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The women's downhill in the 2019 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved eight events, including the season finals in
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, Andorra. Defending discipline champion
Sofia Goggia Sofia Goggia (; born 15 November 1992) is an Italian FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer who competes in all disciplines and specialises in the speed events of downhill (ski competition), downhill and super-G. Sh ...
of Italy fractured her ankle prior to the start of the season and missed five of the eight events, ending her chances to repeat. In addition, 2018 runner-up
Lindsey Vonn Lindsey Caroline Vonn ( ; born October 18, 1984) is an American FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer. She won four World Cup overall championships – third amongst female skiers to Annemarie Moser-Pröll and Mika ...
of the USA, who had closed the prior season by winning all of the final four downhills and needed only four more victories to equal
Ingemar Stenmark Jan Ingemar Stenmark (; born 18 March 1956) is a Swedish former FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer. He is regarded as a legendary skier and one of the most prominent Swedish athletes ever, having won several Oly ...
's all-time World Cup victory record, began the season injured and announced her planned retirement at the end of the season, but was hampered during her comeback by her cumulative injuries, and finally retired immediately after the conclusion of the 2019 World Ski Championships. Among this wide=open field, Austrian skier Nicole Schmidhofer grabbed the lead in the discipline going into the next-to-last race of the season at
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in Switzerland, where a bizarre timing mishap occurred. In a race won by Goggia after her return, Schmidhofer was originally announced as placing third in the downhill, but before the podium, the placings were controversially changed and Schmidhofer was demoted to fourth behind Goggia and two Swiss skiers, Joana Hählen and
Lara Gut-Behrami Lara Gut-Behrami (; ; born 27 April 1991) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who competes in all disciplines and specializes in the speed events of downhill and Super-G. She won the gold medal in the super-G event at the 2022 Winter Olympic ...
. However, three days later, the official standings were again changed as, after a review of the adjustments made due to a timer misplacement, it turned out that four Swiss skiers (including both Hählen and Gut-Behrami) had been given incorrect adjustments, and Schmidhofer was moved up to second, giving her a 90-point lead with one race to go, virtually clinching the discipline championship for the season. Schmidhofer then secured the title for 2019 at the season finals in
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, Andorra when her nearest rival, fellow Austrian
Ramona Siebenhofer Ramona Siebenhofer (born 29 July 1991) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Tamsweg, Salzburg, Siebenhofer made her World Cup debut in December 2009 in Lienz, Austria. She attained her first World Cup podium in December 2015, a ...
, failed to win the race. The season was interrupted by the 2019 World Ski Championships, which were held from 4–17 February in
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, Sweden. The women's downhill was held on 10 February.


Standings

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See also

* 2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's summary rankings * 2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall * 2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G *
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2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's slalom Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number) * One of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (1987 film), a 1987 science fiction film * '' 19-Nineteen'', a 2009 South Korean film * '' Dici ...
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2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's combined Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number) * One of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * 19 (film), ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * Nineteen (1987 film), ''Nineteen'' (1987 film), a 1987 science fiction film * ''19-Nineteen'', a 20 ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup - Women's downhill Women's downhill FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's downhill discipline titles