Miriam Vogt (born 20 March 1967 in
Starnberg
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, then
West Germany
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) is a former
alpine ski
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er who won the gold medal in the women's
combined event
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at the
1993
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World Championships
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in
Morioka
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...
,
Japan
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.
She retired from competition in 1998 and became President of the
Bavaria
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n Ski Federation (BSV) in 2005.
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Miriam Vogt statisticsfrom skinet.jp
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Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Olympic alpine skiers for Germany
German female alpine skiers
1967 births
Living people
People from Starnberg
Skiers from Upper Bavaria
20th-century German women
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