Lea Sölkner (born 24 December 1958) is an

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n former alpine skier who was World championship title in slalom in 1978.

Biography

Born in

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Career

During her career she has achieved 10 results among the top 3 (1 victory) in the

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and competed in two Olympics (1980, 1984) and two World championships (1978, 1982).

Achievements

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: ; ) and commonly known as Sarajevo '84 (Serbian Cy ...

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: * eighth place at

alpine skiing Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel Ski binding, bindings, unlike other types of skiing (Cross-country skiing, cross-country, Telemark skiing, Telemark, or ski jumping) ...

Downhill Alpine skiing World Championship 1978 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen: *

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at Slalom * eleventh place at

Giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in Slalom skiing, slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant sl ...

Alpine skiing World Championship 1982 in Schladming: * fourteenth at Slalom 1984 Austrian Alpine Ski Championships * first place at alpine skiing downhill ;World Cup * 1 victory in Slalom

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Solkner, Lea 1958 births Living people Austrian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Austria Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics