Christoph
Lechner
- Olympian 2026
- 4th at World Championships 2025
Professional halfpipe snowboarder competing at World Cup level for Germany.
About
Christoph Lechner is a professional halfpipe snowboarder from Bavaria, now based in Saalbach-Hinterglemm and competing for Germany on the FIS World Cup circuit. He grew up racing skis and mountain bikes, while spending his free time skiing and snowboarding in the park. Snowboarding became more serious almost by surprise when he was 13, eventually leading him to the highest level of the sport.
Christoph is a 2026 Olympian, finished 4th at the 2025 World Championships and is one of Europe’s leading halfpipe riders. In the halfpipe, he has landed double cork 1440s in two different spin directions. A DSLV state-certified snowboard instructor since 2023, Christoph is currently working towards his state-certified ski instructor licence.
On his socials, he shares the athlete life: training, competition and tips. His goal is to entertain and get more people into sports. Years of riding taught him one thing: mixing up sports makes you better at all of them.
- Home base
- Saalbach-Hinterglemm
- Training
- Kitzsteinhorn, LAAX, Corvatsch
- Discipline
- Snowboard Halfpipe
- Team
- National Team Athlete (Germany)
- Trick highlights
- Double Cork 1440, two spin directions
- Qualification
- DSLV state-certified snowboard instructor, DSLV state-certified ski instructor in progress
Career
Olympian 2026
4th at Worlds 2025
2x European Cup overall winner
5x German champion
2025/26
Olympics & World Cup
Olympian at Milano Cortina 2026. All-time best World Cup result: 8th in Calgary.
2025
World Championships
4th at the World Championships in Engadin, the best European finisher. Best European in the 2024/25 European Cup overall standings.
2025, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2017
5x German champion
Halfpipe
2022 to 2024
World Cup top 10
10th in Copper Mountain and 9th in Mammoth Mountain.
2018 to 2020
European Cup
Overall winner in 2018 and 2020. Plus 11th at the 2018 World Cup in China.
2015 to 2017
Early years
Pro since 2015. Youth Olympic Games in 2016 and first German title in 2017.
Aiming for a World Cup podium, with the 2030 Olympic cycle in mind.
Media
80K
followers across all platforms
35.7M
views, February 2026
Instagram 1.5K → 20.5K
TikTok 9.8K → 34.5K
Growth January to September 2026
As of October 2026.
