Christina Staudinger (born in

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) is an Austrian

freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...

, specializing in

ski cross Ski cross is a skiing competition which incorporates terrain features traditionally found in freestyle skiing with courses which include big-air jumps and high-banked turns. In spite of the fact that it is a timed racing event, it is often con ...

and former

alpine skier 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 ...

.FIS Profile - Freestyle
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/ref> Staudinger competed at the

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for Austria. She placed 24th in the seeding run for the

event. In the first round, she finished third in her heat, failing to advance. As of September 2015, her best showing at the Freestyle World Championships is 11th, in the

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ski cross. Staudinger made her Freestyle World Cup debut in December 2012. As of September 2015, her best finish at a World Cup event is 12th, at a pair of events. Her best Freestyle World Cup overall finish in ski cross is 23rd, in

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. Staudinger made her Alpine World Cup debut in February 2009. As of September 2015, her best finish at an Alpine World Cup event is 1st, at

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. Her best Alpine World Cup overall finish is 95th, in 2010–11 and her best finish in an Alpine World Cup discipline is 41st, in the 2010–11 downhill.

References

1987 births Living people Olympic freestyle skiers for Austria Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Steyr Skiers from Upper Austria Austrian female alpine skiers Austrian female freestyle skiers 20th-century Austrian women 21st-century Austrian sportswomen {{Austria-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub