Tina Maze
Tina Maze | |
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![]() Tina Maze with 2010 Olympic silver medal | |
Full name | Tina Maze |
Born | Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Ski club | CRN - SK Črna |
World Cup career | |
Seasons | 1999 - present |
Podiums | 26 |
Wins | 10 |
Updated on 2011-03-04. |
Medal record | ||
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Women's alpine skiing | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
Olympic Games | ||
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2010 Vancouver | Super-G |
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2010 Vancouver | Giant slalom |
World Championships | ||
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2011 Garmisch | Giant slalom |
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2009 Val d'Isère | Giant slalom |
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2011 Garmisch | Combined |
Tina Maze (born May 2, 1983, in Slovenj Gradec)[1] is a renowned Slovenian alpine ski racer. She is the current world champion in giant slalom.[2]
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.[3]
As of March 2011, Maze has 10 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. In 2010, 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.[4] Massi, who is 16 years older then her, comes from the border town of Gorizia and is a member of the Slovene minority in Italy.[5]
World Cup victories
Individual races
10 race victories (1 Downhill, 8 Giant Slalom, 1 Combined)
Season | Date | Location | Race |
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2003 | October 26, 2002 | ![]() |
Giant slalom |
2005 | December 22, 2004 | ![]() |
Giant slalom |
January 8, 2005 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | |
January 22, 2005 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | |
2006 | October 22, 2005 | ![]() |
Giant slalom |
2008 | February 2, 2008 | ![]() |
Downhill |
2009 | January 10, 2009 | ![]() |
Giant slalom |
March 14, 2009 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | |
2010 | March 11, 2010 | ![]() |
Giant slalom |
2011 | March 4, 2011 | ![]() |
Super Combined |
References
- ^ Tina Maze at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- ^ "Skiing: Maze Takes G-Slalom Gold (I)". STA. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ^ "Two Times Silver Tina Maze Arrives Home". dax-photo.com. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ^ "Tina Maze in Andrea Massi: Zmagoslavni poljub" (in Slovene). 5 March 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Tina Maze in Andrea Massi ramišljata o družini" (in Slovene). dax-photo.com. 29 March 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
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External links
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- Tina Maze.com - official homepage
- FIS-ski.com - race results - Tina Maze
- FIS-ski.com - World Cup season standings - Tina Maze
- Ski-db.com - results - Tina Maze
- Slovenian alpine skiers
- Olympic alpine skiers of Slovenia
- Olympic silver medalists for Slovenia
- Winter Olympics medalists
- Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- People from Slovenj Gradec
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Slovenian winter sports biography stubs
- Alpine skiing biography stubs