Blanca Fernández Ochoa (22 April 1963 – August 2019)''La Policía descarta la muerte accidental y violenta de Blanca Fernández Ochoa ''
elconfidencial.com, 4 September 2019 was a

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alpine ski racer from

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. Born in

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, she competed in four

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, from 1980 through 1992.

Career

Her four siblings all competed in alpine ski racing for Spain in the

: Dolores, Francisco, Juan Manuel, and

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(1950-2006) won the gold medal in slalom at the 1972 Olympics in

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, Japan. She received the Premio Reina Sofía for best athlete in 1983 and 1988 by Consejo Superior de Deportes at Premios Nacionales del Deporte. She also received the Real Orden del Mérito Deportivo in 1994. At the

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, Blanca won the bronze medal in slalom. During her

career, she had 4 victories, 20 podiums, and 69 top ten finishes. On July 18, 1991, she married Italian Daniel Fioretto in the Monastery of

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. They ended up divorcing and she contracted a second marriage with David Fresneda, with whom she had two children, David (born 2000) and Olivia (born 1999), although this marriage also ended in divorce.''Verdades, mentiras y muchas incógnitas en la desaparición de Blanca Fernández Ochoa''
elcierredigital.com 3. September 2019 The children live with their father. She was reported as missing on 23 August 2019 and found dead by a police officer on 4 September 2019 near La Peñota, in the

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. Policía Nacional believed it was not an

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in a safe area and there were not traumas. On 5 September 2019 it was declared she died from a suicide because

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tablets and a bottle of wine were found near her body. She died the same day of the disappearance at the age of 56.

World Cup results

Season standings

Points were only awarded for top ten finishes thru 1979, top 15 thru 1991 (see scoring system).

Race victories

* 4 wins (1 GS, 3 SL) * 20 podiums (12 GS, 8 SL), 69 top tens

World Championship results

From 1948 through 1980, the

were also the

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for alpine skiing.
At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

Olympic results

References

External links

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