Lena Dürr

Lena Dürr (* August 4, 1991 in Munich ) is a German alpine skier. She is the daughter of former Skirennläufers Peter Dürr and sister of Catherine Dürr. It was 2009 German champion in the downhill and 2010 Vice World Junior champion in giant slalom.

Biography

Dürr denied their first FIS race in December 2006. After she first ran in January 2008 to the podium, she came at the end of this month in the slalom in Lenggries to her first stakes in the European Cup. Already in the first slalom she immediately reached ninth place and the next day she missed in fourth just under the podium. Two weeks later she came in slalom in Zagreb also their debut in the World Cup. But when Penultimate of the first run she could not qualify for the second run to. At the Junior World Championship 2008 in Formigal her best result was the ninth place in the slalom.

In the European Cup 2008/09 season, Dürr could classify into two slaloms and two Super - Gs in the top five, where she first took to the podium on December 17th in the slalom of Schruns. So she reached in the standings to ninth place in the slalom and fourth in the super-G standings ranked sixth. At the Junior World Championships 2009 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen you get with 14th place in the Super G and rank 22 in the giant slalom but no top positions. Its largest ever achieved national success, the then 17 -year-old on 23 March 2009 when she was German champion in the downhill. Shortly after, she became vice champion in super -G and third in the super combined.

At the start of the European Cup 2009/10 season Dürr went for the second time on the podium and on 4 December 2009 she managed the first victory in the giant slalom in Kvitfjell in indoor slalom at the Alpine Center Hamburg -Wittenburg. With another victory in the giant slalom in Soldeu and a total of five podium finishes, she won the European Cup standings and finished second in the giant slalom standings. On 28 December 2009, she took in her second World Cup race, the giant slalom in Lienz, as 25 the first World Cup points and was also the next day with a 21st place in the slalom again finish in the points. Their first top-10 result they achieved in the giant slalom in Maribor on 16 January 2010 with ninth place. At the Junior World Championships in 2010, she won at the same time with Federica Brignone the silver medal in the giant slalom. In addition, she finished fourth in the Super- G and Ninth in the slalom.

In the 2010/11 season Dürr drove in two World Cup giant slaloms into the top 20 also in the giant slalom World Cup 2011 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen, she came in 18th place in the top 20th At the Junior World Championships she finished in sixth place in this discipline. Since August 2011 she is part of the rank of a customs sergeant to the ski team of the Federal Customs Administration. In the 2011/12 season Dürr again reached several top 10 results in the World Cup, with her ​​sixth place in the slalom in Ofterschwang her hitherto succeeded best World Cup result on March 4.

At the beginning of the 2012/13 season pass Dürr two sixth places. On January 29, 2013, it participated in the City event in Moscow (to replace Victoria Rebenburg who had renounced the start) and surprisingly won the race. At the World Championships 2013 in Schladming Dürr won bronze in the team competition their first World Championship medal. Qualification for the 2014 Winter Olympics failed Dürr.

Achievements

World Championships

  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2011: 18 Giant Slalom
  • Schladming 2013: 3 crew, 21 Slalom, Super-G 30

Junior World Championships

  • Formigal 2008: 9 Slalom, Super -G 28
  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2009: 14 Super -G, Giant Slalom 22
  • Mont Blanc 2010: 2 Giant Slalom, Super -G 4, 9 slalom
  • Crans -Montana 2011: 6 Giant Slalom

World Cup

  • Season 2012/13: 10 Combined World Cup
  • 8 placings in the top ten, including one victory:

European Cup

  • Season 2008/ 09: 9 Rating, 4th Slalom, Super-G 6
  • Season 2009/ 10: 1st overall, 2nd Giant Slalom, Slalom 6
  • Season 2013/14: 6 Super Combined Score
  • 7 podiums, including two victories:

Other successes

  • 4 German championship title: Departures 2009 and 2012, Super - G 2012, Super Combined in 2012
  • 2 podiums in Nor- Am Cup
  • 1 victory in a FIS race
Slalom skiing Alpine skiing combined FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 Bundeszollverwaltung 2012 Alpine Skiing World Cup Viktoria Rebensburg Andorra 2014 Alpine Skiing World Cup Christina Geiger Susanne Riesch Gina Stechert Fritz Dopfer Felix Neureuther
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