Andrea Fischbacher (born 14 October 1985) is a retired alpine ski racer from Austria.

Career

Born in

Schwarzach im Pongau Schwarzach im Pongau is a market town in the St. Johann im Pongau District in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Geography It is located in the valley of the Salzach river, between the Hohe Tauern mountain range (Goldberg and Ankogel groups) in the ...

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, Fischbacher now lives in

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. She made her

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debut in March 2004 in

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, 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

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in 2006 and again in 2010, where she won the gold 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 ...

, ahead of

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and

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. In the

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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

Women's Super G podium at Whistler Creekside closeup

Personal

Fischbacher is a

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Hermann Maier Hermann Maier (born 7 December 1972) is an Austrian former World Cup champion alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. Nicknamed the "Herminator", Maier ranks among the greatest alpine ski racers in history, with four overall World Cup tit ...

, a multiple Olympic, World Cup, and world champion. .

References

External links

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Austrian Ski team
– official site – Andrea Fischbacher – ' {{DEFAULTSORT:Fischbacher, Andrea 1985 births Austrian female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of Austria Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Olympic gold medalists for Austria People from St. Johann im Pongau District Living people Sportspeople from Salzburg (state)