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Gudiberg
Gudiberg is a World Cup slalom ski course in the mountain with the same name in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. It lies south of the centre of Partenkirchen and east of the Partnach river. Alpine skiing competitions The course hosted the slalom part of the alpine skiing combined event for the 1936 Winter Olympics in neighboring Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The slalom slope at Gudiberg was improved in preparation for the World Championships in 2011, and has hosted World Cup slalom events. Olympics World Championships World Cup Ski jumping The adjacent ski jumping hill Große Olympiaschanze is a regular stop on the World Cup tour, part of the Four Hills Tournament The Four Hills Tournament () or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week () is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1953. With few exceptions, it has consisted of the ski ju ... since 1953. References 1936 Winter Olympics official report.pp.&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 were the 41st FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held 7–20 February in Germany at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria. These were the second alpine world championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, which previously hosted in 1978. It also hosted the first Olympic alpine skiing competition, a combined event at the 1936 Winter Olympics. The FIS awarded the championships on 25 May 2006, in Vilamoura, Portugal. The runner-up was Schladming, Austria, which hosted the next championships in 2013. Prior to landing the 2011 event in 2006, Garmisch-Partenkirchen had unsuccessfully bid to host the world championships five times in the previous two decades. Most of the competitions took place on the Kandahar slopes of Garmisch Classic, one of the two skiing areas of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The slalom course was at Gudiberg, adjacent to the Große Olympiaschanze, the ski jumping hill. Unseasonal spring-like conditions prevailed during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Große Olympiaschanze
The Große Olympiaschanze (') is a ski jumping hill located on the Gudiberg, south of the district of Partenkirchen of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, and is traditionally the venue of the Four Hills Tournament's New Year's jumping. The hill is part of a complex that also includes the K-80, K-43 and K-20 ski hills. Hill parameters * Construction point: 125 m * Hill size (HS): 142 m * Hill record: 145.0 m – Michael Hayböck (2024–25 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, 1 January 2025) * Inrun length: 96.0 m * Inrun angle: 35° * Take-off length: 6.9 m * Take-off angle: 11° * Take-off height: 3.2 m * Landing angle: 34.7° * Average speed: 94.3 km/h 1936 Winter Olympics At the 1936 Winter Olympics, the venue hosted the ski jumping event and the ski jumping part of the Nordic combined event. The outrun of the ski jump formed the ski stadium which held the opening and closing ceremonies and the start / finish area of the cross-country skiing competitions. Four Hills Tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing At The 1936 Winter Olympics
At the 1936 Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, alpine skiing was arranged for the first time in the Olympics, a combined event for men and women. Both downhills were run on Kreuzjoch on Friday, 7 February, with the women at 11:00 and the men at noon. The two-run slalom races were run on the weekend at Gudiberg with the women's event on Saturday and the men's on Sunday. Medal summary Source: Medal table Course information Source: Participating nations Eight nations had both female and male alpine skiers participating. Austria, Estonia, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland only competed with female alpine skiers. A total of 103 alpine skiers (66 men and 37 women) from 26 nations (men from 21 nations and women from 13 nations) competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games: References External links International Olympic Committee results databaseSki Map.org- Garmisch-Partenkirchen - 6 maps - Garmisch-Partenkirchen {{Alpine skiing at the Winte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Kristoffersen
Henrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer, FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 – Men's giant slalom, World Champion, and Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom, Olympic medalist. He specializes in the technical events of Slalom skiing, slalom and giant slalom. Career Born in Rælingen in Akershus Counties of Norway, county, Kristoffersen made his World Cup debut in March 2011–12 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, 2012 in Kranjska Gora Ski Resort, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, and attained his first podium in November 2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, 2013, a third-place finish in slalom at Levi, Finland. At the Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Kristoffersen won the bronze medal in Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom, slalom at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort, Rosa Khutor at age 19 to become the youngest male medalist in Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; ) is an Northern Limestone Alps, Alpine mountain resort, ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district), district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the Oberbayern region, which borders Austria. Nearby is Germany's highest mountain, Zugspitze, at above sea level. The town is known as the site of the 1936 Winter Olympics, 1936 Winter Olympic Games, the first to include Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics, alpine skiing, and hosts a variety of winter sports competitions. History Garmisch (in the west) and Partenkirchen (in the east) were separate towns for many centuries, and still maintain quite separate identities. Partenkirchen originated as the Ancient Rome, Roman town of ''Partanum'' on the trade route from Venice to Augsburg and is first mentioned in the year A.D. 15. Its main street, Ludwigsstrasse, follows the original Roman road. Garmisch was first mentio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Grange
Jean-Baptiste Grange (born 10 October 1984) is a French retired World Cup alpine ski racer. He competed primarily in slalom and earlier also in giant slalom and combined. Born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Grange grew up in Valloire, Galibier, and made his World Cup debut at age 19 in January 2004. In February 2007, he won the bronze medal in the slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden. He won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anja Pärson
Anja Sofia Tess Pärson (; born 25 April 1981) is a Swedish former alpine skier. She is an Olympic gold medalist, seven-time gold medalist at the World Championships, and two-time overall Alpine Skiing World Cup champion. This included winning three gold medals in the 2007 World Championship in her native Sweden. She has won a total of 42 World Cup races. Biography Pärson was born in Tärnaby, Sweden, and has Sámi roots. Pärson was introduced to ski racing by her sister, Frida, and is now trained by her father, Anders. Her first World Cup race was a giant slalom at the World Cup Finals at Crans-Montana, Switzerland (on 15 March 1998). She qualified for that race as the new junior World Champion but only finished 25th in last place. She won her first World Cup race, a slalom at Mammoth Mountain, California, in December 1998 at age 17, and her first gold medal at St. Anton, Austria, in 2001. She clinched the silver medal in the giant slalom and the bronze medal in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Maze
Tina Maze (; born 2 May 1983) is a retired Slovenes, Slovenian FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer. She is the most successful Slovenian ski racer in history with a career that culminated with two gold medals at the Slovenia at the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2014 Winter Olympics. Maze was awarded the title of the Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year in 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015, and with her four medals she is the most decorated Slovenian athlete at the Winter Olympics. Maze started her career as a giant slalom specialist, but later competed in all five alpine skiing disciplines. She is one of seven female racers who has FIS Alpine Ski World Cup#All-event winners, won in all five World Cup disciplines and one of three to do so in a single season. Maze is the 2014 Olympic champion in downhill and giant slalom and the 2015 List of Alpine Skiing world champions, world champion in downhill and combined. She was also the world champion in FIS Alpine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Veith
Anna Veith (née Fenninger; born 18 June 1989) is an Austrian former alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. She was the overall World Cup champion for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Born in Hallein, Veith is from the village of Adnet in Salzburg and made her World Cup debut at age 17 in November 2006. She competed in all five alpine disciplines, but omitted slalom as of January 2012. Her major breakthrough came when she successfully became world champion in the super combined alpine event in 2011, without having won a World Cup race before. At the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Veith won the super-G at Rosa Khutor for her first Olympic medal, and at the end of the season she won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles. Ski racing 2006–2010: World Cup Debut and first success In the 2006 Junior World Championships, Veith (née Fenninger) won the gold in the super-G, silver in the downhill, and finished fifth in the slalom. On 11 November 2006, Veith made her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Pietilä Holmner
Maria Helena Pietilä-Holmner (born 25 July 1986) is a retired Swedish World Cup alpine ski racer. She specialised in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Umeå, Pietilä-Holmner took up alpine skiing at the age of seven. She was also a keen footballer, playing as a forward for Mariehem's girls' teams until the age of 15, when she decided to focus on skiing. Pietilä-Holmner made her World Cup debut in Sölden at age 16 in October 2002. She won a gold medal at the 2006 World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships in the slalom. Her first World Cup win came at a slalom in Aspen in November 2010. She made a total of 207 World Cup starts, and took ten podiums, including three wins. Pietilä-Holmner took five medals in the World Championships, two as an individual and three in the team events. She was the silver medalist in giant slalom in 2007 at Åre, Sweden. Four years later in 2011, she won 2 bronze medals at Garmish-Partenkirchen in the slalom and the tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathrin Zettel
Kathrin Zettel (born 5 August 1986) is an Austrian retired World Cup alpine ski racer. She won many races and took a bronze medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. In 2021 she was a partner in a company creating domestic size wind turbines in lower Austria. Life Zettel was born in 1986 in Scheibbs, Lower Austria, and from Göstling, she competed primarily in the technical events of Giant slalom and slalom. Zettel made her World Cup debut in March 2004 and won her first World Cup race in November 2006. In January 2010, Zettel won both technical events at Maribor, for her first victory in slalom. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she was the bronze medalist in slalom at Rosa Khutor, her first podium since October and just two days after her grandmother died. After she retired in 2015 she went to live in Styria Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlies Schild
Marlies Raich (née Schild, born 31 May 1981) is a retired Austrian FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer. She specializes in the technical disciplines of Slalom skiing, slalom and giant slalom. Schild won four Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics, Olympic medals, with silvers in the combined (2006) and slalom (2010, 2014) and a bronze in slalom (2006). She has seven FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, World Championship medals and has won five FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup season titles. Schild completed her World Cup career with 37 wins, all but two in slalom. She retired from international competition at age 33 in September 2014. Ski racing career Born in Admont, Styria, Schild initially preferred the Downhill (ski competition), downhill event. However, by the age of 19 she had already undergone five knee surgeries, prompting her to concentrate on the less dangerous Slalom skiing, slalom and giant slalom competitions. Since 2003 Alpine Skii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
