Tina Weirather
Christina "Tina" Weirather (born 24 May 1989) is a retired Liechtensteiner World Cup alpine ski racer. She won a bronze medal in Super-G for Liechtenstein at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
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| Disciplines | Super-G, Downhill, Giant slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Ski Club Schaan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 May 1989 Vaduz, Liechtenstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 22 October 2005 (age 16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 25 March 2020 (age 30) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | tina-weirather.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 3 – (2006, 2014, 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 6 – (2005–07, 2013–19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 13 – (2006–2008, 2010, 2012–2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 9 – (1 DH, 7 SG, 1 GS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 41 – (14 DH, 21 SG, 6 GS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (4th in 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 2 – (2 SG, 2017, 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Racing career
Weirather made her World Cup debut at age 16 in October 2005 and has nine victories and forty podiums through December 2018.
Weirather competed in two events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and finished 33rd in the super-G, but did not finish in the downhill. She had qualified to ski in four events at the 2010 Winter Olympics: downhill, super-G, giant slalom, and the combined. Just weeks before the Olympics on 23 January, while competing in a World Cup downhill at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Weirather suffered another anterior cruciate ligament injury to her right knee and missed the Olympics,[1] as well as the following World Cup season of 2011.[2]
Following years of training alongside her compatriots on the Liechtenstein Alpine Ski team, Weirather now trains with the Swiss team.[3]
During the fourth training run for the downhill at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Weirather crashed at Rosa Khutor on 9 February and injured her lower right leg.[4] The bone contusion caused her to miss her starts in the Olympics and the remainder of the 2014 World Cup season. At the time, she was second in the World Cup overall, downhill and super-G standings and third in the giant slalom.[5]
On 25 March 2020 she announced her retirement.[6]
Personal life
Born in Vaduz, Weirather is the daughter of former World Cup ski racers Harti Weirather of Austria and Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein (and the niece of Andreas Wenzel).[1] Her mother Hanni won two overall World Cup titles (1978, 1980) and two Olympic gold medals (1980), four Olympic medals overall; uncle Andreas won the men's overall World Cup title in 1980 and 2 Olympic medals. Her father Harti won the season title in downhill in 1981 and was world champion in 1982.[7][8]
Weirather currently resides in Gamprin and has dual citizenship in Liechtenstein and Austria.
She is a keen fan of Liechtenstein football club Vaduz.
World Cup results
Season titles
| Season | |
| Discipline | |
| 2017 | Super-G |
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| 2018 | Super-G |
Season standings
| Season | |||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2007 | 17 | 56 | — | 23 | 51 | 43 | 16 |
| 2008 | 18 | 109 | — | 39 | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 19 | injured: out for season | |||||
| 2010 | 20 | 58 | — | 41 | 25 | 38 | 32 |
| 2011 | 21 | injured: out for season | |||||
| 2012 | 22 | 9 | — | 30 | 7 |  | 33 |
| 2013 | 23 | 18 | — | 37 | 9 | 6 | — |
| 2014 | 24 | 5 | — | 10 |  | 4 | 17 |
| 2015 | 25 | 10 | — | 10 | 8 | 7 | — |
| 2016 | 26 | 4 | 43 | 5 | | 8 | — |
| 2017 | 27 | 7 | — | 13 |  | 5 | — |
| 2018 | 28 | 6 | — | 31 | | | — |
| 2019 | 29 | 17 | — | 56 | | 15 | — |
| 2020 | 30 | 24 | — | — | 16 | 23 | — |
Race podiums
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2012 | 2 Dec 2011 | .svg.png){kind=small} | Downhill | 2nd |
| 28 Jan 2012 |  | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 4 Feb 2012 |  | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 5 Feb 2012 | Super-G | 3rd | ||
| 26 Feb 2012 |  | Super-G | 2nd | |
| 2013 | 30 Nov 2012 | | Downhill | 3rd |
| 1 Mar 2013 | | Super-G | 1st | |
| 2014 | 29 Nov 2013 |  | Downhill | 2nd |
| 1 Dec 2013 | Giant slalom | 3rd | ||
| 7 Dec 2013 | | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 8 Dec 2013 | Super-G | 2nd | ||
| 14 Dec 2013 | | Super-G | 1st | |
| 22 Dec 2013 |  | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 24 Jan 2014 |  | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 25 Jan 2014 | Downhill | 3rd | ||
| 26 Jan 2014 | Super-G | 2nd | ||
| 2015 | 5 Dec 2014 | | Downhill | 3rd |
| 19 Jan 2015 | | Super-G | 3rd | |
| 21 Feb 2015 |  | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 7 Mar 2015 | | Downhill | 1st | |
| 2016 | 24 Oct 2015 |  | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 28 Dec 2015 | | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 24 Jan 2016 | | Super-G | 2nd | |
| 30 Jan 2016 | | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 21 Feb 2016 | | Super-G | 1st | |
| 17 Mar 2016 | | Super-G | 1st | |
| 2017 | 4 Dec 2016 | | Super-G | 2nd |
| 18 Dec 2016 | | Super-G | 2nd | |
| 15 Jan 2017 | | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 22 Jan 2017 | | Super-G | 3rd | |
| 16 Mar 2017 | | Super-G | 1st | |
| 2018 | 1 Dec 2017 | | Downhill | 2nd |
| 3 Dec 2017 | Super-G | 1st | ||
| 9 Dec 2017 | | Super-G | 3rd | |
| 17 Dec 2017 | | Super-G | 2nd | |
| 20 Jan 2018 | | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 4 Feb 2018 | | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 3 Mar 2018 | | Super-G | 1st | |
| 2019 | 8 Dec 2018 | | Super-G | 3rd |
| 19 Dec 2018 | | Super-G | 2nd | |
| 20 Jan 2019 | | Super-G | 2nd |
World Championship results
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2005 | 15 | — | — | 31 | — | — |
| 2007 | 17 | — | DNF2 | DNF | — | DNS2 |
| 2009 | 19 | injured, did not compete | ||||
| 2011 | 21 | |||||
| 2013 | 23 | — | 27 | DNF | 13 | DNS2 |
| 2015 | 25 | — | 4 | 6 | 11 | — |
| 2017 | 27 | — | 19 | 2 | 10 | DNS1 |
| 2019 | 29 | — | — | DNF | 18 | DNS2 |
Olympic results
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2006 | 16 | — | — | 33 | DNF | — |
| 2010 | 20 | injured: did not compete | ||||
| 2014 | 24 | — | — | DNS^ | DNS^ | — |
| 2018 | 28 | — | 22 | 3 | 4 | — |
- ^ injured during downhill training run
Other honours
Alpine Skiing Junior World championships
- 2009 Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany)
- 2007 Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships in Altenmarkt (Austria)
- 2006 Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships in Mont Sainte-Anne (Canada)
Swiss Alpine Skiing championships
- 2005 Swiss Alpine Skiing Championships in Veysonnaz (Switzerland)
- 2006 Swiss Alpine Skiing Championships in St. Moritz (Switzerland)
- 2009 Swiss Alpine Skiing Championships in St. Moritz (Switzerland)
German Alpine Skiing championships
- 2009 German Alpine Skiing Championships in Oberjoch (Germany)
Liechtenstein Alpine Skiing championships
- 2006 Liechtenstein Alpine Skiing Championships in Malbun (Liechtenstein)
References
- Dunbar, Graham (23 December 2013). "Liechtenstein skier Tina Weirather follows in her family's rich Olympic tradition". Courier Islander. Campbell River, British Columbia. Associated Press. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- Battaglia, Joe (1 February 2014). "Perseverance has Tina Weirather on cusp of own Olympic Alpine greatness". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- "Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather is on the fast track".
- Battaglia, Joe (11 February 2014). "Injury knocks medal contender Tina Weirather from Sochi downhill". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- "Season ends early for Tina Weirather". Ski Racing. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- https://www.liechtenstein.li/en/sport/international-sporting-success/tina-weirather/
- "COMPETITORS HAVING MORE THAN ONE PODIUM". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- "COMPETITORS HAVING MORE THAN ONE TOP 10 POSITION". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
External links
- Tina Weirather at the International Ski Federation
- Tina Weirather World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Tina Weirather at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Tina Weirather at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Liechtenstein Ski Team (LSV) – Tina Weirather – (in German)
- Atomic Skis – athletes – Tina Weirather
- Official website – (in German and English)
| Olympic Games | ||
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| Preceded by Richard Wunder |
Flagbearer for Liechtenstein Sochi 2014 |
Succeeded by Marco Pfiffner |