Resi Stiegler (U.S. Ski Team
– Resi Stiegler – accessed 2012-03-04 (born November 14, 1985) is a former

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alpine ski racer from the

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. She primarily raced in the technical events and specialized in slalom. Born and raised in

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, Stiegler is the daughter of

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Josef "Pepi" Stiegler of

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. She began skiing at age two and racing at six at

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. Junior Olympic and Nor-Am success while still a teenager led to a berth on the

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; she made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2002 at a slalom in

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, Switzerland, where she finished a remarkable eleventh. At the 2003 Junior World Championships in

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, she won bronze medals in slalom and combined, to which she added a tenth-place finish in combined at the "grown-up"

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that year in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Through March

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, Stiegler has 21 World Cup top-ten finishes, with one podium. She finished sixth in combined at the 2005 World Championships in Santa Caterina,

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. Stiegler made her

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debut at the 2006 Torino games at age 20, placing eleventh in the combined and twelfth in the slalom. Stiegler's trademark is the

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ears she usually wears atop her helmet. She won a well-publicized battle with the

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, allowing her to compete with the ears at the Torino Olympics. After a series of injuries, Stiegler made her first World Cup podium in March

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, a runner-up finish at a slalom in Ofterschwang,

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.U.S. Ski Team
– Heroic World Cup Podium for Stiegler – 2012-03-04 It was her first top ten finish in over four years. In a November, 2012 interview, Stiegler ha
recovered
on schedule and was set to compete in the season as planned.

World Cup results

Season standings

*Standings through 4 February 2018

Top tens

* 1 podium – (1 SL) * 23 top tens – (1 GS, 17 SL, 2 PS, 3 SC)

World Championship results

Olympic results

Video

You Tube
– Jackson Hole Dreams – Resi Stiegler

References

External links

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World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * * *
U.S. Ski Team
– profile – Resi Stiegler

– alpine skiing – Resi Stiegler
Stiegler Q&A, update on recovery
– Stio, clothing sponsor {{DEFAULTSORT:Stiegler, Resi 1985 births Living people American people of Austrian descent American female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for the United States Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Wyoming People from Jackson, Wyoming 21st-century American women