Alexander PAYER
AustriaEvents and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
 Snowboard |
Men's Parallel Giant Slalom | 8 |
Schedule
Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| Olympic Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 9 | Men's Parallel Giant Slalom | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| World Championship | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| 10 | Parallel Slalom Men | 2021 | Rogla, SLO | 55.16 |
| 11 | Parallel Giant Slalom Men | 2019 | Park City, USA | |
| 14 | Parallel Giant Slalom Men | 2021 | Rogla, SLO | 1:03.08 |
| 14 | Parallel Slalom Men | 2017 | Sierra Nevada, ESP | |
| 31 | Parallel GS Men | 2017 | Sierra Nevada, ESP | 41.51 |
| World Cup Rankings | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | All | Parallel Giant Slalom | Parallel Slalom | Parallel | Parallel/Snowboard Cross Overall |
| 2021/2022 | 9 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 2020/2021 | 17 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 2019/2020 | 9 | 8 | 10 | ||
| 2018/2019 | 22 | 12 | 17 | ||
| 2017/2018 | 4 | 17 | 8 | ||
| 2016/2017 | 21 | 6 | 17 | ||
| 2015/2016 | 12 | 10 | 14 | ||
| 2014/2015 | 20 | 18 | 19 | ||
| 2013/2014 | 25 | 9 | 13 | ||
| 2012/2013 | 37 | 17 | 28 | ||
| 2010/2011 | 62 | 131 | |||
| 2009/2010 | 345 | 89 | |||
| World Cup - Best Achievements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Parallel Giant Slalom | Parallel Slalom | Parallel Giant Slalom Team | Parallel Slalom Team |
| 2021/2022 | 2 x 6th | 1 x 3rd | 1 x 1st | 1 x 6th |
| 2020/2021 | 1 x 8th | 1 x 2nd | 2 x 10th | |
| 2019/2020 | 1 x 4th | 1 x 4th | 1 x 6th | |
| 2018/2019 | 1 x 6th | 1 x 7th | 1 x 6th | |
| 2017/2018 | 1 x 1st | 1 x 8th | 1 x 2nd | 1 x 1st |
| 2016/2017 | 1 x 11th | 1 x 3rd | 2 x 5th | |
| 2015/2016 | 1 x 8th | 1 x 5th | ||
| 2014/2015 | 1 x 7th | 1 x 7th | ||
| 2013/2014 | 1 x 11th | 1 x 2nd | ||
| 2012/2013 | 1 x 21st | 1 x 12th | ||
| 2010/2011 | 1 x 29th | |||
| Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Season | Location | Result |
| 1 | Parallel Giant Slalom Team | 2021/2022 | Simonhöhe, AUT | |
| 3 | Parallel Slalom | 2021/2022 | Bad Gastein, AUT | 52.92 |
| 6 | Parallel Slalom Team | 2021/2022 | Bad Gastein, AUT | |
| 6 | Parallel Giant Slalom | 2021/2022 | Simonhöhe, AUT | 1:01.64 |
| 6 | Parallel Giant Slalom | 2021/2022 | Scuol, SUI | 1:15.08 |
| 11 | Parallel Giant Slalom | 2021/2022 | Cortina d Ampezzo, ITA | 1:15.12 |
| 13 | Parallel Giant Slalom | 2021/2022 | Carezza, ITA | 1:16.09 |
| 21 | Parallel Slalom | 2021/2022 | Bannoye, RUS | 1:02.55 |
Alex.
Running, tennis, biking, and travelling.
Athlete, Sport and geography teacher
Sport and geography master degree.
Girlfriend, Alpine snowboarding World Cup competitor and Olympian Sabine Schoeffmann (AUT).
German, English
SK St. Urban
Hans Berger (AUT)
Girlfriend Sabine Schoeffmann (Alpine snowboarding): World Cup competitor and Olympian.
Ultra trail running. Competed at the Cortina Trail race in June 2021, a spectacular running race of 48km with departure and arrival in Cortina d'Ampezzo, through the world-renown Dolomites.
2004 FIS event in Moelltaler Gletscher (Snowboard Cross - 99th)
2010 World Cup in Kreischberg (Parallel Giant Slalom - 54th)
2014
Started snowboarding at age six with his father at Simonhoehe, his hometown resort. Started racing at age 10. (Athlete, May 2021)
Lives in a part of Austria not renowned for freeride or freestyle terrains so got addicted to the packed-hard surfaces and carving was the best way to ride down in style. (Athlete, May 2021)
"From the beginning, I was a raceboarder with body and soul. The feeling of carving on an edge never lets you go." (alex.payer.at, Feb 2020)
Win a medal at any major event. (Athlete, May 2021)
First place in Parallel Giant Slalom at the Cortina d'Ampezzo World Cup stop in 2017, his first and only World Cup win so far. (Athlete, May 2021)
Snowboarder Jasey Jay Anderson (CAN), 2010 Parallel Giant Slalom Olympic champion.
Snowboarder Mathieu Bozzetto (FRA), eight-time Alpine snowboarding crystal globe winner.
Father and all his friends. (Athlete, May 2021)
"Hard work pays off." (Athlete, May 2021)
