Kathrin Zettel

Kathrin Zettel
 Alpine skier 
Zettel in January 2009
Disciplines Giant slalom, Slalom,
Super G, Combined
Club Schiclub Göstling-Hochkar
Born (1986-08-05) 5 August 1986
Scheibbs, Lower Austria, Austria
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
World Cup debut 13 March 2004 (age 17)
Retired 13 July 2015 (age 28)
Website kathrin-zettel.at
Olympics
Teams 3 – (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals 1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams 6 – (200515)
Medals 2 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 11 – (200515)
Wins 9 – (7 GS, 2 SL)
Podiums 50 – (21 GS, 24 SL, 5 SC)
Overall titles 0 – (4th in 2009)
Discipline titles 0 – (2nd: SL, GS, 2010;
2nd SL, 2009)

Kathrin Zettel (born 5 August 1986) is an Austrian retired World Cup alpine ski racer. She won many races and took a bronze medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Life

Zettel was born in 1986[1] in Scheibbs, Lower Austria, and from Göstling, she competed primarily in the technical events of Giant slalom and slalom. Zettel made her World Cup debut in March 2004 and won her first World Cup race in November 2006.

In January 2010, Zettel won both technical events at Maribor, for her first victory in slalom.[2] At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she was the bronze medalist in slalom at Rosa Khutor, her first podium since October and just two days after her grandmother died.[3]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
200518362318   
20061974630 6
2007201187314911
200821139623 11
20092246223 3
20102352237 14
20112413610   
2012251251944 5
201326785  8
20142714115   
201528758  3

Race victories

  • 9 wins – (7 GS, 2 SL)
  • 50 podiums (21 GS, 24 SL, 5 SC)
Season Date Location Discipline
200725 Nov 2006Aspen, USAGiant slalom
28 Dec 2006Semmering, AustriaGiant Slalom
200925 Oct 2008Sölden, AustriaGiant Slalom
28 Dec 2008Semmering, AustriaGiant Slalom
25 Jan 2009Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyGiant Slalom
6 Mar 2009Ofterschwang, GermanyGiant Slalom
201016 Jan 2010Maribor, SloveniaGiant Slalom
17 Jan 2010Slalom
201325 Nov 2012Aspen, USASlalom

World championships

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
20051846
200720595
200922DNF161
201124212
201326104
201528576

Winter Olympics

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
200619DSQ174
2010231354
20142731913

References

  1. "ZETTEL Kathrin - Biographie". data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  2. Farnell, Shauna (17 January 2010). "Zettel takes Maribor slalom; U.S. Team out". Ski Racing. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  3. Mintz, Geoff (21 February 2014). "Shiffrin makes good on gold". Ski Racing. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
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