Fritz Strobl

Born (1972-08-24) 24 August 1972 (age 53)

Lienz, East Tyrol, Austria

OccupationAlpine skier

Country Austria

DisciplinesDownhill, super-G, combined

Fritz Strobl

At Kitzbühel in 2000
Personal information
Born	(1972-08-24) 24 August 1972 (age 53) Lienz, East Tyrol, Austria
Occupation	Alpine skier
Sport
Country	Austria
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, super-G, combined
World Cup debut	12 December 1992 (age 20)
Retired	March 2007 (age 34)
Olympics
Teams	3 – (1998, 2002, 2006)
Medals	1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	5 – (1997, 2001–2007)
Medals	2 (1 gold)
World Cup
Wins	9 – (7 DH, 2 SG)
Podiums	31 – (25 DH, 6 SG)
Overall titles	0 – (5th in 2002)
Discipline titles	0 – (2nd in DH; 2002, 2006)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Austria Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake City Downhill World Championships 2007 Åre Team event 2007 Åre Super-G |}

Fritz Strobl (born 24 August 1972 in Lienz, Austria) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer.

Strobl was the gold medalist in the downhill at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, run on the Grizzly course at Snowbasin.^[1][2][3]

In his final season in 2007, he was the silver medalist in the super-G at the World Championships in Åre, Sweden.

Strobl competed on the World Cup circuit for 15 seasons and recorded 9 victories: seven in downhill and two in super-G. He had 31 podium finishes (top 3) and 110 top ten finishes.

He finished second in the downhill standings in 2002 and 2006, and third in 1997 and 2001. His best finish in the overall standings was fifth in 2005.

Strobl is of a handful of racers to have twice won the Hahnenkamm downhill at Kitzbühel (1997 and 2000). He still holds the record time for finishing the full Streif course in 1:51.58, an average speed of 66.4 mph (106.9 km/h), set in 1997. Strobl retired from international competition at age 34, at the conclusion of the 2007 season.

In his final race on 15 March 2007, Strobl descended the Lenzerheide super-G course dressed as Mozart.^[4][5]