Denise Feierabend (born 15 April 1989) is a Swiss former

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alpine ski racer. Born in

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Obwalden Obwalden, also Obwald (german: Kanton Obwalden, rm, Chantun Sursilvania; french: Canton d'Obwald; it, Canton Obvaldo), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of seven municipalities and the seat of the govern ...

, she competed for

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at the

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and

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

. At the 2018

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, Feierabend won the gold medal in the team competition, which was held for the first time, on 24 February as part of the Swiss team (with

Wendy Holdener Wendy Holdener (born 12 May 1993) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in slalom and combined. She is a two-time World champion in combined and a five-time Olympic medalist, four individual with one gold medal in the team even ...

, Luca Aerni, Daniel Yule and Ramon Zenhäusern). Three weeks after the end of the season, she announced her retirement from top-level sport on 8 April 2018.

World Cup results

Season standings

*Standings through 4 February 2018

Race podiums

* 0 podiums * 9 top tens (best finishes - fourth in slalom and combined)

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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Denise Feierabend
World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * *

– official site – '
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– athletes – race – Denise Feierabend * ' 1989 births Living people Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Swiss female alpine skiers Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland People from Obwalden 21st-century Swiss women {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub