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Lukas Mathies

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Lukas Mathies
Mathies in 2014
Personal information
Full nameLukas Mathies
Nationality Austria
Born (1991-03-15) 15 March 1991 (age 33)
Schruns, Austria
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportSnowboarding
EventAlpine
ClubWSV St. Gallenkirch[1]
Coached byTom Weninger[1]

Lukas Mathies (born 15 March 1991 in Schruns) is an Austrian alpine snowboarder.[1] He represented his nation Austria at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and also became a double medalist, gold and silver, in alpine snowboarding at the 2011 FIS Junior World Championships in Chiesa in Valmalenco, Italy.[2][3] Mathies currently trains for the Austrian team and for his original club WSV Sankt Gallenkirch, under his personal coach and mentor Tom Weninger.[4]

Mathies qualified for two alpine snowboarding events (including the first-ever men's parallel slalom) at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi by achieving top three finishes from the FIS World Cup series in Rogla, Slovenia and in Carezza, Italy.[4][5] In the men's giant slalom, Mathies was disqualified from the tournament after missing a gate on his first seeding run.[6] Three days later, in the men's slalom, Mathies recorded a total time of 58.93 to grab a third spot in the seeding round but fell short behind Italy's Aaron March in the quarterfinal race by 29-hundredths of a second.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Lukas Mathies". Sochi 2014. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Julie Zogg and Lukas Mathies claim PSL Gold at Junior Worlds". International Ski Federation. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Gold für Lukas Mathies" [Gold for Lukas Mathies] (in German). Vorarlberg Online. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Erster Weltcupsieg für Vorarlberger Mathies" [First World Cup victory for Mathies in Vorarlberg] (in German). Kleine Zeitung. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Career's first for Ledecka and Mathies in Rogla PGS; First Czech win on Alpine Snowboard World Cup tour". International Ski Federation. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Qualification". Sochi 2014. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Men's Parallel Slalom Quarterfinals". Sochi 2014. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
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