Michaela Dorfmeister

Michaela Dorfmeister

Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
2006 TurinDownhill
2006 TurinSuper-G
1998 NaganoSuper-G
World Championships
2001 St. AntonDownhill
2003 St. MoritzSuper-G
1999 VailDownhill
1999 VailSuper-G

Michaela Dorfmeister (born 25 March 1973 in Vienna) is a former professional alpine skier from Austria. Her specialities were both the downhill and the super-G disciplines, although she skied in and had success in giant slalom.

Biography

The only daughter of a butcher by trade, Dorfmeister lived in Vienna until she was 6. She later studied at the Schladming ski academy, which has produced many of Austria's skiing greats.

Dorfmeister raced her first international season in 1983 and entered her first World Cup race in 1991 at Serre Chevalier coming 26.[1] Her first podium place was in 1995 at the St. Anton downhill which she won. This was followed by a total of 25 victories (7 in downhill, 10 in super-G and 8 in giant slalom)

In 2000, she won the giant slalom World Cup, and in 2002 the overall World Cup. She won two more speciality World Cups, in 2003 (downhill) and 2005 (super-G). At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the downhill and super-G races.

Dorfmeister's win in the Hafjell super-G on 3 March 2006 made her the oldest woman to win an Alpine Skiing World Cup race.[2]

World Cup victories

Overall

SeasonDiscipline
2000Giant slalom
2002Overall
2003Downhill
2006Downhill
2005Super-G
2006Super-G

Individual races

Date Location Race
16 December 1995St. AntonDownhill
6 March 1999St. MoritzSuper-G
4 December 1999Serre-ChevalierGiant slalom
9 December 1999Val-d'IsèreGiant slalom
5 January 2000MariborGiant slalom
8 January 2000BerchtesgadenGiant slalom
11 February 2000Santa CaterinaSuper-G
24 November 2000AspenSuper-G
9 December 2000SestriereGiant slalom
27 October 2001SöldenGiant slalom
19 January 2002BerchtesgadenGiant slalom
31 January 2002ÅreGiant slalom
6 March 2002AltenmarktDownhill
7 March 2002AltenmarktSuper-G
21 December 2002LenzerheideDownhill
1 March 2003InnsbruckDownhill
5 December 2004Lake LouiseSuper-G
6 January 2005Santa CaterinaDownhill
16 January 2005Cortina d'AmpezzoDownhill
19 February 2005ÅreSuper-G
11 March 2005LenzerheideSuper-G
18 December 2005Val-d'IsèreSuper-G
20 January 2006St. MoritzSuper-G
21 January 2006St. MoritzDownhill
3 March 2006HafjellSuper-G

References

  1. https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?competitorid=14094&sector=AL
  2. "Page not found on ski-dbs". www.ski-db.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2008.



Awards
Preceded by
Mirna Jukić
Austrian Sportswoman of the year
2003
Succeeded by
Kate Allen
Preceded by
Renate Götschl
Austrian Sportswoman of the year
2006
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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