Lucas Pinheiro Braathen
.jpg) Braathen with the Small Crystal Globe in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 April 2000 Oslo, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Brazil (2024–) Norway (2016–2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Slalom, giant slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bærums Skiklub | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 8 December 2018 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 5 – (2019–2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 5 – (3 SL, 2 GS) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 12 – (8 SL 4 GS) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (4th in 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 1 – (SL – 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (Brazilian Portuguese: [piˈɲejɾu]; born 19 April 2000) is a Norwegian-born Brazilian World Cup alpine ski racer. Until his retirement from World Cup racing in October 2023, he represented Norway in international competition. In March 2024, Braathen announced that he would return to ski racing, instead representing Brazil.
Early life
[edit]Lucas Pinheiro Braathen was born to a Norwegian father and Brazilian mother on 19 April 2000 in Oslo, Norway.[1][2] Braathen's mother left Brazil after meeting his father.[3] When he was three years old, his parents separated and Braathen went to Brazil with his mother. When his father gained custody, Braathen moved back to Norway.[1] He grew up speaking Norwegian and Portuguese.[4] Beginning when he was 11 years old, Braathen visited Brazil every year.[1]
Braathen first skied when he was three or four years old, but he did not start skiing again until he was nine years old. His father, Bjørn, planned his skiing career.[5] Braathen also played soccer as a child, though he preferred skiing as it is an individual sport.[6]
Career
[edit]From Hokksund, Braathen raced for Norwegian club Bærums SK.[7] At the Junior World Championships in 2019, Braathen finished fourth and eleventh, followed by a silver medal in super-G, and a bronze medal in the combined event. He made his World Cup debut in December 2018 in Val d'Isere, and collected his first points (five) with a 26th-place finish.[8]
Braathen recorded his first victory (and podium) in October 2020 at the season opener, a giant slalom in Sölden. In 2022, he won his first slalom at the Lauberhorn race in Wengen, going from 29th place after the first run to first place after the second run, the largest jump to victory at that time.[9]
He announced his retirement from World Cup racing on 27 October 2023, a day before the new season's opening event in Sölden, Austria.[10]
On 7 March 2024, he announced that he would return to alpine ski racing; but competing for Brazil instead of Norway.[11]
On 27 October 2024, exactly a year after he announced his retirement, he returned at the World Cup Giant Slalom season opener in Sölden, narrowly finishing in 4th place behind the 1-2-3 podium clean sweep achieved by his former Norwegian teammates, scoring the first ever world cup points for Brazil in Alpine Skiing.
World Cup results
[edit]Season standings
[edit]| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel |
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| 2019 | 18 | 147 | — | 51 | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 19 | 27 | 24 | 15 | — | — | — | 10 |
| 2021 | 20 | 43 | — | 15 | — | — | — | 18 |
| 2022 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 39 | — | — | |
| 2024 | temporary retirement | |||||||
| 2025 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
Race podiums
[edit]| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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| 2021 | 18 October 2020 |  Sölden, Austria
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Giant slalom | 1st |
| 2022 | 16 January 2022 |  Wengen, Switzerland
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Slalom | 1st |
| 22 January 2022 | Kitzbühel, Austria
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Slalom | 2nd | |
| 12 March 2022 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
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Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 19 March 2022 |  Courchevel, France
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Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 2023 | 11 December 2022 | Val d'Isère, France
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Slalom | 1st |
| 18 December 2022 |  Alta Badia, Italy
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Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 8 January 2023 | Adelboden, Switzerland
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Slalom | 1st | |
| 15 January 2023 | Wengen, Switzerland
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Slalom | 3rd | |
| 22 January 2023 | Kitzbühel, Austria
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Slalom | 3rd | |
| 24 January 2023 | Schladming, Austria
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Slalom | 3rd | |
| 19 March 2023 |  Soldeu, Andorra
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Slalom | 2nd |
Olympic results
[edit]| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
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| 2022 | 21 | DNF1 | DNF2 | — | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "For Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the sky is the limit". Red Bull. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "BRAATHEN Lucas - Athlete Information". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Five things you didn't know about alpine ski prodigy Lucas Braathen". International Olympic Committee. 9 December 2020.
- ^ Karlson Nielsen, Marthe (27 October 2023). "Lucas Braathen: - Var en "misfit"". Se og Hør (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Han er halvt brasiliansk og skulle bli fotballproff. Så la pappa en plan". www.aftenposten.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 26 January 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Lucas Braathen on learning from legends, giving up on football, and comparisons with Erling Haaland". Eurosport. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Da de norske profilene sviktet, ble en ukjent 19-åring redningen: – En helt uvirkelig følelse". www.aftenposten.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 27 October 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ Lucas Pinheiro Braathen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- ^ "Braathen stuns field to win Wengen slalom". 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Lucas Braathen announces retirement". 27 October 2023.
- ^ "Fixiert: Lucas Braathen fährt künftig für Brasilien". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Lucas Pinheiro Braathen at FIS (alpine)
- Lucas Pinheiro Braathen at Olympics.com
- Lucas Pinheiro Braathen at Olympedia
- Lucas Pinheiro Braathen at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Lucas Pinheiro Braathen at Team Norway (in Norwegian)
