Will Brandenburg

Will Brandenburg ( born January 1, 1987 in Walla Walla, Washington) is an American alpine skier. He reached in the 2009/10 season second overall in Nor- Am Cup and finished tenth in the super-combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Biography

Brandenburg denied in December 2002, his first FIS races and in February 2004 was followed by the first missions in the Nor- Am Cup. From the season 2005/ 06 he started regularly in the North American racing series and achieved this winter his first top-10 results. The first victory was on 2 February 2007 in the giant slalom at Sunday River. While this was in season 2006/ 07 his only podium finish, but he still went five times in the top ten and eventually reached fourth place in the giant slalom standings and tenth place in the overall standings. In the years 2006 and 2007 he took part in the Junior World Championships, with his best result was fifth place in the downhill in the Junior World Championships 2007 in Altenmarkt.

16 December 2007 Brandenburg started in the giant slalom in Alta Badia for the first time in the World Cup. However, he resigned just like in his second start in the slalom in Kitzbuehel on January 20, 2008 at the first pass. For now, this remained his only World Cup bets. In the Nor- Am Cup in the 2007/ 08 season was the third place in the Super Combined at Whiteface Mountain his best result. With a total of eleven finishes among the top twelve, he came both in the standings, as well as in the slalom, giant slalom, and super combination rating among the top ten.

The 2008/09 season had to end prematurely in January due to a knee surgery Brandenburg. In the 2009/10 season, Brandenburg established among the best in the Nor- Am Cup. With four wins this season, he scored more victories than any other runner and another four podiums, he was beaten for scarce two points in the standings only by Canadian Dustin Cook. He also won the Super Combination vote and each was third in the Super - G and downhill standings. After his good performances in the Nor- Am Cup Brandenburg came to the end of January his next two World Cup inserts, but fell in both the slalom in Kitzbühel as well as in slalom in Kranjska Gora in the first round of. He also got the opportunity at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 to start in the super-combined, in which he scored the surprisingly good tenth place according to rank 27 in the downhill with the second- best slalom time.

Since the season 2010/11 Brandenburg starts regularly in the World Cup. His first World Cup points he won on 9 January 2011 with 24th place in the slalom in Adelboden. Best result of the season was the 22nd place in the super combined in Chamonix on 30 January 2011. During the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch -Partenkirchen, he started in the slalom, but retired in the first round out. In the course of the World Cup season 2011/12 Brandenburg resigned and often barely scored a countable income. However, he succeeded on March 11, 2012, sixth in the slalom in Kranjska Gora, the best result of his career. In the Nor- Am Cup he won in the winter 2011/2012 with three wins the slalom standings.

Achievements

Olympic Winter Games

  • Vancouver 2010: 10 Super Combined

World Cup

Nor- Am Cup

  • Season 2006/ 07: 10th overall, 4th giant slalom rating
  • Season 2007/ 08: 8 Rating, 6 super combined standings, 7 giant slalom standings, 8 slalom rating
  • Season 2009/ 10: 2nd overall, 1st super combined standings, third Super-G standings, 3rd exit summary
  • Season 2011/12: 1 slalom rating
  • Season 2013/14: 7th overall, 2nd slalom standings, 9 super-combined rating

Junior World Championships

  • Quebec 2006: 12 combination, 17 Super G, slalom 21, 29 downhill, giant slalom 38
  • Altenmarkt 2007: 5 exit 14 Giant Slalom

Other successes

  • American vice-champion in the giant slalom in 2007 and in the Super- G 2010
  • 2 podiums in the European Cup
  • 1 victory in the Australian New Zealand Cup
  • 12 wins in FIS races
Slalom skiing Alpine skiing combined 2012 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup Washington (state) World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships Municipality of Kranjska Gora FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics Panorama Mountain Village Burke (Vermont) Loveland (Colorado) Vail (Colorado)
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