German Tobias Stechert retires

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At age 32 (he will be on July 28), German Tobias Stechert has decided to put an end to a career that was full of injuries for him.

Thursday 6 July 2017 3 minutes reading time

To give an idea of â€‹â€‹how many times he has had to stop (countless operations he has suffered on his knees) it is enough to think that between his first World Cup race on 20 January 2007 and the last on December 3 (see If both times it was a downhill in Val d'IsÃ¨re on the Oreiller-Killy), it could only count 46 races in the White Circus, an average of not even five in the season. His best results were a fifth place on November 24, 2012 in Lake Louise and a seventh on January 18, 2015 in Wengen. Originally from Fischen im AllgÃ¤u, Bavaria, she has a younger two-year-old sister, Gina, who has already retired from three seasons since she was also massacred by injuries, but at least a podium in the Cup was able to conquer him, even winning the Descent of Tarvisio on February 21, 2009. Tobias participated in two World Cup editions without getting better than Twenty-Fourth Place in SuperG at Schladming while in 2009 he got a second and two thirds downhill in the Europa Cup between Wengen and Crans-Montana finishing third In the specialty rankings. He could never go to the Olympics because he was injured. "I have always struggled very hard to go back to compete after my injuries - says Tobias. Because skiing is and remains my greatest passion. In recent months, however, I realized that I could not compete as a result of my many accidents. So, better to stop and dedicate yourself to other tasks. I want to thank all those who have supported me in these years, my coaches, the German Federsci, my teammates, my sponsors and especially my family. "

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