Michaela Dorfmeister

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Michaela Dorfmeister
Competitor for  Austria
Women's alpine skiing
Olympic Games
Gold 2006 Turin Downhill
Gold 2006 Turin Super-G
Silver 1998 Nagano Super-G
World Championships
Gold 2001 St. Anton Downhill
Gold 2003 St. Moritz Super-G
Silver 1999 Vail Downhill
Bronze 1999 Vail Super-G

Michaela Dorfmeister (born 25 March 1973 in Vienna) is a professional alpine skier from Austria. Her specialities are both the Downhill and Super-G disciplines, although she skis in and has had success in Giant Slalom.

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Biography

The only daughter of a butcher by trade, Dorfmeister lived in Vienna until she was 6. She later studied at the Schladming ski academy, which has produced many of Austria's skiing greats.

Dorfmeister raced her first international season in 1983 and entered her first World Cup race in 1991 at Serre Chevalier coming 26th. Her first podium place was in 1995 at the St. Anton downhill when she was 1st. This was followed by a total of 25 victories (7 in downhill, 10 in Super-G and 8 in Giant Slalom)

In 2000 she won the World Cup for Giant Slalom, and in 2002 the aggregate World Cup. She won two more speciality World Cups, in 2003 (Downhill) and 2005 (Super-G). At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the downhill and Super-G races.

Dorfmeister's win in the Hafjell Super G on 3 March 2006 made her the oldest woman to win an Alpine Skiing World Cup race [1]

World Cup victories

Overall

Season Discipline
2000 Giant Slalom
2002 Overall
2003 Downhill
2006 Downhill
2005 Super-G
2006 Super-G

Individual races

Date Location Race
16 December 1995 Austria St. Anton Downhill
6 March 1999 Switzerland St. Moritz Super-G
4 December 1999 France Serre-Chevalier Giant Slalom
9 December 1999 France Val-d'Isère Giant Slalom
5 January 2000 Slovenia Maribor Giant Slalom
8 January 2000 Germany Berchtesgaden Giant Slalom
11 February 2000 Italy Santa Caterina Super-G
24 November 2000 United States Aspen Super-G
9 December 2000 Italy Sestriere Giant Slalom
27 October 2001 Austria Sölden Giant Slalom
19 January 2002 Germany Berchtesgaden Giant Slalom
31 January 2002 Sweden Åre Giant Slalom
6 March 2002 Austria Altenmarkt Downhill
7 March 2002 Austria Altenmarkt Super-G
21 December 2002 Switzerland Lenzerheide Downhill
1 March 2003 Austria Innsbruck Downhill
5 December 2004 Canada Lake Louise Super-G
6 January 2005 Italy Santa Caterina Downhill
16 January 2005 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo Downhill
19 February 2005 Sweden Åre Super-G
11 March 2005 Switzerland Lenzerheide Super-G
18 December 2005 France Val-d'Isère Super-G
20 January 2006 Switzerland St. Moritz Super-G
21 January 2006 Switzerland St. Moritz Downhill
3 March 2006 Norway Hafjell Super-G

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Awards
Preceded by
Austria Mirna Jukić
Austrian Sportswoman of the year
2003
Succeeded by
Austria Kate Allen
Preceded by
Austria Renate Götschl
Austrian Sportswoman of the year
2006
Succeeded by
Incumbent

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