Elisabeth Kirchler

Elisabeth Kirchler

Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
World Championships
	1985 Bormio	Giant Slalom

Elisabeth Kirchler (born 17 November 1963 in Schwaz, Tyrol) is a retired Austrian alpine skier. She did grow up in the small village Lanersbach, community Tux. Her nickname is Lis or Lisi. Winning the silver medal in the Giant Slalom Race in the World Championships 1985 (female races were held at Santa Caterina) was a great surprise because she was known as a "speed racer" (and by the way, female racers of the Austrian Ski Federation weren't successful in that discipline since March 1978). Besides her four wins, she could achieve podiums as following: Place 2: downhill 4, Super-G 2, Giant Slalom 1, Alpine Combined 1; place 3: Alpine Combined 1. - Another results are: Olympics: Downhill 9th, in 1984; Downhill 8th, Super-G 15th, in 1988. - World Championships: Downhill 6th, Giant Slalom 8th, in 1982; Downhill 12th, in 1985; Downhill 22nd, in 1989. - She was an Austrian Champion in the giant slalom in 1983.

After retirement she was a commentator for the Austrian Television broadcaster ORF and a columnist for an Austrian newspaper for several years. She is married to a restaurant proprietor (Armin Riml); the couple lives at Sölden with three children.

World Cup victories

Date	Location	Race
March 6, 1981	Aspen	Downhill
December 8, 1982	Val d'Isère	Combined
January 22, 1983	Megève	Downhill
December 21, 1984	Santa Caterina	Downhill

References

• Elisabeth Kirchler at the International Ski Federation

Awards
Preceded by Edit Horvath	Austrian Sportswoman of the year 1985	Succeeded by Roswitha Steiner