# Lucas Pinheiro Braathen

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (Brazilian Portuguese:; 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, representing Brazil instead.

## Early life

Braathen was born in Oslo to a Norwegian father and Brazilian mother on 19 April 2000. His parents separated when he was three years old and Braathen went to Brazil with his mother. Later in his childhood, he moved back to Norway to live with his father regularly visiting Brazil. He grew up speaking Norwegian and Portuguese.
Braathen first skied when he was three or four years old, but he did not start skiing again until he was nine years old. Braathen also played football as a child, though he preferred skiing as it is an individual sport.

## Career

From Hokksund, Braathen raced for Norwegian club Bærums SK. 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.
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.
He announced his retirement from World Cup racing on 27 October 2023, a day before the new season's opening event in Sölden, Austria. However, on 7 March 2024, Braathen announced that he would return to alpine ski racing; but competing for Brazil instead of Norway. 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
### Season standings

| 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 | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 23 | temporary retirement | temporary retirement | temporary retirement | temporary retirement | temporary retirement | | | — |
| 2025 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — |
    Standings through 1 March 2025

### Race podiums

* 5 wins – (3 SL, 2 GS)
* 17 podiums – (11 SL, 6 GS)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
| 2021 | 18 October 2020 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 2022 | 16 January 2022 | Wengen, Switzerland | Slalom | 1st |
| 2022 | 22 January 2022 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Slalom | 2nd |
| 2022 | 12 March 2022 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 2022 | 19 March 2022 | Courchevel, France | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 2023 | 11 December 2022 | Val d'Isère, France | Slalom | 1st |
| 2023 | 18 December 2022 | Alta Badia, Italy | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 2023 | 8 January 2023 | Adelboden, Switzerland | Slalom | 1st |
| 2023 | 15 January 2023 | Wengen, Switzerland | Slalom | 3rd |
| 2023 | 22 January 2023 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Slalom | 3rd |
| 2023 | 24 January 2023 | Schladming, Austria | Slalom | 3rd |
| 2023 | 19 March 2023 | Soldeu, Andorra | Slalom | 2nd |
| 2025 | 9 December 2024 | Beaver Creek, USA | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 2025 | 11 January 2025 | Adelboden, Switzerland | Slalom | 2nd |
| 2025 | 26 January 2025 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Slalom | 3rd |
| 2025 | 1 March 2025 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 2025 | 16 March 2025 | Hafjell, Norway | Slalom | 3rd |

## World Championship results

| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant  slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team Combined | Parallel | Team event |
| 2023 | 22 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 24 | 13 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Olympic results

| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant  slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team event |
| 2022 | 21 | DNF1 | DNF2 | — | — | — | — |