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Alpine Skiing At The 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's Combined
Originally scheduled to run on 17 February, the downhill portion of the Women's combined was postponed due to high winds. The slalom was held on 17 February and the downhill portion was on Saturday, 18 February. Janica Kostelić was both defending World and Olympic champion, and she led the aggregate World Cup standings. Janica also won the only combined race leading into the championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland and she also won all combined races held in World Cup since the last Olympic games. Results The results of the women's combined event in Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second .... References External linksOfficial Olympic Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Alpine Skiing At The 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's Combined Combi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Sicario
Sansicario (also spelled San Sicario) is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Cesana Torinese (Metropolitan City of Turin) in Piedmont, north-western Italy. It lies at 1,700 m in the Val Susa The Susa Valley ( it, Val di Susa; pms, Valsusa; french: Val de Suse; oc, Val d'Ors) is a valley in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont region of northern Italy, located between the Graian Alps in the north and the Cottian Alps in the sou ... and has a population of 93 people. It is a famous winter tourist resort. At the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics, it hosted the biathlon, luge, skeleton, bobsled, and also the Women's' Downhill and Super-G Alpine skiing races. References Venues of the 2006 Winter Olympics Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Winter-Olympic-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette Hargin
Janette Hargin (born 4 October 1977) is a Swedish former alpine skier who competed in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. During her alpine skiing career she won six Swedish national titles and scored six top ten finishes in alpine skiing World Cup races, including a career best of second in a combined in Åre in 2002. At the 2002 Winter Olympics she finished 25th in the downhill, 27th in the super-G and 31st in the giant slalom, whilst in 2006 she finished 12th in the combined, 17th in the downhill and 22nd in the super-G. Her best result in an Alpine Skiing World Championships was a 12th in the super-G in 2003. After nine years on the alpine World Cup circuit, in 2007 Hargin retired from alpine skiing and switched to freeskiing. She has enjoyed success as a freeskier, becoming Freeride World Tour champion in 2011 and winning three Scandinavian and two Swedish titles in big mountain skiing. She retired from competitive freeskiing in 2012. She has commentated on alpine skiing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolina Ruiz Castillo
Carolina Verónica Ruiz Castillo (born 14 October 1981) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Spain. Born in Osorno, Chile, she represented Spain in four Winter Olympics and eight World Championships. She moved to Spain with her parents few weeks after she was born, specifically to Sierra Nevada (Granada). She also competed in the European cup and the junior world championships, where she won two medals. Ruiz Castillo secured her first World Cup victory in 2013, a downhill at Méribel Méribel () is a ski resort in the Tarentaise Valley in the French Alps. Méribel refers to three neighbouring villages in the Les Allues commune of the Savoie department of France, near the town of Moûtiers (), called Méribel Centre, Méribel ..., France. It was the first-ever victory in a World Cup speed event for Spain and the second career podium for Ruiz Castillo at age 31; her first was thirteen years earlier in a giant slalom. World Cup results Top ten finishes * 1 win – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Zakouřilová
Petra Zakouřilová (born 5 September 1978 in Liberec) is an alpine skier from the Czech Republic. She competed for the Czech Republic at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ... Winter Olympics. Her best result in the Olympics was a 16th place in the 2002 combined. References External links 1978 births Living people Czech female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the Czech Republic Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Liberec {{CzechRepublic-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soňa Maculová
Soňa Maculová (born 20 May 1987) is a Slovak alpine skier. She competed in five events at the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t .... References 1987 births Living people Slovak female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Slovakia Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics People from Krompachy Sportspeople from the Košice Region {{Slovakia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie Hrstková
Lucie is the French and Czech form of the female name Lucia. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Lucie Ahl, British tennis player * Lucie Arnaz, American actress * Lucie Aubrac, member of the French Resistance * Lucie Balthazar, Canadian handball player * Lucie Bílá, Czech pop singer * Lucie-Anne Blazek, Swiss figure skater * Lucie Blue Tremblay, Canadian singer-songwriter * Lucie Böhm, Austrian orienteer * Lucie Boissonnas (1839-1877), French writer * Lucie Brock-Broido, American poet * Lucie Campbell, American composer * Lucie Cave, British journalist * Lucie Charlebois, Canadian politician * Lucie Daouphars (1922-1963), French model known as Lucky * Lucie de la Falaise, Welsh-French former model and socialite * Lucie Décosse, French judoka * Lucie Dejardin, Belgian politician * Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, French writer * Lucie Edwards, Canadian diplomat * Lucie Grange, French medium, newspaper editor * Lucie Green, British astrophysicist * Lucie Guay, Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Robnik
Petra Robnik (born 16 October 1984 in Blejska Dobrava, Jesenice, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian alpine skier. A member of SK Jesenice, she competes in all disciplines. Robnik represented Slovenia at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She was placed 25th in the downhill, 21st in the combined and 29th in the Super-G. Her World Cup was debut in 2004 in slalom in Maribor. So far, her best result is 8th place in Super-combined (Tarvisio, 2007). Her best result in European cup is 8th place in slalom (Lenggries Lenggries is a municipality and a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is the center of the Isarwinkel, the region along the Isar between Bad Tölz and Wallgau. The town has about 9,500 inhabitants. By area, it is the largest rural municipality ("Gemeinde" ..., 2008). Results in the Slovenian national championship External links * * Slovenian female alpine skiers Living people 1984 births Olympic alpine skiers for Slovenia Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Fanchini
Nadia Fanchini (born 25 June 1986) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. Born in Lovere, she lives in Val Camonica. Her sisters Elena and Sabrina Fanchini were also members of the Italian World Cup team. Career Fanchini represented Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics and at four World Championships. She won a bronze medal in the downhill at the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, and a silver medal in the downhill at the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria. In the final World Cup race before the 2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gret ..., Fanchini injured both knees in a Super-G. She missed the Olympics and the remainder of the 2010 season, as well as the 2011 season. World Cup results Season standings : Race po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šárka Záhrobská , nature reserve in the Czech Republic
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Šárka () may refer to one of the following: * Šárka (name), Czech female given name (includes people bearing the name) * Šárka, the mythical warrior-maiden of Bohemia, a character in ''The Maidens' War'' * ''Šárka'' (Fibich), an opera by Zdeněk Fibich * ''Šárka'' (Janáček), the first opera by Leoš Janáček * '' Šárka'', the third symphonic poem of Bedřich Smetana's ''Má vlast'' * Divoká Šárka Divoká Šárka (; Wild Šárka) is a nature reserve on the northwestern outskirts of Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic. Around the 6th century the Slavs came to this area. In the 7th to 9th centuries above the Džbán gorge was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Marchand-Arvier
Marie Marchand-Arvier (born 8 April 1985) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Laxou, she won a silver medal in the super-G Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event d ... at the 2009 World Championships. She finished fifth in the combined, and sixth in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 – Women's downhill, downhill. Marchand-Arvier competed at the Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics, 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where her best result was 15th in the Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill, downhill. At the Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics, 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 7th in the Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill, downhill and tenth in the Alpine skiing at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaylin Richardson
Kaylin Richardson (born September 28, 1984) is a former American alpine ski racer. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, finishing 17th in the alpine skiing combined both times. She retired from the United States Ski Team and professional skiing on March 26, 2010. Biography Kaylin Richardson followed her older brothers into ski racing while growing up in the Minneapolis area. Kaylin got started skiing in the Twin Cities with the Skijammers Ski and Snowboard School, a travelling ski program where her father was an instructor. She began racing at 9 with Team Gilboa at Hyland Hills. Richardson was named to the United States Ski Team for the 2003 season and quickly progressed through the ranks after winning back-to-back-to-back NorAm slalom titles in 2003; '04 and co-champion in '05. Richardson competed in her first World Cup race on Dec. 15, 2002 in Sestriere, Italy. She earned her first World Cup points in 2005 at the San Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer
Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer (born 17 April 1978 in Lam) is a retired German alpine skier. She represented Germany at the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. She also won a gold medal in team competition at FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005. In the World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ... she has 6 podiums. External links * * * * 1978 births Living people German female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Germany 21st-century German women {{Germany-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
