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Weibrecht at the 2010 Olympics
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Disciplines | Super-G, downhill, combined | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | New York Ski Educational Foundation |
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Born |
Lake Placid, New York, U.S. |
February 10, 1986 |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | November 30, 2006 (age 20) |
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Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 2 – (2010, 2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 2 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 3 – (2009, 2013, 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 9th – (2008–16) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 2 – (2 SG) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (22nd in 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 – (8th in SG, 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andrew Weibrecht (born February 10, 1986) is a World Cup alpine ski racer and two-time Olympic medalist from the United States.
Born in Lake Placid, New York, he grew up racing at nearby Whiteface Mountain. Weibrecht races in all five disciplines and specializes in super-G; he attained his first World Cup podium in December 2015, finishing third in the super-G at Beaver Creek, Colorado.
Weibrecht made his World Cup debut on November 30, 2006 at Beaver Creek and became a full-time World Cup racer during the 2008 season. He competed in three events in his debut at the World Championships in 2009 in Val d'Isère, earning his best finish of 39th in the super-G event.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Weibrecht finished 21st in the downhill at Whistler Creekside. Four days later, Weibrecht won the bronze medal in the super-G.