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Lucas Braathen

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pinheiro and the second or paternal family name is Braathen.
Lucas Braathen
Braathen with the Small Crystal Globe in 2023
Personal information
Full nameLucas Pinheiro Braathen
Born (2000-04-19) 19 April 2000 (age 24)
Oslo, Norway
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Country Brazil (2024–)
 Norway (2016–2023)
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom, giant slalom
ClubBærums Skiklub
World Cup debut8 December 2018 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2022)
World Championships
Teams1 – (2023)
World Cup
Seasons5 – (2019–2023)
Wins5 – (3 SL, 2 GS)
Podiums12 – (8 SL 4 GS)
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2023)
Discipline titles1 – (SL – 2023)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Norway
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Davos Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Val di Fassa Super-G
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Val di Fassa Alpine Combined

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

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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

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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

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Season standings

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Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
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 — —

Race podiums

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  • 5 wins – (3 SL, 2 GS)
  • 12 podiums – (8 SL, 4 GS)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2021 18 October 2020 Austria Sölden, Austria Giant slalom 1st
2022 16 January 2022 Switzerland Wengen, Switzerland Slalom 1st
22 January 2022 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 2nd
12 March 2022 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 2nd
19 March 2022 France Courchevel, France Giant slalom 2nd
2023 11 December 2022 France Val d'Isère, France Slalom 1st
18 December 2022 Italy Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom 1st
8 January 2023 Switzerland Adelboden, Switzerland Slalom 1st
15 January 2023 Switzerland Wengen, Switzerland Slalom 3rd
22 January 2023 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 3rd
24 January 2023 Austria Schladming, Austria Slalom 3rd
19 March 2023 Andorra Soldeu, Andorra Slalom 2nd

Olympic results

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Year Age Slalom Giant
slalom 		Super G Downhill Combined
2022 21 DNF1 DNF2 — — —

References

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  1. ^ a b c "For Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the sky is the limit". Red Bull. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  2. ^ "BRAATHEN Lucas - Athlete Information". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Five things you didn't know about alpine ski prodigy Lucas Braathen". International Olympic Committee. 9 December 2020.
  4. ^ Karlson Nielsen, Marthe (27 October 2023). "Lucas Braathen: - Var en "misfit"". Se og Hør (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Lucas Braathen on learning from legends, giving up on football, and comparisons with Erling Haaland". Eurosport. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ Lucas Braathen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  9. ^ "Braathen stuns field to win Wengen slalom". 16 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Lucas Braathen announces retirement". 27 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Fixiert: Lucas Braathen fährt künftig für Brasilien". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
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