Alexandra Meissnitzer (born 18 June 1973) is a retired

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alpine ski racer from

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. Her specialities were the downhill, super-G, and giant slalom disciplines. From

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, her father, Hans Meissnitzer, a mechanic by trade, taught her to ski at an early age. At the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

at Nagano, Meissnitzer won the silver in the giant-slalom and the bronze in the super-G, and 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 ...

at Turin she won the bronze in the super-G. In 1999, she won the overall

, 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

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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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