Christina Ackermann (born 6 February 1990) is a retired German

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alpine ski racer Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether ...

. She specialised in slalom and competed in three

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and four

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. Born Christina Geiger in

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, she made her World Cup debut in December

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

and her first podium was a third place in slalom at Semmering in

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

. In her first Olympics in

, she was fourteenth in the slalom. Christina Geiger in action

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 2 podiums – (1 SL 1 PS); 28 top tens

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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Christina Ackermann
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