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Alpine Skiing At The 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's Combined
Originally scheduled to run on 17 February, the downhill portion of the Women's combined was postponed due to high winds. The slalom was held on 17 February and the downhill portion was on Saturday, 18 February. Janica Kostelić was both defending World and Olympic champion, and she led the aggregate World Cup standings. Janica also won the only combined race leading into the championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland and she also won all combined races held in World Cup since the last Olympic games. Results The results of the women's combined event in Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O .... References External linksOfficial Olympic Report {{Footer Olympic Champions Alpine Combined Women Combined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Sicario
Sansicario (also spelled San Sicario) is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Cesana Torinese (Metropolitan City of Turin) in Piedmont, north-western Italy. It lies at in the Val Susa and has a population of 93 people. It is a famous winter tourist resort. Part of the Via Lattea (Milky Way) skiing area. At the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics, it hosted the biathlon, luge, skeleton, bobsled, and also the Women's' Downhill and Super-G Alpine skiing races. References Venues of the 2006 Winter Olympics Cities and towns in Piedmont Cesana Torinese Frazioni of the Metropolitan City of Turin {{Winter-Olympic-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette Hargin
Janette Hargin (born 4 October 1977) is a Swedish former alpine skier who competed in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. During her alpine skiing career she won six Swedish national titles and scored six top ten finishes in alpine skiing World Cup races, including a career best of second in a combined in Åre in 2002. At the 2002 Winter Olympics she finished 25th in the downhill, 27th in the super-G and 31st in the giant slalom, whilst in 2006 she finished 12th in the combined, 17th in the downhill and 22nd in the super-G. Her best result in an Alpine Skiing World Championships was a 12th in the super-G in 2003. After nine years on the alpine World Cup circuit, in 2007 Hargin retired from alpine skiing and switched to freeskiing. She has enjoyed success as a freeskier, becoming Freeride World Tour champion in 2011 and winning three Scandinavian and two Swedish titles in big mountain skiing. She retired from competitive freeskiing in 2012. She has commentated on alpine skiing f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolina Ruiz Castillo
Carolina Verónica Ruiz Castillo (born 14 October 1981) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Spain. Born in Osorno, Chile, she represented Spain in four Winter Olympics and eight World Championships. She moved to Spain with her parents few weeks after she was born, specifically to Sierra Nevada (Granada). She also competed in the European cup and the junior world championships, where she won two medals. Ruiz Castillo secured her first World Cup victory in 2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ..., a downhill at Méribel, France. It was the first-ever victory in a World Cup speed event for Spain and the second career podium for Ruiz Castillo at age 31; her first was thirteen years earlier in a giant slalom. World Cup results Top ten finishes * 1 win � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Zakouřilová
Petra Zakouřilová (born 5 September 1978 in Liberec) is an alpine skier from the Czech Republic. She competed for the Czech Republic at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ... Winter Olympics. Her best result in the Olympics was a 16th place in the 2002 combined. References External links 1978 births Living people Czech female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the Czech Republic Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Skiers from Liberec {{CzechRepublic-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soňa Maculová
Soňa Maculová (born 20 May 1987) is a Slovak alpine skier. She competed in five events at the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O .... References 1987 births Living people Slovak female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Slovakia Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics People from Krompachy Skiers from the Košice Region {{Slovakia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie Hrstková
Lucie is the French and Czech form of the female name Lucia. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Lucie Ahl (born 1974), British tennis player * Lucie Arnaz (born 1951), American actress * Lucie Aubrac (1912–2007), member of the French Resistance * Lucie Balthazar (born 1958), Canadian handball player * Lucie Berger (1836–1906), French educator * Lucie Bílá (born 1966), Czech pop singer * Lucie Blue Tremblay (born 1958), Canadian singer-songwriter * Lucie Böhm (born 1974), Austrian orienteer * Lucie Boissonnas (1839–1877), French writer * Lucie Brock-Broido, American poet * Lucie Campbell, American composer * Lucie Cave, British journalist * Lucie Charlebois, Canadian politician * Lucie Daouphars (1922-1963), French model known as Lucky * Lucie de la Falaise, Welsh-French former model and socialite * Lucie Décosse, French judoka * Lucie Dejardin, Belgian politician * Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, French writer * Lucie Edwards, Canadian diplomat * Lucie Grang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Robnik
Petra Robnik (born 16 October 1984 in Blejska Dobrava, Jesenice, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian alpine skier. A member of SK Jesenice, she competes in all disciplines. Robnik represented Slovenia at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She was placed 25th in the downhill, 21st in the combined and 29th in the Super-G. Her World Cup was debut in 2004 in slalom in Maribor. So far, her best result is 8th place in Super-combined (Tarvisio, 2007). Her best result in European cup is 8th place in slalom (Lenggries Lenggries is a municipality and a village in Bavaria, Germany. It is the center of the Isarwinkel, the region along the Isar between Bad Tölz and Wallgau. The town has about 9,500 inhabitants. By area, it is the largest rural municipality (" Geme ..., 2008). Results in the Slovenian national championship External links * * Slovenian female alpine skiers Living people 1984 births Olympic alpine skiers for Slovenia Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Fanchini
Nadia Fanchini (born 25 June 1986) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. Born in Lovere, she lives in Val Camonica. Her sisters Elena and Sabrina Fanchini were also members of the Italian World Cup team. Career Fanchini represented Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics and at four World Championships. She won a bronze medal in the downhill at the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, and a silver medal in the downhill at the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria. In the final World Cup race before the 2010 Winter Olympics, Fanchini injured both knees in a Super-G. She missed the Olympics and the remainder of the 2010 season, as well as the 2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ... season. World Cup results Season standings : Race p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šárka Záhrobská , nature reserve in the Czech Republic
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Šárka () may refer to one of the following: * Šárka (name), Czech female given name (includes people bearing the name) * Šárka, the mythical warrior-maiden of Bohemia, a character in ''The Maidens' War'' * ''Šárka'' (Fibich), an opera by Zdeněk Fibich * ''Šárka'' (Janáček), the first opera by Leoš Janáček * '' Šárka'', the third symphonic poem of Bedřich Smetana's ''Má vlast'' * Divoká Šárka Divoká Šárka (; wild Šárka) is a nature reserve on the northwestern outskirts of Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic. Around the 6th century, the Slavs came to this area. Between the 7th and 9th centuries, there was a Slavic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Marchand-Arvier
Marie Marchand-Arvier (born 8 April 1985) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Laxou, she won a silver medal in the super-G at the 2009 World Championships. She finished fifth in the combined, and sixth in the downhill. Marchand-Arvier competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where her best result was 15th in the downhill. At the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 7th in the downhill and tenth in the combined at Whistler Creekside. Marchand-Arvier married former biathlete Vincent Jay in June 2014. In March 2015 she announced her retirement from competition. World cup results Race podiums *5 podiums (4 downhill, 1 super-G Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event ...) Season standings World Championship results Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaylin Richardson
Kaylin Richardson (born September 28, 1984) is a former American alpine ski racer. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ..., finishing 17th in the alpine skiing combined both times. She retired from the United States Ski Team and professional skiing on March 26, 2010. Biography Kaylin Richardson followed her older brothers into ski racing while growing up in the Minneapolis area. Kaylin got started skiing in the Twin Cities with the Skijammers Ski and Snowboard School, a travelling ski program where her father was an instructor. She began racing at 9 with Team Gilboa at Hyland Hills. Richardson was named to the United States Ski Team for the 2003 season and quickly progressed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer
Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer (born 17 April 1978 in Lam) is a retired German alpine skier and gold medal winner at FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. Career She represented Germany at the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. She won gold medal in team competition at FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005. 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 name is ... she has 6 podiums. References External links * * * * 1978 births Living people German female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Germany 21st-century German sportswomen 20th-century German sportswomen {{Germany-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
