Renate Götschl (born 6 August 1975) is an Austrian former
alpine ski racer. She is a two-time individual
World Champion
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in the
combined (
1997
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) and
downhill (
1999
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), and has won a total of 9
World Championships
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medals. She also won two
Olympic medals in
2002, the bronze medal in
downhill and the silver medal in the
combined.
Career
Götschl made her
World Cup
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debut in
1993
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, on 14 March
1993
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, winning the
slalom in
Lillehammer, Norway. This was followed by more than 100 podium (top 3) results, including at least one win in four of the five disciplines; only a
giant slalom win has eluded her, the best result in this discipline being a second place in Lienz in December 2003.
She won the overall World Cup title in
2000
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, and she has also won five World Cup discipline titles in downhill (1997, 1999, 2004, 2005 and 2007), three in super-G (2000, 2004 and 2007), and two in combined (2000 and 2002).
Götschl has won nine medals at the
World Championships
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, including gold medals in combined (
1997
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) in downhill (
1999
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) and in team event (
2007). At the
2002 Winter Olympics
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, she won a silver medal in combined and a bronze medal in the downhill.
On 28 January
2007, when she was second in a super-G in
San Sicario
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It lies at 1,700 m in the Val Susa and has a population of 93 people. It is a famous ...
, she celebrated her 100th podium in World Cup. Her total of 46 World Cup race wins (as of 14 March 2007) is fifth all-time among women, behind only
Lindsey Vonn
Lindsey Caroline Vonn ( ; born October 18, 1984) is an American former World Cup alpine ski racer on the US Ski Team. She won four World Cup overall championships — second only amongst female skiers to Annemarie Moser-Pröll — with three ...
,
Mikaela Shiffrin
Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin (born March 13, 1995) is an American two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup alpine skier. She is a four-time Overall World Cup champion, a four-time world champion in slalom, and a six-time winner of the World Cup ...
,
Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Annemarie Moser-Pröll (born 27 March 1953) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Kleinarl, Salzburg, she was the most successful female alpine ski racer during the 1970s, with six overall titles, including five consecut ...
, and
Vreni Schneider
Verena "Vreni" Schneider (born 26 November 1964) is a retired ski racer from Switzerland. She is the most successful alpine ski racer of her country, the fourth most successful female ski racer ever (after Lindsey Vonn, Annemarie Moser-Pröll an ...
. One of her favorite slopes is in
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, where on 20 January 2007 she became the first alpine skier ever to win 10 races at a single World Cup venue. This highscore was held until December 2011 when
Lindsey Vonn
Lindsey Caroline Vonn ( ; born October 18, 1984) is an American former World Cup alpine ski racer on the US Ski Team. She won four World Cup overall championships — second only amongst female skiers to Annemarie Moser-Pröll — with three ...
celebrated her ninth, tenth and eleventh victory on three consecutive days in
Lake Louise, Canada.
World Cup statistics
Race wins
* 46 wins
(24 DH / 17 SG / 1 SL / 4 KB)
Individual races
* 46 wins
(24 DH / 17 SG / 1 SL / 4 KB)
* 110 podiums
(59 DH / 41 SG / 4 GS / 1 SL / 5 KB)
Regarding the most podium positions, Götschl ranks third to
Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Annemarie Moser-Pröll (born 27 March 1953) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Kleinarl, Salzburg, she was the most successful female alpine ski racer during the 1970s, with six overall titles, including five consecut ...
, who leads with 113 and
Lindsey Vonn
Lindsey Caroline Vonn ( ; born October 18, 1984) is an American former World Cup alpine ski racer on the US Ski Team. She won four World Cup overall championships — second only amongst female skiers to Annemarie Moser-Pröll — with three ...
.
Cup standings
World Championship results
Olympic results
References
External links
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1975 births
Austrian female alpine skiers
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 Austria
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
Olympic silver medalists for Austria
Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions
People from Judenburg
Living people
Recipients of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
Sportspeople from Styria
20th-century Austrian women
21st-century Austrian women