Samu TORSTI

Finland

Alpine Skiing

Date of Birth: 5 Sep 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Place of birth: VAASA

Birth Country:

Finland

Residence: VAASA

Residence Country:

Finland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Alpine Skiing	Men's Giant Slalom	DNF

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical	Men's Giant Slalom Run 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
17	Men's Giant Slalom	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:02:21.370
21	Giant Slalom	2014	Sochi, RUS	00:02:47.970

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
9	Team Parallel Mixed	2021	Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA
12	Parallel Men	2021	Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA
15	Giant Slalom Men	2021	Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA	2:41.33
21	Giant Slalom Men	2015	Vail / Beaver Creek, USA	2:37.89
25	Giant Slalom Men	2019	Are, SWE	2:24.33
32	Giant Slalom Men	2013	Schladming, AUT	2:38.31
32	Giant Slalom Men	2011	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER	2:13.77

World Cup Rankings
Season	All	Giant Slalom
2020/2021	141	54
2019/2020	163
2018/2019	152	54
2017/2018	112	38
2016/2017	112	40
2015/2016	149	53
2014/2015	96	26

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Giant Slalom	Parallel	Parallel Giant Slalom
2021/2022		1 x 38th
2020/2021	1 x 27th	1 x 31st
2019/2020			1 x 32nd
2018/2019	1 x 28th
2017/2018	1 x 11th
2016/2017	1 x 10th
2015/2016	1 x 26th
2014/2015	1 x 13th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
38	Parallel	2021/2022	Lech / Zuers, AUT	46.56

Hobbies:

Cycling, golf, fishing. (Athlete Instagram)

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

Finnish

Club name:

Vasa Skidklubb

Debut:

2006 FIS event in Pyhaetunturi (Giant slalom - 25th)
2009 World Cup at Alta Badia (Giant slalom - DNF1)

Start:

Growing up in a small village on the western coast of Finland, he began skiing on a small ski hill, Ojberget, with just three runs. (samutorsti.fi)

Training:

"To be the best it’s not enough anymore to just train hard. You have to be smart in your approach and analyze your performance. Gradual strategic improvement of the body, mind and performance is crucial." (samitorsti.fi)

Milestones

Competed in two Olympic Winter Games, best result was 17th in giant slalom at PyeongChang 2018.

Took part in six World Championships (2011-21) with his best individual finishes being 12th in parallel and 15th in giant slalom at Cortina d'Ampezzo in 2021.

Competed in four Junior World Championships (2008-11) with best finishes was 27th in super-G at Megeve, 2010.

Career best World Cup result is 10th (giant slalom) at Adelboden, 2017.

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/samutorsti/
https://www.instagram.com/samutorsti/
Athlete Website: https://www.samutorsti.fi/

Legend

DNF:: Did Not Finish

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