Alpine Skiing
Andreas Ploier
- Downhill
- Super-G
- Nationality
- Austria
- Hometown
- Strass im Attergau, Austria
- Born
- 30 April 1997
- Turned pro
- 2022
- Primary discipline
- Downhill
About Andreas Ploier
Austrian alpine ski racer specializing in downhill and super-G, racing for Union Weissenkirchen and part of the OeSV's second training group (Mittrainierer/WC2 status). Made his World Cup debut in the Bormio super-G on 29 Dec 2022, scoring points immediately (17th). Recovered from a serious Dec 2023 crash in the Groden super-G (bone bruise to the right knee) to score points again on his very next start, 24th in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Best World Cup result to date: 13th, super-G, Cortina d'Ampezzo, 28 Jan 2023.
2 Europa Cup podiums (1 win, Santa Caterina Dec 2022). FIS's own athlete biography currently lists his status as 'Not active' despite him having raced World Cup and European Cup events through March 2026 per both FIS's own results table and Ski Austria's site.
Sponsors: Equipment (per Ski Austria's own official athlete page): Fischer (skis, boots and bindings), Komperdell (poles), Dainese (goggles and helmet).
Setup
6 items
Skis
Fischer RC4 Podium RD Worldcup STRD (3:1 flex)
Ploier's Fischer ski (RC4 Podium RD Worldcup STRD, 3:1 flex) - confirmed via Fischer's own official athlete page, which shows the exact same product (U01025) already logged for Daniel Hemetsberger. Not shown split by discipline on Fischer's page.
World Cup standard race-stock speed ski, 3:1 flex construction (softer flex variant of the 4:1 model)
Boots
Fischer
Ploier's Fischer boot; shares product entry (id 30). Brand confirmed via FIS official athlete biography and Ski Austria's official athlete equipment page.
Fischer race-stock alpine boot line
Bindings
Fischer RC4 Z13 FF
Ploier's Fischer binding; confirmed via Ski Austria's official athlete equipment page.
Race-stock alpine binding from Fischer's competition-race line
Poles
Komperdell
Ploier's Komperdell pole; shares product entry (id 22) with Florian Schieder's Komperdell pole. Confirmed via Ski Austria's official athlete equipment page.
Race-stock alpine pole
Helmet
Dainese
Ploier's Dainese helmet; shares product entry (id 42) with Lars Roesti's Dainese helmet. Confirmed via Ski Austria's official athlete equipment page.
Race-stock alpine ski helmet line
Goggles
Dainese
Ploier's Dainese goggle; shares product entry (id 43) with Lars Roesti's Dainese goggle. Confirmed via Ski Austria's official athlete equipment page.
Race-stock alpine ski goggle line
Setup verified 7 July 2026