Nicola Spiess married Werdenigg (born 29 July 1958) is an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n 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 is the sister of the former alpine skier

Uli Spiess Urlich "Uli" Spiess (born 15 August 1955) is an Austrian former alpine skier. He is the brother of the former alpine skier Nicola Spiess and is the son of and Erika Mahringer. Career During his career he has achieved 22 results among the top 10 ...

and is the daughter of and

Erika Mahringer Erika "Riki" Mahringer (16 November 1924 – 30 October 2018) was an Austrian alpine skier. Biography She competed in the 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympics. In 1948 she won the bronze medal in the slalom event as well as in the Alpine combined co ...

Career

During her career she has achieved 17 results among the top 10 (4 podiums) in the

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

. She competed in the

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a ...

and was 4th in downhill. She retired from the competitive skiing at 21.

The denunciation of sexual abuse

In 2017, after the

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, she talked about the sexual abuse suffered by members of the Austrian Alpine Ski Team in the

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. She also wrote a book on the subject: ''Ski Macht Spiele'' (''Ski power games'').

World Cup results

;Podiums

National titles

Spiess has won one national championships at individual

senior Senior (shortened as Sr.) means "the elder" in Latin and is often used as a suffix for the elder of two or more people in the same family with the same given name, usually a parent or grandparent. It may also refer to: * Senior (name), a surname ...

level. *

Austria Alpine Ski Championships The Austrian Alpine Ski Championships (german: Österreichischen Meister im alpinen Skisport) are the national championships in alpine skiing, organised every year by the Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV). Results Men Women References Externa ...

**Downhill: 1975

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Spiess, Nicola 1958 births Living people Austrian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Austria Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Skiers from Innsbruck 20th-century Austrian women