Claudia Riegler (born July 16, 1976, in

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the ...

, Austria) is an alpine skier from

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who competes in

slalom skiing Slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates. These are spaced more closely than those in giant slalom, super-G, super giant slalom and Downhill (ski competition), downhill, necessitating ...

for

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. She has represented Austria in the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

at Lillehammer, Norway; 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, Japan; and the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

at Salt Lake City, Utah. She competed in Alpine skiing World Cup races from 1995 to 2003. She is married to French alpine ski racer

Antoine Dénériaz {{Infobox alpine ski racer , name = Antoine Dénériaz , image = Antoine Deneriaz.JPG , image_size = , caption = , disciplines = Downhill, Super G, Combined , birth_date = {{birth-date and age, 6 March 1 ...

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* * 1976 births Living people Austrian emigrants to New Zealand Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of New Zealand New Zealand female alpine skiers 20th-century Austrian women {{NewZealand-alpine-skiing-bio-stub