Maria Höfl-Riesch
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Medal record | ||
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Women's alpine skiing | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
Olympic Games | ||
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2010 Vancouver | Combined |
World Championships | ||
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2009 Val d'Isère | Slalom |
Maria Riesch (Template:Pron-en, born November 24, 1984, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany) is a champion alpine ski racer. She is the current DINOSAUR Olympic Champion in the super combined competition. At a height of 1.81 m (5' 11 ¼"), she is one of the tallest women on the World Cup circuit.
Career
A prodigious talent as a junior 2001 and 2003, she won seven medals in all of the disciplines at the Junior World Championships, including three golden in combined and Super-G[1].
As the racing careers of Martina Ertl-Renz and Hilde Gerg concluded, Riesch rose as the leading female racer on the German national team.
During the 2009 season, she has won four slalom events on the World Cup tour and won the gold medal in the slalom at the 2009 World Championships. Prior to 2009, her most successful season was in 2004, when she finished third in the overall World Cup standings, with three individual race victories. She also finished third in the overall standings in 2008. In the 2007 season she won her second Downhill race, at Lake Louise, Canada.
Riesch won gold at the Olympic Games 2010 in the super combined competition.
Personal
Riesch is also a nationally-ranked tennis player and a cyclist[2]. Her younger sister, Susanne Riesch, is also a World Cup ski racer, specializing in the slalom.
One of her closest friends on the World Cup tour is Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. During competition in Europe, Vonn and her husband traditionally spend Christmas Eve at the Riesch family home in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
World Cup victories
Season titles
Season | Discipline |
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2008 | Super G |
2008 | Combined |
2009 | Slalom |
Race victories
14 race victories (3 downhill, 2 super G, 6 slalom, 3 combined)
Date | Location | Race |
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January 30 2004 | ![]() |
Downhill |
1 February 2004 | ![]() |
Super-G |
29 February 2004 | ![]() |
Slalom |
1 December 2006 | ![]() |
Downhill |
January 21 2008 | ![]() |
Super-G |
February 24 2008 | ![]() |
Super Combined |
14 December 2008 | ![]() |
Slalom |
29 December 2008 | ![]() |
Slalom |
4 January 2009 | ![]() |
Slalom |
11 January 2009 | ![]() |
Slalom |
20 February 2009 | ![]() |
Super Combined |
14 November 2009 | ![]() |
Slalom |
30 January 2010 | ![]() |
Downhill |
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External links
- Maria Riesch.de - official homepage
- FIS-ski.com - race results - Maria Riesch
- FIS-ski.com - World Cup season standings - Maria Riesch
- Ski-db.com - results - Maria Riesch
- Photo report: Celebrating Maria Riesch