Julia Scheib

Julia Scheib
Scheib in 2023
Personal information
Born (1998-05-12) 12 May 1998
Deutschlandsberg, Styria, Austria
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country Austria
Skiing career
DisciplinesGiant slalom, Super-G
ClubSC Atus Frauental
World Cup debut23 January 2018 (age 19)
Websitejuliascheib.at
Olympics
Teams1 – (2026)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams2 – (2023, 2025)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons8 – (20182021, 20232026)
Wins5 – (5 GS)
Podiums8 – (8 GS) + 1 Team GS
Overall titles0 – (31st in 2025)
Discipline titles1 – (GS – 2026)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
International competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Junior Championships 1 1 0
World Junior Championships
2018 Davos Giant slalom
2019 Val di Fassa Super-G

Julia Scheib (born 12 May 1998) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in giant slalom and occasionally competes in super-G.[1] She has five World Cup victories and represented Austria at the 2026 Winter Olympics. In 2026, she won her first crystal globe in Giant Slalom.

Early life

Scheib grew up in Frauental an der Laßnitz and learned to ski at Kluglifte Hebalm, a one-run ski area nearby. She entered and won her first ski race when she was four years old.[2]

Career

Sheib won a silver medal in super-G at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.[3]

She won the gold medal in the giant slalom at the 2018 World Junior Championships.[4]

She made her World Cup debut on 27 October 2018 in the giant slalom at Sölden, Austria and won her first race on the Europa Cup in December.[1] She went to the 2019 World Junior Championships and won the silver in the super-G.[5]

Scheib's first appearance at the World Championships in Méribel, France, where the Austrian team was fourth in the team event, but she skied out in the second run of the giant slalom. At the end of that season, she earned her first World Cup podium, a third place in the team parallel giant slalom in Soldeu, Andorra.[1]

Her first individual podium was a third place in the giant slalom in October 2024, in the season-opening race in Sölden, Austria. Later that season she competed in the 2025 World Championships in Saalbach, Austria.[1]

Scheib's first World Cup victory came the next season at Sölden, and she followed that up with three more wins (at Tremblant, Semmering, and Kronplatz) along with two second-place finsihes.[6] She went to the 2026 Winter Olympics where she finished fifth in the giant slalom.[7] She would lead the giant slalom standings for most of the 2025-26 World Cup, eventually clinching her first discipline title with a round to spare in Åre getting the fifth win of her season and career.[8]

World Cup results

Season titles

Season Discipline
2026 Giant slalom

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill
2019 20 124 51
2020 21 104 38
2021 22 92 36 52
2022 23 torn ACL injured
2023 24 64 24
2024 25 36 12
2025 26 31 9 47
2026 27 7 40
standings through 15 March 2026

Race podiums

  • 5 wins - (5 GS)
  • 8 podiums - (8 GS) plus 1 Team GS
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2023 17 March 2023 Soldeu, Andorra Team giant slalom 3rd
2025 26 October 2024 Sölden, Austria Giant slalom 3rd
2026 25 October 2025 Giant slalom 1st
29 November 2025 Copper Mountain, United States Giant slalom 2nd
7 December 2025 Tremblant, Canada Giant slalom 1st
27 December 2025 Semmering, Austria Giant slalom 1st
3 January 2026 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 2nd
20 January 2026 Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom 1st
14 March 2026 Åre, Sweden Giant slalom 1st

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined
Team
 event 
2023 24 DNF2 N/a 4
2025 26 DNF2 N/a 6

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Team
combined
2026 27 5

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Julia Scheib profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  2. ^ Bjørnsen Sherlock, Bente (26 December 2024). "Julia Scheib: Overcoming Challenges to Compete with the Giant Slalom Elite". Ski Racing Media. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Alpine Skiing – Ladies' super-G – Results" (PDF). wyog2016.sportresult.com. 13 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Ladies giant slalom results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  5. ^ Ladies Super-G results
  6. ^ "Austrian Julia Scheib wins 4th giant slalom ahead of Olympics". ESPN. Associated Press. 20 January 2026. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Julia SCHEIB". Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  8. ^ "Austrian skier Scheib locks up World Cup GS title. Shiffrin finishes 5th and protects overall lead". apnews. Associated Press. 14 March 2026. Retrieved 14 March 2026.