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Andrea Fischbacher (born 14 October 1985) is a retired alpine ski racer from Austria.


Career

Born in Schwarzach im Pongau,
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, Fischbacher now lives in Eben im Pongau. She made her World Cup debut in March 2004 in Sestriere, Italy, where she would claim her first World Cup victory four years later in a dead-heat tie with Fabienne Suter. Fischbacher competed for Austria at the
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in 2006 and again in
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, where she won the gold medal in the Super-G, ahead of Tina Maze and Lindsey Vonn. In the Downhill on February 17, she finished 4th, missing the bronze medal by 0.03 seconds. Left off the Austrian team for the 2014 Winter Olympics, Fischbacher responded with a victory in the first race after the games, her first World Cup podium in over four years.


World Cup results


Race podiums

*3 wins – (2 DH, 1 SG) *10 podiums – (3 DH, 6 SG, 1 GS) ^ Tie for first with Fabienne Suter.


Season standings


World Championship results


Olympic results


Personal

Fischbacher is a second cousin of Hermann Maier, a multiple Olympic, World Cup, and world champion. .


References


External links

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Austrian Ski team
– official site – Andrea Fischbacher – ' {{DEFAULTSORT:Fischbacher, Andrea 1985 births Austrian female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Austria Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Olympic gold medalists for Austria People from St. Johann im Pongau District Living people Skiers from Salzburg (federal state) 21st-century Austrian sportswomen