Lukas Mathies

{{Short description|Austrian snowboarder (born 1991)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| headercolor = #57caf4

| name = Lukas Mathies

| image = Lukas Mathies - Team Austria Winter Olympics 2014.jpg

| caption = Mathies in 2014

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|3|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Schruns, Austria

| height = 1.71 m

| weight = 70 kg

| country = {{AUT}}

| sport = Snowboarding

| event = Alpine

| club = WSV St. Gallenkirch

| coach = Tom Weninger

| medaltemplates =

| show-medals = yes

}}

Lukas Mathies (born 15 March 1991 in Schruns) is an Austrian alpine snowboarder.{{cite web |title=Lukas Mathies |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-lukas-mathies |publisher=Sochi 2014 Olympics |access-date=14 March 2014 |archive-date=30 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130033139/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-lukas-mathies |url-status=dead}} He represented his nation Austria at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and also became a double medalist, gold and silver, in alpine snowboarding at the 2011 FIS Junior World Championships in Chiesa in Valmalenco, Italy.{{cite news |title=Julie Zogg and Lukas Mathies claim PSL Gold at Junior Worlds |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/news-multimedia/news/article=julie-zogg-and-lukas-mathies-claim-psl-gold-junior-worlds.html |publisher=International Ski Federation |date=31 March 2011 |access-date=14 March 2014}}{{cite news |title=Gold für Lukas Mathies |trans-title=Gold for Lukas Mathies |language=German |url=http://www.vol.at/gold-fuer-lukas-mathies/news-20110402-12010933 |publisher=Vorarlberg Online |date=2 April 2011 |access-date=14 March 2014}} Mathies currently trains for the Austrian team and for his original club WSV Sankt Gallenkirch, under his personal coach and mentor Tom Weninger.{{cite news |title=Erster Weltcupsieg für Vorarlberger Mathies |trans-title=First World Cup victory for Mathies in Vorarlberg |language=German |url=http://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/schi/snowboard/3523642/erster-weltcupsieg-fuer-vorarlberger-mathies.story |publisher=Kleine Zeitung |date=18 January 2014 |access-date=14 March 2014}}

Mathies qualified for two alpine snowboarding events (including the first-ever men's parallel slalom) at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi by achieving top three finishes from the FIS World Cup series in Rogla, Slovenia and in Carezza, Italy.{{cite news |title=Career's first for Ledecka and Mathies in Rogla PGS; First Czech win on Alpine Snowboard World Cup tour |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/snowboard/alpine-snowboard/news-multimedia/news/article=career-first-for-ledecka-and-mathies-rogla-pgs-first-czech-win-alpine-snowboard-world-cup-tour.html |publisher=International Ski Federation |date=18 January 2014 |access-date=14 March 2014}} In the men's giant slalom, Mathies was disqualified from the tournament after missing a gate on his first seeding run.{{cite web |title=Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Qualification |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/snowboard-men-s-pgs-qualification |publisher=Sochi 2014 Olympics |access-date=12 March 2014 |archive-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312072802/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/snowboard-men-s-pgs-qualification |url-status=dead}} Three days later, in the men's slalom, Mathies recorded a total time of 58.93 to grab a third spot in the seeding round but fell short behind Italy's Aaron March in the quarterfinal race by 29-hundredths of a second.{{cite web |title=Men's Parallel Slalom Quarterfinals |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/snowboard-men-s-psl-quarterfinals |publisher=Sochi 2014 Olympics |access-date=14 March 2014 |archive-date=14 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314070156/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/snowboard-men-s-psl-quarterfinals |url-status=dead}}

Mathies also competed for Austria at the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/snowboard/athlete-profile-n1005473-lukas-mathies.htm |title=Lukas MATHIES |work=Beijing 2022 Olympics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326163506/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/snowboard/athlete-profile-n1005473-lukas-mathies.htm |archive-date=26 March 2022 |url-status=dead}}