Beat Feuz (ˈbe.at ˈfɔɪts, born February 2, 1987) is a Swiss alpine skier.

He secured his first two podium positions in the 2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup

2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 45th FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season began on 23 October 2010, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 20 March 2011, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.Being an odd-numbered year, the biennial World Championships took place in February...

 , both of which came in downhill

Downhill

Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....

 at Kvitfjell

Kvitfjell

Kvitfjell is a ski resort in the municipality of Ringebu, Norway. Kvitfjell is one of the most modern resorts in the world, with 85% of the alpine skiing pistes covered in artificial snow. Based near the river Gudbrandsdalslågen, the resort offers 23 pistes: 5 green , 9 blue , 6 red , and 3 black...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, in March 2011. He secured his first world cup victory and followed it up with a third position the next day.

He started off the 2011-12 season exactly where he left off at the end of the last season, by picking up second position in the first downhill of the season in Lake Louise

Lake Louise Mountain Resort

The Lake Louise Ski Area is a ski resort located in Banff National Park, near the village of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. It can be reached from Banff, from where it is a 35 to 45 minute drive west on Trans-Canada Highway, or Calgary, a 2-hour drive...

 finishing narrowly behind Swiss teammate Didier Cuche

Didier Cuche

Didier Cuche is a Swiss alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in the speed disciplines of downhill and Super-G, along with the technical discipline of giant slalom...

.

He competed in the 2011 Alpine Skiing World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...

 where he finished 9th in the Downhill. He also competed in the Super Combined, but after finishing 2nd in the Downhill leg, he skied out of the Slalom course just a few gates from the finish. He also was part of the Swiss team for the team event.