Lucas Pinheiro Braathen


Lucas Pinheiro Braathen is a Norwegian-born Brazilian World Cup alpine ski racer who specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.
Until his retirement from World Cup racing inOctober 2023, he represented Norway in international events. In March 2024, Pinheiro Braathen announced that he would return to the alpine skiing circuit, representing Brazil instead.

Early life

Pinheiro Braathen was born in Oslo to a Norwegian father and a Brazilian mother on 19 April 2000. His parents got divorced when he was three years old and Lucas went to Brazil with his mother. Later in his childhood, he moved back to Norway to live with his father while regularly visiting Brazil. He grew up speaking Norwegian and Portuguese.
Pinheiro 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, Pinheiro Braathen raced for Norwegian club Bærums SK. At the Junior World Championships in 2019, he 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 with a 26th-place finish.
Pinheiro Braathen recorded his first victory 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.
Pinheiro Braathen 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, Pinheiro 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 Norwegian former teammates, scoring the first ever world cup points for Brazil in alpine skiing.

Personal life

On 17 June 2025, he made his relationship with Brazilian actress Isadora Cruz public.
He speaks Norwegian, Portuguese, English, and German fluently.

World Cup results

Season titles

  • 1 title –
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2023Slalom

Season standings

Race podiums

  • 6 wins –
  • 22 podiums –, 57 top tens

    World Championship results

Olympic results