Fabienne Suter
 Suter in January 2009 |
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| Disciplines | Downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, Slalom, Combined |
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| Club | Hochstuckli Sattel | ||||||||||||
| Born | January 5, 1985 Sattel, Schwyz, Switzerland |
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| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | December 12, 2002 (age 17) |
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| Website | fabienne-suter.ch | ||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 - (2010) | ||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||
| Teams | 4 - (2003, '07 '09 '11) | ||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||
| Seasons | 8th - (2003-12) | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 4 - (1 DH, 3 SG) | ||||||||||||
| Podiums | 14 - (4 DH, 9 SG, 1 SC) | ||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 - (7th in 2009, '10) | ||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 - (3rd in SG 2008, '09) | ||||||||||||
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Fabienne Suter (born January 5, 1985) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Sattel in the canton of Schwyz, she specializes in the Super G, giant slalom, and the downhill.
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[edit] Career
At the 2003 World Championships in St. Moritz, she fell in the giant slalom and injured her pelvis. Continuning and recovering, Suter resided in Calgary, Canada with close family friends. This was followed by other injuries. Following appearances in FIS and Europa Cup races, she returned to the World Cup in for the 2007 season.[1] Her first performance in the top ten was in February 2008, a seventh place in downhill in St. Moritz. The next week she won her first World Cup race at the Super-G in Sestriere, tied with Andrea Fischbacher. At the World Cup finals in Bormio, she won another Super-G race on March 13.
In the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, Suter came in 11th in the Super-G and 13th in the giant slalom, having had to start with a higher number. With the Swiss team she won the bronze medal in the team event, having contributed the second-fastest time in the Super-G run.
[edit] World Cup podiums
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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| 2008 | 10 Feb 2008 |  Sestriere, Italy |
Super G[2] | 1st |
| 13 Mar 2008 | Bormio, Italy |
Super G | 1st | |
| 2009 | 7 Dec 2008 |  Lake Louise, Canada |
Super G | 2nd |
| 19 Dec 2008 |  St. Moritz, Switzerland |
Super combined | 3rd | |
| 20 Dec 2008 | Super G | 2nd | ||
| 22 Feb 2009 | Tarvisio, Italy |
Super G | 2nd | |
| 27 Feb 2009 |  Bansko, Bulgaria |
Downhill | 1st | |
| 28 Feb 2009 | Downhill | 3rd | ||
| 1 Mar 2009 | Super G | 2nd | ||
| 2010 | 22 Jan 2010 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
Super G | 2nd |
| 30 Jan 2010 | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
Downhill | 3rd | |
| 2012 | 7 Dec 2011 |  Beaver Creek, USA |
Super G | 2nd |
| 7 Jan 2012 |  Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria |
Downhill | 3rd | |
| 8 Jan 2012 | Super G | 1st |
[edit] References
- ^ Mario Rall (December 6, 2006). "Fabienne Suter: Von Rang 900 schon auf Rang 203 vorgestosse" (in German). skionline.ch. http://www.skionline.ch/index.php?section=news&cmd=details&newsid=825.
- ^ Tied with Andrea Fischbacher
[edit] External links
- Fabienne Suter at the International Ski Federation
- FIS-Ski.com - World Cup season standings - Fabienne Suter
- Ski-db.com - results - Fabienne Suter
- Sports Reference.com - Olympic results - Fabienne Suter
- fabienne-suter.ch - personal website - (German)
- Swiss Ski team - official site - (German)
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
