Fabienne Suter
Fabienne Suter (born 5 January 1985) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Sattel in the canton of Schwyz, she specialized in super-G, giant slalom, and downhill.
Fabienne Suter | |||||||||||||||
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 January 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 January 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G, giant slalom, combined | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Hochstuckli Sattel | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 12 December 2002 (age 17) | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 21 April 2017 (age 32) | ||||||||||||||
| Website | fabienne-suter.ch | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 – (2010, 2014) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 7 – (2003, 2007–17) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 12 – (2003, 2007–17) | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 4 – (1 DH, 3 SG) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 20 – (8 DH, 11 SG, 1 SC) | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (7th in 2009, 2010) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (2nd in DH, 2016) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
At the 2003 World Championships in St. Moritz, she fell in the giant slalom and injured her pelvis. While recovering, Suter resided in Calgary, Canada, with close family friends. This was followed by other injuries. Following appearances in FIS and Europa Cup races, she returned to the World Cup in for the 2007 season.[1] She won a bronze medal as part of the team at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 2007 with Sandra Gini, Nadia Styger, Rabea Grand, Daniel Albrecht and Marc Berthod.
Her first top ten finish was in February 2008, a seventh place in downhill in St. Moritz. The next week she won her first World Cup race in the super-G in Sestriere, tied with Andrea Fischbacher. At the World Cup finals in Bormio, she won another super-G race on 13 March.
In the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, Suter came in 11th in the super-G and 13th in the giant slalom, having had to start with a higher number. With the Swiss team she won the bronze medal in the team event, having contributed the second-fastest time in the super-G run.
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 18 | 110 | — | 48 | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 22 | 95 | — | 46 | 36 | — | — |
| 2008 | 23 | 21 | — | 35 | 3 | 35 | — |
| 2009 | 24 | 7 | — | 20 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| 2010 | 25 | 7 | — | 27 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 2011 | 26 | 18 | — | 31 | 12 | 15 | 13 |
| 2012 | 27 | 18 | — | 36 | 5 | 16 | — |
| 2013 | 28 | 28 | — | 44 | 7 | 25 | — |
| 2014 | 29 | 30 | — | 47 | 23 | 14 | 22 |
| 2015 | 30 | 25 | — | — | 20 | 9 | — |
| 2016 | 31 | 11 | — | — | 11 | 2 | — |
| 2017 | 32 | 69 | — | — | 40 | 26 | — |
Race podiums
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 10 Feb 2008 |  Sestriere, Italy | Super-G[2] | 1st |
| 13 Mar 2008 | Bormio, Italy | Super-G | 1st | |
| 2009 | 7 Dec 2008 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Lake Louise, Canada | Super-G | 2nd |
| 19 Dec 2008 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} St. Moritz, Switzerland | Super combined | 3rd | |
| 20 Dec 2008 | Super-G | 2nd | ||
| 22 Feb 2009 | Tarvisio, Italy | Super-G | 2nd | |
| 27 Feb 2009 |  Bansko, Bulgaria | Downhill | 1st | |
| 28 Feb 2009 | Downhill | 3rd | ||
| 1 Mar 2009 | Super-G | 2nd | ||
| 2010 | 22 Jan 2010 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Super-G | 2nd |
| 30 Jan 2010 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 2012 | 7 Dec 2011 |  Beaver Creek, USA | Super-G | 2nd |
| 7 Jan 2012 |  Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 8 Jan 2012 | Super-G | 1st | ||
| 2013 | 13 Jan 2013 | St. Anton, Austria | Super-G | 3rd |
| 2016 | 5 Dec 2015 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 2nd |
| 19 Dec 2015 |  Val-d'Isère, France | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 6 Feb 2016 |  Garmisch, Germany | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 12 Mar 2016 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Super-G | 2nd | |
| 16 Mar 2016 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Downhill | 2nd |
World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 18 | — | DNF2 | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 20 | |||||
| 2007 | 22 | — | 13 | 11 | — | — |
| 2009 | 24 | — | — | 11 | 17 | 8 |
| 2011 | 26 | — | DNS1 | 8 | 13 | DNS2 |
| 2013 | 28 | — | DSN2 | 5 | — | — |
| 2015 | 30 | — | — | 22 | 9 | — |
| 2017 | 32 | — | — | — | 7 | — |
References
- Mario Rall (6 December 2006). "Fabienne Suter: Von Rang 900 schon auf Rang 203 vorgestosse". skionline.ch (in German).
- Tied with Andrea Fischbacher
External links
- Fabienne Suter at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Fabienne Suter World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Fabienne Suter at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Fabienne Suter at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Dynastar Skis – Fabienne Suter
- Swiss Ski team – official site – (in German)