Alexandra Meissnitzer (born 18 June 1973) is a retired
World Cup
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alpine ski racer from
Austria
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. Her specialities were the downhill, super-G, and giant slalom disciplines.
From
Abtenau
Abtenau (Central Bavarian: ''Obtenau'') is a market town in the Hallein District of Salzburg in Austria. The municipality is located in Lammertal, Tennengau, about 45 km south of Salzburg, and encompasses the entire middle valley of the Lammer.
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,
Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label= Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872.
The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...
, her father, Hans Meissnitzer, a mechanic by trade, taught her to ski at an early age.
At the
1998 Winter Olympics
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at Nagano, Meissnitzer won the silver in the giant-slalom and the bronze in the super-G, and at the
2006 Winter Olympics
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at Turin she won the bronze in the super-G. In 1999, she won the overall
World Cup
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, to which she added the super-G and giant slalom World Cups for the same season. She also won two world titles (super-G and giant slalom) at the
1999 World Championships. A serious training crash in November 1999, she missed the remainder of the season. At the
2003 World Championships, she won the silver medal in the downhill race (in a tie with
Corinne Rey-Bellet) behind
Melanie Turgeon.
Meissnitzer was third in the super-G at the 2008 World Cup finals in
Bormio
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The centre of the upper Valtellina ...
,
Italy
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, and became the oldest woman (age 34) to finish on the podium in an alpine World Cup race.
World Cup results
Season titles
Season standings
Race victories
* 14 wins – (2
DH, 7
SG, 5
GS)
* 44 podiums – (8 DH, 18 SG, 16 GS, 2 PS)
World Championship results
Olympic results
References
External links
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*
Alexandra Meissnitzer's official web site
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1973 births
Austrian female alpine skiers
Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic alpine skiers of Austria
Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
Olympic silver medalists for Austria
Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions
People from Hallein District
Living people
Sportspeople from Salzburg (state)
20th-century Austrian women
21st-century Austrian women