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Sebastian Foss-Solevåg

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Sebastian Foss-Solevåg
At Zagreb in 2015
Personal information
Born (1991-07-13) 13 July 1991 (age 33)
Ålesund, Norway
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom
ClubSpjelkavik IL[1]
World Cup debut17 November 2012 (age 22)
Olympics
Teams3 – (2014, 2018, 2022)
Medals2 (1 team, 1 individual) (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams5 – (20152023)
Medals2 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons11 – (20132023)
Wins2 – (2 SL)
Podiums5 – (5 SL)
Overall titles0 – (14th in 2021)
Discipline titles0 – (5th in SL, 2020, 2021)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Team event
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Slalom
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cortina d’Ampezzo Slalom
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cortina d’Ampezzo Team event

Sebastian Foss-Solevåg (born 13 July 1991) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in slalom. He is world champion, Olympic bronze medalist and three times national champion in slalom.

Career

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Born in Ålesund, he competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in slalom where he placed ninth.[2]

Foss-Solevåg's first World Cup podium came in January 2015 at Zagreb, Croatia,[3] and his first win came six years later at Flachau, Austria. He won the gold medal in the slalom at the World Championships in 2021,[4] and won another in the team event.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics he won a bronze medal in the mixed team competition,[1] along with Nina Haver-Løseth, Kristin Lysdahl, Maren Skjøld, Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen and Jonathan Nordbotten.[5]

Competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics he won a bronze medal in men's slalom,[1] behind Clément Noël and Johannes Strolz.[6]

Foss Solevåg became national champion in slalom in 2013, 2015 and 2021.[7]

Personal life

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Foss Solevåg was born in Ålesund on 13 July 1991.[1]

World Cup results

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Season standings

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Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
2014 22 72 26
2015 23 35 9
2016 24 45 11
2017 25 56 18
2018 26 29 8 40
2019 27 50 17
2020 28 25 5
2021 29 14 5
2022 30 32 10
2023 31 54 21

Race podiums

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  • 2 wins – (2 SL)
  • 5 podiums – (5 SL)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2015 6 Jan 2015 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 3rd
2016 20 Mar 2016  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Slalom 3rd
2021 22 Dec 2020 Italy Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom 2nd
17 Jan 2021 Austria Flachau, Austria Slalom 1st
2022 22 Dec 2021 Italy Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom 1st

World Championship results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
event
2015 23 9 5
2017 25 DNF1 5
2019 27 12 34 5
2021 29 1 1
2023 31 19

Olympic results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
event
2014 22 9 not run
2018 26 10 DNF2 3
2022 30 3

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Sebastian Foss Solevåg". olympedia.org. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Sebastian Foss Solevaag". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. ^ Sebastian FOSS-SOLEVAAG Fis Ski. Retrieved 17 October 2019
  4. ^ Sundby, Jørn. "alpint (verdensmestere)". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Team, Mixed". olympedia.org. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Slalom, Men". olympedia.org. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  7. ^ Bryhn, Rolf; Sundby, Jørn. "alpint – norgesmestere". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
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