 August 2013: Ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee racing in New Zealand. (Athlete, 2 Sep 2021; vol.at; 8 Jan 2015)

National team:

2013

Start:

Began skiing when she was two and a half years old. (Athlete, 2 Sep 2021)

Reason:

"Hard training and perseverance made my first World Cup victory possible. That gives me self-confidence and continues to drive me to establish myself at the top of the world." (Athlete, 2 Sep 2021)

Ambition:

"To become one of the best skiers in the world and hopefully win races and medals and inspire young people for ski racing." (Athlete, 2 Sep 2021)

Training:

Has kept an accurate training diary for years. "My training is not only intensive but also very diverse: strength, endurance, coordination, speed, ski-specific units. I really like to train because I can practice my passion for skiing. Even if there is usually not much time left for free time." (christine-scheyer.at)

Memorable:

Her World Cup victory in only her fourth downhill start (Altenmarkt-Zauchensee in January 2017).

Hero:

Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn (USA), three-time Olympic medallist. (Athlete, 2 Sep 2021)

Philosophy:

"Try hard or go home." (oesv.at)

Milestones

Competed at the 2017 and 2021 World Championships with the best finish of sixth in downhill in 2017 (St. Moritz).

Started speed racing in 2017 after recovering from two severe knee injuries, and in only her fourth World Cup start in the downhill, she had her first podium finish and podium victory. (Altenmarkt-Zauchensee) Her previous best was ninth a month previous in Val d’Isere. An unusual race, after heavy snowfall had canceled the program for the past three days, the mandatory training session had to be held just hours before the race. “It’s hard to describe. I just wanted to have a good training run. After that, I was hoping for a top-10 finish.” (usatoday.com, 15 Jan 2017)

In 2018, she was the Austrian national and junior national downhill champion.

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/christinescheyer
https://www.instagram.com/christine_scheyer/
Athlete Website: https://www.christine-scheyer.at/
Team Website: https://www.oesv.at/ski-alpin/athleten/details/56198/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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