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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 – Women's Giant Slalom ...
These are the complete results for the Women's Giant Slalom competition at the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships. It was run on February 12, the seventh race of the championships. {{DEFAULTSORT:FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 - Women's giant slalom Women's giant slalom 2009 in French women's sport FIS FIS or fis may refer to: Science and technology * '' Fis'', an ''E. Coli'' gene * Fis phenomenon, a phenomenon in linguistics * F♯ (musical note) * Flight information service, an air traffic control service * Frame Information Structure, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the technical events in alpine ski racing. This category separates them from the speed events of Super-G and downhill. The technical events are normally composed of two runs, held on different courses on the same ski run. Course The vertical drop for a GS course must be for men, and for women. The number of gates in this event is 56–70 for men and 46–58 for women. The number of direction changes in a GS course equals 11–15% of the vertical drop of the course in metres, 13–18% for children. As an example, a course with a vertical drop of would have 33–45 direction changes for an adult race. Speed Although giant slalom is not the fastest event in skiing, on average a well-trained racer may reach average speeds of . Equipment ... [...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] |
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] |
Maria Riesch
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Britt Janyk
Britt Janyk (born May 21, 1980, in North Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian retired alpine skier, specializing in 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 Patrici ..., Super Giant Slalom skiing, super G, Alpine skiing combined, alpine combined, and Giant slalom skiing, giant slalom, having also competed in Slalom skiing, slaloms in the past. During her career Janyk scored 18 top 10 finishes in alpine skiing World Cup competition, including two podium finishes, both in downhill races: a win in Aspen Mountain (ski area), Aspen and a third in Lake Louise Ski Resort, Lake Louise, both in 2007. She announced her retirement from the sport in May 2011. Her brother Michael Janyk is also an alpine skier who successfully competes in the Alpine skiing World Cup, World Cup. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelena Lolović
* 2010 Winter Olympics national flag bearers
Jelena Lolović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Лоловић; born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia on 14 July 1981) is a Serbian alpine skier. She participated at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics and was the flag bearer for her country each time. Olympic results World Cup standings See also * List of flag bearers for Serbia and Montenegro at the Olympics * List of flag bearers for Serbia at the Olympics This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Serbia at the Olympics. References External links * * * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Fischbacher
Andrea Fischbacher (born 14 October 1985) is a retired alpine ski racer from Austria. Career Born in Schwarzach im Pongau, Salzburg, Fischbacher now lives in Eben im Pongau. She made her World Cup debut in March 2004 in Sestriere, Italy, where she would claim her first World Cup victory four years later, a dead-heat tie with Fabienne Suter. Fischbacher competed for Austria at the Winter Olympics in 2006 and again in 2010, where she won the gold medal in the Super-G, ahead of Tina Maze and Lindsey Vonn. In the Downhill on February 17, she finished 4th, missing the bronze medal by 0.03 seconds. Left off the Austrian team for the 2014 Winter Olympics, Fischbacher responded with a victory in the first race after the games, her first World Cup podium in over four years. World Cup results Race podiums *3 wins – (2 DH, 1 SG) *10 podiums – (3 DH, 6 SG, 1 GS) ^ Tie for first with Fabienne Suter. Season standings World Championship results Olympic results P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Hosp
Nicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Career Born in Ehenbichl, Tyrol, she won her first World Cup competition, giant slalom, in Sölden, Tyrol, Austria on 26 October 2002, sharing the victory with Andrine Flemmen and Tina Maze. Hosp won the overall World Cup title in 2007 and the season title in giant slalom. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined), and was world champion in the giant slalom in 2007. Although Hosp won the giant slalom crystal globe in 2007, she stopped racing GS after often not qualifying for the second run in 2011. In her final seasons, she competed in four disciplines: slalom, Super-G, downhill, and combined. Hosp suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury to her right knee a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Dettling
Andrea Dettling (born 19 January 1987) is a Swiss Alpine skier. She was fifth in Super-G at the 2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup. She represented Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympics Switzerland participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 146 athletes entered 14 sports (all except short track speed skating). Medalists Alpine skiing ;Men ;Women ;Men's team Biathlon Bobsleig .... References Swiss female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanni Leinonen
Sanni Maaria Leinonen (born November 8, 1989, in Siilinjärvi) is a former alpine skier from Finland. She competes for Finland in technical events on the World Cup. She represented Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Her best result was a 30th place in the giant slalom. Her best result on the World Cup was a 7th-place finish in the slalom at Maribor, Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ... in 2010. References External links * * * * 1989 births Living people Finnish female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Finland Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics People from Siilinjärvi {{Finland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Putzer
Karen Putzer (born 29 September 1978) is a former Italian alpine skier. Biography She was born in Bolzano, Italy. A specialist of Giant Slalom and Super-G, she won a total of eight World Cup victories, arriving second in the overall classment in the 2002–2003 season behind Janica Kostelić. However, her career was often hampered by accidents. She won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, th .... World Cup victories See also * Italian skiers who closed in top 10 in overall World Cup References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Putzer, Karen 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Bolzano Germanophone Italian people Italian female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
