Michaela Dorfmeister

Michaela Dorfmeister (born 25 March 1973) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Her specialities were both the downhill and the super-G disciplines, although she skied in and had success in giant slalom.

Michaela Dorfmeister
Michaela Dorfmeister invited as guest of honour during the Austrian Alpine skiing Junior Championships in Lackenhof in January 2008.
Born (1973-03-25) 25 March 1973
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G, giant slalom, combined
World Cup debut21 December 1991
(age 18)
Retired2006 (age 32)
Olympics
Teams3 – (1998, 2002, 2006)
Medals3 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams6 – (19962005)
Medals4 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons15 – (19922006)
Wins25 – (7 DH, 10 SG, 8 GS)
Podiums64
Overall titles1 – (2002)
Discipline titles5 – (2 DH, 2 SG, 1 GS)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
International alpine ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 1 0
World Championships 2 1 1
Total 4 2 1
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Giant 8 2 6
Super-G 10 6 10
Downhill 7 8 6
Combined 0 0 1
Total 25 16 23
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2006 TurinDownhill
Gold medal – first place2006 TurinSuper-G
Silver medal – second place1998 NaganoSuper-G
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 St. AntonDownhill
Gold medal – first place2003 St. MoritzSuper-G
Silver medal – second place1999 VailDownhill
Bronze medal – third place1999 VailSuper-G

Biography

Born in Vienna, Dorfmeister is the only daughter of a butcher by trade, and lived in Vienna until she was age six. 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 26.[1] Her first podium place was in 1995 at the St. Anton downhill which she won. 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 giant slalom World Cup, and in 2002 the overall 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 a World Cup race.[2]

World Cup results

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
2000Giant slalom
2002Overall
2003Downhill
2005Super-G
2006Downhill
Super-G

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
1992181035547
19931911749
199420954452
199521182316139
199622912687
19972339272029
19982433161620
199925647234
20002621775
20012753596
20022812322
20032949517
20043061035
2005314121315
2006323121114

Race victories

  • 25 wins (7 DH, 10 SG, 8 GS)
  • 64 podiums
Date Location Discipline
16 December 1995St. AntonDownhill
6 March 1999St. MoritzSuper-G
4 December 1999Serre-ChevalierGiant slalom
9 December 1999Val-d'IsèreGiant slalom
5 January 2000MariborGiant slalom
8 January 2000BerchtesgadenGiant slalom
11 February 2000Santa CaterinaSuper-G
24 November 2000AspenSuper-G
9 December 2000SestriereGiant slalom
27 October 2001SöldenGiant slalom
19 January 2002BerchtesgadenGiant slalom
31 January 2002ÅreGiant slalom
6 March 2002AltenmarktDownhill
7 March 2002AltenmarktSuper-G
21 December 2002LenzerheideDownhill
1 March 2003InnsbruckDownhill
5 December 2004Lake LouiseSuper-G
6 January 2005Santa CaterinaDownhill
16 January 2005Cortina d'AmpezzoDownhill
19 February 2005ÅreSuper-G
11 March 2005LenzerheideSuper-G
18 December 2005Val-d'IsèreSuper-G
20 January 2006St. MoritzSuper-G
21 January 2006St. MoritzDownhill
3 March 2006HafjellSuper-G

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
1996229291112
1997231781612
199925326
2001278241
2003294112
200531DNF1DNFDNF

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
199824218
2002284695
20063211

References

  1. "DORFMEISTER Michaela - Athlete Information".
  2. "Page not found on ski-dbs". www.ski-db.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2008. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
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