Katja Seizinger (; born 10 May 1972) is a former

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 ...

alpine ski racing champion,

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's most successful alpine skier.

Biography

Katja Seizinger, Deborah Compagnoni and Sonja Nef - 1997 Cortina d'Ampezzo

Born in Datteln,

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

, Seizinger won three Olympic gold and two bronze medals, and won eleven World Cup season titles: two overall, four downhill, and five

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. She was a three-time winner of Germany's sportswoman of the year award. With Olympic downhill victories in 1994 and

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

, she was the first to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the same alpine speed event, and also the first woman to successfully defend an Olympic alpine title. Seizinger injured both knees while training in June 1998, missed the entire 1999 season, then retired in April.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season titles

* 11 titles – (2 overall, 4 DH, 5 SG)

Race victories

* 36 wins – (16 DH, 16 SG, 4 GS)

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Seizinger, Katja 1972 births Living people People from Datteln Sportspeople from Münster (region) German female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in alpine skiing FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of Germany Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg 20th-century German women