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1980 Winter Olympics medal table

Having won her country's first Olympic medal in Innsbruck, four years before, alpine skier Hanni Wenzel won Liechtenstein's only two gold medals in the country's history, at Lake Placid.

1984 Winter Olympics medal table

The host nation, Yugoslavia, collected its first-ever medal at the Winter Olympics: a silver by alpine skier Jure Franko in the men's giant slalom.

2002 Winter Olympics medal table

Biathlete Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway won four gold medals, while Croatian alpine skier Janica Kostelić won three golds and a silver, making them the two athletes with the most medals at the Games.

Armin Assinger

Armin Assinger (born June 7, 1964) is a former Austrian Alpine skier and current host of the Millionenshow and Domino Day.

Barbara Sadleder

Barbara Sadleder (born 17 June 1967 in Steyr) is an Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Beate Eriksen

She is the granddaughter of Olympic gymnast Marius Eriksen and the daughter of World War II flying ace Marius Eriksen, Jr. She is also the niece of alpine skier Stein Eriksen and is married to one of Norway's most prominent actors, Toralv Maurstad.

Bernadette Rauter

Bernadette Rauter (born 8 August 1949 in Breitenwang) is an Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics and 1972 Winter Olympics.

Carina Raich

Carina Raich (born 14 March 1979 in Arzl im Pitztal) is an Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Erik Håker

Erik Håker (born March 4, 1952) is a Norwegian alpine skier from Oppdal who finished 5th in the men's downhill at the 1972 Winter Olympics at Sapporo.

Fanndís Friðriksdóttir

Fanndís's father is former Iceland men's national football team goalkeeper Friðrik Friðriksson and her mother is former Olympic alpine skier Nanna Leifsdóttir.

Gerd Gradwohl

Gerd Gradwohl (born January 16, 1960 in Kempten) is a visually impaired alpine skier from Germany.

Grega Benedik

Grega Benedik (born May 11, 1962) is a former Slovenian alpine skier who represented Yugoslavia at the Olympics in 1984 in Sarajevo and 1988 in Calgary.

Heidi Zurbriggen

Heidi Andenmatten-Zurbriggen (born 16 March 1967) in Saas-Almagell, Kanton Wallis) is a Swiss former alpine skier and sister of Pirmin Zurbriggen.

Jaroslav Babušiak

Jaroslav Babušiak (born September 6, 1984 in Kraľovany) is an alpine skier from Slovakia.

Jorge Mandrú

Jorge Mandrú (born May 5, 1986 in Osorno) is an alpine skier from Chile.

Josef Strobl

Josef "Pepi" Strobl (March 3, 1974, Holzgau) is a former alpine skier from Austria.

Kirstin Cairns

Kirstin Cairns (born 11 January 1963 in Isle of Bute) is a British former alpine skier who competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics and in the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Lene Løseth

Lene Løseth (born 26 November 1986 in Ålesund) is a Norwegian alpine skier who races for Spjelkavik IL.

Lucia Medzihradská

Lucia Medzihradská (born 14 November 1968 in Brezno) is a Slovak former alpine skier who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1988 Winter Olympics, 1992 Winter Olympics, and 1994 Winter Olympics.

Mexico at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

Alpine skier Armando Ruiz (LW 11, b. August 27, 1963), a lawyer from Mexico City, competed in the giant slalom, finishing 41st out of 41 finishers in the men's sitting category with a combined two-run adjusted time of 5:43.45, nearly four minutes behind winner Martin Braxenthaler of Germany and nearly three minutes behind 40th-place finisher Xavier Barios of Andorra.

Michal Rajčan

Michal Rajčan (born 1 October 1980 in Banská Bystrica) is a Slovak former alpine skier who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics.

My Way Is My Decision

My Way Is My Decision is the first single of Slovenian Alpine skier Tina Maze.

Noelle Barahona

Noelle Barahona (born November 30, 1990 in Santiago) is an Olympic Chilean alpine skier.

Paoletta Magoni

Paoletta Magoni (born September 14, 1964 in Selvino) is a former Italian Alpine skier.

Peter Jurko

Peter Jurko (born 22 September 1967 in Nová Lesná) is a Slovak former alpine skier who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1988 Winter Olympics and 1992 Winter Olympics.

Sanni Leinonen

Sanni Maaria Leinonen (born November 8, 1989 in Siilinjärvi) is a former alpine skier from Finland.

Sonia Vierin

Sonia Vierin (born 25 October 1977 in Aosta) is an Italian former alpine skier who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Steve Locher

Steve Locher (born September 19, 1967 in Salins) is a former Swiss alpine skier, who won the bronze medal in the combined event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.

Sverre Lassen-Urdahl

Sverre Lassen-Urdahl (1913–2005) was a Norwegian alpine skier, born in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States.

Sylviane Berthod

Sylviane Berthod (born 25 April 1977 in Salins) is a female alpine skier from Switzerland, who was Swiss champion in downhill skiing (1997, 1998, 1999) and Giant Slalom (1998).

Tiia Piili

She almost won the title of top Finnish athlete overall, but lost to the alpine skier Tanja Poutiainen.

Urs Imboden

Urs Imboden (born January 7, 1975 in Santa Maria Val Müstair, Switzerland) is an alpine skier who has represented both Switzerland and Moldova.

Ursula Konzett

Ursula Gregg (née Konzett, born November 16, 1959 in Triesen) is a former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein.


see also

1976 Winter Olympics medal table

Alpine skier Rosi Mittermaier won the women's downhill and slalom events to give West Germany's two gold medals in these Games.

Adelboden

Marlies Oester, former alpine skier who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Andrea Mead Lawrence

She competed in three Winter Olympics (and two world championships) and was the first American alpine skier to win two Olympic gold medals.

Anneliese

Anneliese Schuh-Proxauf (born 1922), Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics

France at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

The team’s flagbearer was alpine skier Romain Riboud.

Gabriele Bühlmann

She is, jointly with equestrian Markus Fuchs, the seventh Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics, after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg, equestrian Christine Stückelberger, and Alpine skier Paul Accola.

Gatta

Wilma Gatta (born 1956), Italian former alpine skier and Olympian

Hinterseer

Hansi Hinterseer (born 1954), Austrian singer, actor and alpine skier

Jelena Lolović

Jelena Lolović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Лоловић; born in Sarajevo, SR BiH, SFR Yugoslavia on July 14, 1981) is a Serbian alpine skier.

Leinweber

Judi Leinweber (born 1950), Canadian alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics References

Lustenberger

Christina Lustenberger (born 1984, British Columbia), a Canadian alpine skier

Mexico at the 1984 Winter Olympics

One alpine skier from Mexico competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Nevena Ignjatović

Nevena Ignjatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Невена Игњатовић; born in Kragujevac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia on December 28, 1990) is a Serbian alpine skier.

Oh Seong-Ok

She is the third South Korean to compete at five Olympics, after shooter Lee Eun-chul and alpine skier Hur Seung-Wook.

Palmer-Tomkinson

James Palmer-Tomkinson (born James Algernon Tomkinson) (1915–1952), a British alpine skier

Peter Wirnsberger

Peter Wirnsberger (born September 13, 1958 in Vordernberg, Steiermark) is a former Austrian alpine skier.

Samuel Chaffey

For the alpine skier from New Zealand, see; Sam Chaffey

Scott McCartney

:For the U.S. alpine skier, see Scott Macartney.

Steamboat Ski Resort

Debbie Armstrong (* 1963), alpine skier and Olympic gold medalist; lives in Steamboat Springs

Steinach am Brenner

Heinrich Messner (* September 1, 1939, Steinach am Brenner), Alpine skier.

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.

Weirather

Tina Weirather (born 1989, Vaduz, Liechtenstein), Liechtensteiner Alpine skier, daughter of Harti

Willy Bogner

Willy Bogner, Jr. (born 1942), his son, German fashion designer and alpine skier

Woolstencroft

Lauren Woolstencroft, Canadian alpine skier and Paralympic Games gold medalist