Tina Maze

Tina Maze

Maze in January 2011
Disciplines	Downhill, Super-G, Giant Slalom, Slalom, Combined
Club	CRN - SK Črna
Born	February 5, 1983 (1983-02-05) Slovenj Gradec, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
World Cup debut	January 2, 1999 (age 15)
Website	tinamaze.com
Olympics
Teams	3 - (2002-10)
Medals	2 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	6 - (2001-11)
Medals	3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	12th - (2001-12)
Wins	11
Podiums	35
Overall titles	0 - (3rd in 2011)
Discipline titles	0 - (2nd in KB in 2011; 3rd in GS in 2009, 2010)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Competitor for Slovenia Olympic Games Silver 2010 Vancouver Super-G Silver 2010 Vancouver Giant Slalom World Championships Gold 2011 Garmisch Giant Slalom Silver 2009 Val d'Isère Giant Slalom Silver 2011 Garmisch Combined

Tina Maze (born May 2, 1983) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. She is the current world champion in giant slalom.

Tina Maze
with silver medal
at 2010 Olympics

Maze in
December 2010

Maze first competed in the 2001 World Championships at age 17 and in the 2002 Winter Olympics the following year. She started her career as a giant slalom specialist but later expanded and started competing in all disciplines. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Maze won the silver medal in the giant slalom. At the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, Maze won the silver medal in the combined and the gold medal in the giant slalom. She was the Slovenian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, where she won two silver medals in the Super-G and giant slalom.

Through January 2012, Maze has 11 World Cup victories, 8 of which were in giant slalom. In February 2008, she won the first downhill in her career (also first Slovenian female downhill victory ever) in St. Moritz, Switzerland. She has one victory in Super Combined and one in slalom, both from 2011 season. In 2005, 2010 and 2011, she was awarded the title of the best Slovenian female athlete of the year.

Personal life

Maze was born in Slovenj Gradec, present day Slovenia. When not competing or training abroad, Maze lives in Črna na Koroškem. She is romantically involved with her current Italian coach, Andrea Massi. Massi, who is 16 years older than her, comes from the border town of Gorizia and is a member of the Slovene minority in Italy.

World Cup victories

Individual races

• 11 wins - (1 Downhill, 8 Giant Slalom, 1 Slalom, 1 Combined)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline
2003	26 Oct 2002	Sölden, Austria	Giant Slalom
2005	22 Dec 2004	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Giant Slalom
	8 Jan 2005	Santa Caterina, Italy	Giant Slalom
	22 Jan 2005	Maribor, Slovenia	Giant Slalom
2006	22 Oct 2005	Sölden, Austria	Giant Slalom
2008	2 Feb 2008	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Downhill
2009	10 Jan 2009	Maribor, Slovenia	Giant Slalom
	14 Mar 2009	Åre, Sweden	Giant Slalom
2010	11 Mar 2010	Garmisch, Germany	Giant Slalom
2011	4 Mar 2011	Tarvisio, Italy	Super Combined
	18 Mar 2011	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Slalom

Cup standings

Season	Overall	SL	GS	SG	DH	Combined
2000/01	54. (109)	44. (16)	23. (93)	-	-	-
2001/02	36. (236)	44. (12)	8. (224)	-	-	-
2002/03	38. (190)	-	13. (190)	-	-	-
2003/04	33. (244)	-	8. (234)	47. (10)	-	-
2004/05	10. (650)	39. (17)	4. (366)	9. (236)	31. (31)	-
2005/06	14. (525)	46. (7)	7. (309)	13. (164)	37. (36)	32. (9)
2006/07	30. (268)	51. (7)	19. (81)	10. (143)	-	19. (37)
2007/08	28. (287)	-	30. (24)	19. (98)	18. (125)	17. (40)
2008/09	6. (852)	-	3. (368)	7. (202)	6. (256)	21. (26)
2009/10	4. (943)	6. (272)	3. (372)	8. (200)	25. (67)	14. (32)
2010/11	3. (1139)	7. (295)	6. (208)	18. (83)	8. (261)	2. (212)

External links

• Tina Maze at the International Ski Federation
• FIS-ski.com - World Cup season standings - Tina Maze
• Ski-db.com - results - Tina Maze
• Sports-Reference.com - Tina Maze - Olympic results
• Tina Maze.com - personal site

Olympic Games
Preceded by Tadeja Brankovič-Likozar	Flagbearer for Slovenia Vancouver 2010	Succeeded by TBD