Nicola_Spiess

Nicola Spiess

Nicola Spiess

Austrian alpine skier

Nicola Spiess married Werdenigg[1] (born 29 July 1958) is an Austrian former alpine skier.[2]

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She is the sister of the former alpine skier Uli Spiess and is the daughter of Ernst Spiess [de] and Erika Mahringer.[3]

Career

Spiess skiing in carving in 2007 at the age of 49.

During her career she has achieved 17 results among the top 10 (4 podiums) in the World Cup.[2] She competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics and was 4th in downhill.[2] She retired from the competitive skiing at 21.

The denunciation of sexual abuse

In 2017, after the Weinstein scandal, she talked about the sexual abuse suffered by members of the Austrian Alpine Ski Team in the 1970s.[1] She also wrote a book on the subject: Ski Macht Spiele (Ski power games).[4]

World Cup results

Podiums
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National titles

Spiess has won one national championships at individual senior level.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Sci, Austria nella bufera. Werdenigg: "Stuprata da un atleta"". gazzetta.it (in Italian). 20 November 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Nicola Spiess profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. [3]
    "The Spieß family". spiess.at. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Ski Macht Spiele - Nicola Werdenigg Broschiert – 9. März 2018 von Nicola Werdenigg (Autor)". amazon.de (in German). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Österreichische Meisterschaften". oesv.at (in German). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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