Martina Maria Ertl-Renz (born 12 September 1973) is a German former

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

. She was two times world champion and also won several medals at Olympic Winter Games and World Championships.

Biography

Martina Ertl is the sister of the German alpine ski

Andreas Ertl Andreas Ertl (born 30 September 1975) is a German alpine skiing coach and former alpine skier who won a gold medal with the national team at the team event at the 2005 Alpine World Ski Championships. He participates at six editions of the Alp ...

Skiing career

Ertl started skiing at the age of two and a half. At the age of 18 she participated in the Junior World Championship in

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(

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) winning a silver medal in

Giant Slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

and a bronze medal in Combined. This was the starting point of a long career. Until 2006 she took part in 430 World Cup races winning 14 of them. Ertl won the

World Cup in 1996 and 1998. She won three Olympic medals and four medals at World Championships (Bronze in Giant Slalom at Morioka 1993, Bronze medalist in Giant Slalom at Sierra Nevada 1996, Gold in Combined at St. Anton 2001, Gold in Nation Team Event at Bormio 2005). She represented Germany at five

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...

between

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and

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, winning silver medals in the giant slalom in

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and the combined event in

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, as well as a bronze medal in the combined event in

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World Cup victories

Overall

Individual races

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ertl, Martina 1973 births Living people People from Bad Tölz Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria German female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in alpine skiing FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics