Diann Roffe

Diann Roffe
	Alpine skier
Disciplines	Giant Slalom, Slalom; Super G
Born	March 24, 1967; Warsaw, New York, U.S.
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
World Cup debut	March 7, 1984 (age 16)
Retired	April 1994 (age 27)
Olympics
Teams	3 – (1988, '92, '94)
Medals	2 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	3 – (1985, '89, '93)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	10 – (1985–94)
Wins	2 – (1 SG, 1 GS)
Podiums	8 – (1 SG, 7 GS)
Overall titles	0 – (10th in 1990, '92)
Discipline titles	0 – (3rd in GS, 1992)
Women's alpine skiing
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
World Championships

Diann Roffe (born March 24, 1967), also known as Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from the United States. Born in Warsaw, New York, she won the Super G at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Roffe also won the silver medal in the giant slalom at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France and a gold medal in the GS at the 1985 World Championships in Bormio, Italy at age 17. Though she did gain place 8 in the World Cup Giant Slalom Race on March 7, 1984, at Lake Placid (and place 9 in the same discipline on December 15, 1984, at Madonna di Campiglio), she was unknown more or less, when she did compete in that race on February 6 (bib-number 19 is significant for not one of the best racers in that discipline). In the progress of the race she finished 5th after the first leg (but only 0.27 sec. behind leading teammate Eva Twardokens who finished 3rd at last). In the second leg, Diann was outclass - clocked in 1:09.35 she had a margin of 0.77 second in that leg (and altogether 0.60 sec.) to the second placed Elisabeth Kirchler.

Winter Olympics 1992: Likewise in 1985, she did improve oneself in the second leg on that February 19th, at the "Piste du Corbe"-course at Méribel because she had been only ninth-placed. She won the silver medal in a tie with Anita Wachter.

Roffe learned to ski at tiny Brantling Ski Center near Rochester, New York.[1]

She had season-ending knee injuries in 1986 and 1991.[1]

Career highlights

1985 World Championships in Bormio, Italy: Gold medal in Giant Slalom at age 17.
1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France: Silver medal in Giant Slalom.
1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway: Gold medal in Super G.
1994 World Cup Finals in Vail, Colorado: 1st Place in Super G, her final World Cup race.[2]
Won 6 U.S. National titles.
Inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 2003.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
1984	16	68	–	30	–	–	—
1985	17	25	47	9	–	–	—
1986	18	–	–	–	–	–	–
1987	19	–	–	–	–	–	–
1988	20	91	–	29	–	–	–
1989	21	66	34	29	–	–	–
1990	22	10	20	4	11	–	–
1991	23	44	21	24	21	–	–
1992	24	10	48	3	6	–	–
1993	25	42	43	19	19	–	–
1994	26	39	–	30	13	–	–

Race podiums

2 wins – (1 SG, 1 GS)
8 podiums – (1 SG, 7 GS)

Season	Date	Location	Race	Place
1985	Mar 13, 1985	Lake Placid, USA	Giant Slalom	1st
1985	Mar 17, 1985	Waterville Valley, USA	Giant Slalom	2nd
1990	Nov 24, 1989	Park City, USA	Giant Slalom	2nd
	Dec 3, 1989	Vail, USA	Giant Slalom	2nd
	Feb 5, 1990	Veysonnaz, Switzerland	Giant Slalom	3rd
1992	Dec 8, 1991	Santa Caterina, Italy	Giant Slalom	3rd
1992	Jan 27, 1992	Morzine, France	Giant Slalom	3rd
1994	Mar 17, 1994	Vail, USA	Super G	1st

References

Sports Illustrated – Zone of their own – February 28, 1994
Sports Illustrated – A happy ending – March 28, 1994

External links

Diann Roffe at the International Ski Federation
Diann Roffe World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
Diann Roffe at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
Diann Roffe at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Diann Roffe at the International Olympic Committee
Spotlight Portfolios.com – Diann Roffe

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[zone-1] Sports Illustrated – Zone of their own – February 28, 1994

[2] Sports Illustrated – A happy ending – March 28, 1994