Michaela_Dorfmeister

Michaela Dorfmeister

Michaela Dorfmeister

Austrian alpine skier


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

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Biography

Born in Vienna, Dorfmeister is the only daughter of a butcher by trade, and lived in Vienna until she was age six. 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 a World Cup race.[2]

World Cup results

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Race victories

  • 25 wins (7 DH, 10 SG, 8 GS)
  • 64 podiums
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World Championship results

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References

  1. "DORFMEISTER Michaela - Athlete Information".
  2. "Page not found on ski-dbs". www.ski-db.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2008. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
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