Ralph Weber

Ralph Weber

Personal information
Born	(1993-05-31) 31 May 1993 St. Gallen, Switzerland
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, Super-G, Alpine Combined
Club	SC Flumserberg
World Cup debut	15 March 2012 (age 18)
World Cup
Seasons	11
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Overall titles	0 – (108th in 2015)
Discipline titles	0 – (41st in DH, 2015)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing Switzerland World Junior Ski Championships 2012 Roccaraso Super-G 2012 Roccaraso Downhill

Ralph Weber (born 31 May 1993) is a Swiss alpine ski racer. Weber specializes in the speed events of Downhill and Super-G also skiing in the Alpine Combined discipline. Weber was the Junior World Champion in Super-G in 2012, making his World Cup debut in the same year on 15 March, 2012 in Schladming, Austria at the age of just 18.

Career

Weber's first major appearance was at the 2011 Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. He finished 9th in the downhill, and 17th in the Super-G. Having claimed his first podium at Europa Cup level, Weber competed in the 2012 Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships in Roccaraso, Italy. He claimed the silver medal in the Downhill, just 9 hundredths of a second behind the winner, and followed that with a gold in the Super-G the following day, ahead of teammate Nils Mani. As a result of the World Junior victory, by rule the winner is invited to take part in the World Cup Finals in that discipline, and Weber made his World Cup debut in the Super-G in Schladming, finishing in 22nd place. Weber was also the reserve for Switzerland in the Team Event, though he didn't take part in the race.

In the next two seasons, Weber was mainly concentrating on the Europa Cup, with just a few appearances in the 2013 and 2014 World Cups, without scoring any points. He was however able to claim his first Europa Cup victory in his home race in Wengen in 2013. Two more appearances at the Junior Worlds did not bring any more medals, and in fact Weber missed the rest of the 2014 season after suffering an injury in the Super-G at the 2014 Junior Worlds in Jasná, Slovakia.

2014-15 was to be the first season where Weber would compete in the majority of the 2015 World Cup races. He claimed his first World Cup points in the downhill in Santa Caterina, finishing in 10th place. Weber also picked up his first career points in Super-G, with a 25th-place finish in Saalbach.

Weber missed the start of the 2016 World Cup due to a knee injury suffered in pre-season training, however, Weber was back by the events in Val Gardena in mid-December. In his first World Cup race of the year Weber finished in 11th position in the Super-G, and the next day posted the 7th fastest intermediate time halfway through the downhill, before failing to finish. Courtesy of other skiers injuries and the result in the Super-G, Weber reached the top 30 in the World Cup Start List for the discipline. The races in Kitzbühel saw Weber claim points in Super-G, and his first career points in the Alpine Combined discipline. However, due to a race jury decision to cancel the famous downhill after 30 racers, Weber would have to wait another year to tackle the Streif for the first time.

World Cup results

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2015	21	108	—	—	50	41	—
2016	22	63	—	—	23	36	28
2017	23	112	—	—	32	51	—
2018	24	101	—	—	37	—	25

Downhill

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Fin.	Pos	Points
2012-13	LAK -	BEA -	VGA -	BOR DNF	WEN -	KIT -	GAR -	KVI 35			LEN -	-	0
2013-14	LAK 51	BEA 44	VGA -	BOR 53	WEN DSQ	KIT -	KVI -	KVI -			LEN -	-	0
2014-15	LAK 43	BEA 44	VGA 36	SAN 10	WEN 40	KIT -	SAA 40	GAR -	KVI 38		MÉR -	41st	26
2015-16	LAK -	BEA -	VGA DNF	SAN 45	WEN 46	KIT DNS	GAR 40	JEO 13	CHA 18	KVI 25	STM -	36th	39
2016-17	ISE 30	VGA 48	KIT 28	GAR 36	GAR 37	KVI 36	KVI 38				ASP -	51st	4
2017-18	LAK 50	BEA 40	VGA 31	BOR 45	WEN 47	KIT 43	GAR 45	KVI 48			ÅRE -	–	0

Super-G

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Fin.	Pos	Points
2011-12	LAK -	BEA -	VGA -	CRA -	CRA -	KVI -	KVI -	SCH 22	-	0
2012-13	LAK -	BEA -	VGA -	KIT -	KVI 46			LEN -	-	0
2014-15	LAK -	BEA -	VGA -	KIT -	SAA 25	KVI DNF		MÉR -	50th	6
2015-16	LAK -	BEA -	VGA 11	KIT 28	JEO 14	HIN 21	KVI 12	STM 12	23rd	99
2016-17	ISE 25	VGA 35	SAN 44	KIT 25	KVI 21			ASP -	32nd	22
2017-18	LAK 33	BEA 22	VGA 32	KIT 19	KVI 46			ÅRE -	37th	21

Alpine Combined

Year	1	2	3	Pos	Points
2014-15	WEN DNF1	KIT -		-	0
2015-16	WEN 35	KIT 24	CHA 22	28th	16
2016-17	SAN DNF1	WEN 34		-	0
2017-18	BOR 16	WEN 37		25th	15

External links

• Ralph Weber at FIS (alpine)
• Ralph Weber at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Ralph Weber World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
• Official website