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Alpine Skiing At The 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's Giant Slalom ...
The last event of the women's alpine skiing, the giant slalom, took place on Friday, 24 February. Kostelić was a favourite once again, as she was defending Olympic champion, but Swede Anja Pärson led the World Cup and was defending World Champion of the event. Kostelić was second in the World Cup standing, however, while Austrian Kathrin Zettel was third. Results Complete results from the Women's Giant Slalom event at the 2006 Winter Olympics. References External linksOfficial Olympic Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Alpine Skiing At The 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's Giant Slalom Giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing
Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for recreation or for sport, it is typically practiced at ski resorts, which provide such services as ski lifts, artificial snow making, snow grooming, restaurants, and ski patrol. "Off-piste" skiers—those skiing outside ski area boundaries—may employ snowmobiles, helicopters or snowcats to deliver them to the top of a slope. Back-country skiers may use specialized equipment with a free-heel mode, including 'sticky' skins on the bottoms of the skis to stop them sliding backwards during an ascent, then locking the heel and removing the skins for their descent. Alpine skiing has been an event at the Winter Olympic Games since 1936. A competition corresponding to modern slalom was introduced in Oslo in 1886. Participants and venues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Maze
Tina Maze (; born 2 May 1983) is a retired Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer. Career Maze is the most successful Slovenian ski racer in history with a career that culminated with two gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She was awarded the title of the Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year in 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015, and with her four medals she is the most decorated Slovenian athlete at the Winter Olympics. Maze started her career as a giant slalom specialist, but later competed in all five alpine skiing disciplines. She is one of seven female racers who has won in all five World Cup disciplines and one of three to do so in a single season. Maze is the 2014 Olympic champion in downhill and giant slalom and the 2015 world champion in downhill and combined. She was also the world champion in giant slalom in 2011 and super-G in 2013. Maze won a total of 26 World Cup races during her career, and won the World Cup overall title in 2013. In that season, she won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagmara Krzyżyńska
Dagmara Krzyżyńska (born 12 April 1981) is a Polish alpine skier. She competed in the women's giant slalom 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 1981 births Living people Polish female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Poland Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics People from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Universiade gold medalists for Poland Universiade medalists in alpine skiing Competitors at the 2001 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2005 Winter Universiade 21st-century Polish women {{Poland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Styger
Nadia Styger (born 11 December 1978, in Zug) is a former Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer. Styger won a total of four Alpine Skiing World Cup races. She was several times Swiss champion in downhill and super-G. She won a bronze medal as part of the Swiss team at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 2007 with Sandra Gini, Rabea Grand, Fabienne Suter, Daniel Albrecht and Marc Berthod Marc Berthod (born 24 November 1983 in Saint-Moritz) is a retired Swiss alpine skier. In 2005, he was Swiss champion in giant slalom. He finished 7th in the combined event at the 2006 Winter Olympics. On 7 January 2007, Berthod won the world .... World Cup victories Footnotes External links Official websiteNews and related peopleon NamePedia 1978 births Swiss female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of Switzerland¨ People from Zug Sportspeople from the canton of Zug Living people 21st-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacey Cook
Stacey Janelle Cook (born July 3, 1984) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States, and specializes in the speed events. Racing career Born in Truckee, California, Cook started skiing at age 4 with her father at various Lake Tahoe ski areas and raced in the learn-to-race Buddy Werner League events run by the Truckee-Donner Recreation and Park District. She has competed in two Olympics and four World Championships. Cook made her first two World Cup podiums in late 2012 in consecutive downhills at Lake Louise, Canada. Cook is based in Mammoth Lakes, California. Career highlights *2005 – NorAm super G runner-up with two wins *2006 – Competed in first Winter Olympics; 19th in downhill and 23rd in giant slalom. ** U.S. super G champion *2007 – competed in first World Championships, 16th in downhill. *2009 – World Championships, 9th in downhill. *2010 – Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chemmy Alcott
Chimene Mary "Chemmy" Crawford-Alcott ( Alcott; born 10 July 1982) is an English former World Cup alpine ski racer. She competed in all five disciplines: downhill, super G, giant slalom, slalom and combined. Alcott competed in four Winter Olympic Games and seven FIS World Championships and has been overall Senior British National Champion 7 times (1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009) and Overall British Ladies Champion 8 times. She retired from international competition following the 2014 season. Early life Born in Hove, East Sussex, England, Alcott was named after Sophia Loren's character in the 1961 film ''El Cid.'' She started skiing at 18 months old on a family holiday in Flaine, France, and first raced at the age of three. In 1993, Alcott won the Etoile D'Or French Village Ski Championship, became a member of the British Junior Alpine team in 1994 and won the 1995 ''Sunday Times Junior Sportswoman of the Year'' award. Every British summer from the age of 11 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Jacquemod
Ingrid Jacquemod (born 23 September 1978 in Bourg Saint Maurice) is a French alpine skier who grew up in Val-d'Isère. She has appeared in two Winter Olympics, in 2002 and 2006. Olympics results 2006 *Downhill – 16th *Super-G – 32nd * Giant slalom – 21st 2002 *Downhill – 23rd *Super-G – 22nd World championships Jacquemod appeared at the World Championships since 2001, her best single race position being fifth, in the 2005 downhill race in Santa Caterina. World Cup Jacquemod made her World Cup debut on 21 November 1996 at the age of eighteen, in a giant slalom race in Park City, Utah. Her first finish was on 18 January the next year, where she finished 21st. Jacquemod has won one World Cup race, in January 2005 in a downhill Downhill may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Downhill'' (1927 film), a British film by Alfred Hitchcock * ''Downhill'' (2014 film), a British comedy directed by James Rouse * ''Downhill'' (2016 film), a Chilean thriller directed by ... [...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] |
Nika Fleiss
Nika Fleiss (born 14 December 1984) is a Croatian former alpine skier. Fleiss was born in Brežice, at the time SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia. She lives in Samobor. Having started skiing at the age of 3, her best results were in slalom. After several successful races in junior category, her first World Cup race was 27 October 2002 in Sölden. Fleiss represented Croatia in 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. Her best World Cup result is 6th place in Lenzerheide Lenzerheide ( Romansh: ''Lai'') is a mountain resort in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland at the foot of the Parpaner Rothorn. The village lies in the municipality Vaz/Obervaz in the district of Albula, sub-district Alvaschein. The vil ... (slalom) in 2005. She missed 2006/07 season because of injury. After the 2009/10 season she retired from the sport. References External links FIS profile of Nika Fleiss 1984 births Living people Croatian female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Lindell-Vikarby
Jessica Lindell-Vikarby (born 7 February 1984) is a retired Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Huddinge, Stockholm County, she made her World Cup debut in October 2002, and has two World Cup victories and seven podiums. Lindell-Vikarby has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. On 14 July 2015, she announced her retirement from alpine skiing. World Cup results Season standings Race podiums * 2 wins – (1 SG, 1 GS) * 7 podiums – (3 SG, 4 GS) References External links * Jessica Lindell-VikarbyWorld Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * * Jessica Lindell-Vikarbyat Rossignol.comJessica Lindell-Vikarbyat the Swedish Olympic Committee The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) ( sv, Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (SOK)) is the Swedish National Olympic Committee (NOC). The Swedish Olympic Committee organize the Swedish participation in the Olympics, choose the participants and run the " ... (SOK) ' * ' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindell-Vik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlies Schild
Marlies Raich (née Schild, born 31 May 1981) is a retired Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. She specializes in the technical disciplines of slalom and giant slalom. Schild won four Olympic medals, with silvers in the combined (2006) and slalom (2010, 2014) and a bronze in slalom (2006). She has seven World Championship medals and has won five World Cup season titles. Schild completed her World Cup career with 37 wins, all but two in slalom. She retired from international competition at age 33 in September 2014. Ski racing career Born in Admont, Styria, Schild initially preferred the downhill event. However, by the age of 19 she had already undergone five knee surgeries, prompting her to concentrate on the less dangerous slalom and giant slalom competitions. Since 2004, she has finished every season (except 2009 when out with injury) among the top 3 in the World Cup slalom standings, and won the slalom trophy in 2007, 2008 and 2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup, 2011. Her be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fränzi Aufdenblatten
Franziska Christine "Fränzi" Aufdenblatten (born 10 February 1981) is a retired Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Zermatt, Valais, Aufdenblatten made her World Cup debut in March 2000 in a giant slalom at Sestriere. She scored four podium finishes on the World Cup: one win in a super-G in Val-d'Isère in December 2009, and three third places in downhill at Haus im Ennstal ( 2004), Bad Kleinkirchheim ( 2006), and Lenzerheide (2014). Aufdenblatten competed in three Winter Olympics ( 2002, 2006 and 2014) and her best finish was a sixth place in the 2014 super-G at Rosa Khutor. After the 2014 Games, Aufdenblatten announced that she would be retiring from competition at the end of the season in order to start a new career in sports management. After announcing her retirement, she scored a fourth and final World Cup podium finish with a third place in the downhill at the 2014 World Cup Finals at Lenzerheide Lenzerheide ( Romansh: ''Lai'') is a mountain resort in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
