Anita Wachter (born 12 February 1967) is a former

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and

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gold medalist from

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. She focused on the technical events and specialized in

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Biography

Born in Bartholomäberg,

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, Wachter won the World Cup overall title in

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

, and the giant slalom title twice (

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

and

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

). She was the gold medalist in the combined at the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Calgary 1988 were a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, with Calgary, Calgary, Alberta as the main host city. This marks the m ...

, and won two silver medals in

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

(combined and giant slalom). Wachter also won five medals at the

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; she represented Austria in three Olympics, twice also as

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(

and

) and eight World Championships. Wachter retired from competition after the

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

season with 19 World Cup wins (14 Giant slalom, 2 Super G, 1 Slalom, 2 Combined), attained 76 podiums, and had 175 top ten finishes. She is living together with her longtime companion Rainer Salzgeber; they have two daughters.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season titles

* 1 Overall, 2 Giant slalom

Race victories

* 19 wins: (14 Giant slalom, 2 Super G, 1 Slalom, 2 Combined) * 76 podiums

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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MountainZone.com – profile – Anita Wachter
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wachter, Anita 1967 births Living people Austrian female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Austria Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in alpine skiing FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Austria Skiers from Vorarlberg