Alpine Ski World Cup 2026 Giant Slalom Winner Julia Scheib
- Raúl Revuelta
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Julia Scheib finished on the podium eight times in ten Alpine Ski World Cup Giant Slalom races during the 2025-2026 winter season, winning five of those races (Sölden, Tremblant, Semmering, Kronplatz, and Are), with two second-place finishes and a third-place finish in the final race at the Finals in Hafjell. The 27-year-old Austrian skier secured the Giant Slalom World Cup title in Åre with her fifth victory of the season. She is the second Austrian woman to win five Giant Slalom races in a single season, following Annemarie Moser-Proell, who achieved this feat in the 1974-1975 season. Only Vreni Schneider (6 in 1988-1989), Sonja Nef (6 in 2000-2001), and Mikaela Shiffrin (7 in 2022-2023, among women) have won more than five Giant Slalom races in a single season.
After making her World Cup debut in this discipline in January 2018, Scheib took over seven years to secure her first victory, but only 140 days to achieve her fifth win.
Scheib claimed Austria's first Giant Slalom Crystal Globe in ten years. She is the ninth Austrian woman to win a Giant Slalom title. Eva-Maria Brem was the last Austrian skier to win the title in the 2015-2016 winter season. Her previous best Giant Slalom rank was 9 th in 2024-2025.
Her eighth podium finish in the Giant Slalom World Cup sets a new record for the most podiums by an Austrian skier in this event during a single season. Previously, Anita Wachter had set a record of seven podium finishes in 1998-1999, which Michaela Dorfmeister later equaled in 1999-2000. The overall record for the most women’s Giant Slalom podiums in a single season is held by Tina Maze, who achieved nine podiums in 2012-2013.
With a total of 720 points, Julia Scheib also set a new Austrian women's Giant Slalom points record. Camille Rast finished in second place with 511 points, while Sara Hector was third with 479.
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