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3 unusual facts about FIS Alpine Ski World Cup


FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

Jean-Claude Killy of France and Nancy Greene of Canada were the overall winners for the first two seasons.

Gudiberg

The slalom piste at Gudiberg was improved in preparation for the World Championships in 2011, and has hosted World Cup slalom events.

Panorama Mountain Village

In March 1985, Panorama hosted two men's World Cup speed events, and the Champagne T-Bar was built to bring skiers to the top of the races.


Bluewood Ski Area

Will Brandenburg, a World Cup racer with the U.S. Ski Team, learned to ski and race at Bluewood in the 1990s.

Falls Creek, Victoria

World Cup alpine racer Malcolm Milne (b.1948) learned to ski at Falls Creek, and did his older brother Ross (1944–1964).

Francisco Fernández Ochoa

His first top ten finish on the World Cup circuit was the following season, a sixth place finish in the slalom at Megève, France, on January 26, 1969.

Haus im Ennstal

Haus is a well-known ski resort and has hosted World Cup alpine races several times, and the women's events of the World Championships in 1982.

Jonna Mendes

Jonna Mendes (born March 31, 1979) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.

Josef Stiegler

His two children are on the U.S. Ski Team: daughter Resi (b. 1985) is on the World Cup team and son Seppi (b. 1988) is on the Nor-Am circuit.

Leif Kristian Haugen

He made his World Cup debut in October 2009 in Sölden, and collected his first World Cup points with a 26th place.

Pam Fletcher

Pam Ann Fletcher (born January 30, 1963) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.

Ross Milne

Milne's younger brother Malcolm (b. 1948) competed on the World Cup circuit and in the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics.

Spain at the 2006 Winter Olympics

María José Rienda entered the Olympics having won three World Cup events on the season, including the last giant slalom before the Olympic Games, but couldn't repeat this form in Turin, as she finished 13th in the giant slalom.

Stoneham Mountain Resort

In 1993 the mountain hosted a slalom event of the alpine skiing World Cup, won by one of the most dominant alpine ski racers in history, Alberto Tomba of Italy.

Superfund Group

Superfund promotes its funds by sponsoring cultural institutions like the Viennese Symphony Orchestra and the American Ballet Theatre, sports teams and personalities like Austrian soccer team Kapfenberger SV and World Cup overall champion alpine skier Bode Miller, and some other pop-culture events such as the Women's World Awards.


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