Andrea Fischbacher (born 14 October 1985) is a retired
alpine ski racer from Austria.
Career
Born in
Schwarzach im Pongau,
Salzburg
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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
Winter Olympics
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in
2006 and again in
2010
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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)
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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.
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References
External links
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Austrian Ski team– official site – Andrea Fischbacher – '
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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