Michaela Dorfmeister
Michaela Dorfmeister (born 25 March 1973) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Her specialities were both the downhill and the super-G disciplines, although she skied in and had success in giant slalom.
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 2 World Cup results
- 2.1 Season *les
- 2.2 Season standings
- 2.3 Race victories
- 3 World Championship results
- 4 Olympic results
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Biography
Born in Vienna, Dorfmeister is the only daughter of a butcher by trade, and lived in Vienna until she was age six. She later studied at the Schladming ski academy, which has produced many of Austria's skiing greats.
Dorfmeister raced her first international season in 1983 and entered her first World Cup race in 1991 at Serre Chevalier coming 26. Her first podium place was in 1995 at the St. Anton downhill which she won. This was followed by a total of 25 victories (7 in downhill, 10 in super-G and 8 in giant slalom)
In 2000, she won the giant slalom World Cup, and in 2002 the overall World Cup. She won two more speciality World Cups, in 2003 (downhill) and 2005 (super-G). At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the downhill and super-G races.
Dorfmeister's win in the Hafjell super-G on 3 March 2006 made her the oldest woman to win an World Cup race.
World Cup results
Season *les
Season standings
Race victories
- 25 wins (7 DH, 10 SG, 8 GS)
- 64 podiums
World Championship results
Olympic results
References
External links
- Official website
- Michaela Dorfmeister at the International Ski Federation
- Michaela Dorfmeister World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Michaela Dorfmeister at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Michaela Dorfmeister at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)