Katharina Gutensohn (born 22 March 1966). Is an Austrian/German skier. She represented Germany from 1989 to the end of her alpine skiing career.

Biography

In 2005, at the age of 39, she made a comeback in the new Olympic discipline of

ski cross Ski cross is a skiing competition which incorporates terrain features traditionally found in freestyle skiing with courses which include big-air jumps and high-banked turns. In spite of the fact that it is a timed racing event, it is often cons ...

. She won her first World Cup start at

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on March 5, 2005. She also finished twice on the podium, the latest a second place at

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on January 5, 2009. She competed for Germany in alpine skiing events at the

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and

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and for Austria in skicross at the

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. Gutensohn took part in the 8th season of the Austrian dance competition TV show ''

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'' in 2012, finishing in 12th (last) place.

World Cup victories

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gutensohn, Katharina 1966 births Living people Austrian emigrants to Germany Austrian female alpine skiers German female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Germany Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Austrian female freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers of Austria Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions