Franziska Christine "Fränzi" Aufdenblatten (born 10 February 1981) is a retired Swiss

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alpine ski racer. Born in

Zermatt Zermatt () is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a year-round population of about 5,800 and is classified as a town by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) ...

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, Aufdenblatten made her World Cup debut in March

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in a giant slalom at

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. She scored four podium finishes on the World Cup: one win in a

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in December 2009, and three third places in

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( 2004),

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( 2006), and

Lenzerheide Lenzerheide ( Romansh: ''Lai'') is a mountain resort in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland at the foot of the Parpaner Rothorn. The village lies in the municipality Vaz/Obervaz in the district of Albula, sub-district Alvaschein. The ...

(

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). Aufdenblatten competed in three

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( 2002, 2006 and

) and her best finish was a sixth place in the 2014 super-G at Rosa Khutor. After the 2014 Games, Aufdenblatten announced that she would be retiring from competition at the end of the season in order to start a new career in sports management. After announcing her retirement, she scored a fourth and final World Cup podium finish with a third place in the downhill at the 2014 World Cup Finals at

in her native Switzerland.

World Cup victories

References

External links

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Fränzi Aufdenblatten
World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * *

– official site – '
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