Daniela Maier (born 4 March 1996) is a German

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 ...

who competed at the

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Career

Maier competed at the 2015

FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships are the Junior World Championships in freestyle skiing organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). With the exception of Ski Cross, participation in Junior World Ski Championships is limited to ...

and won a silver medal in the ski cross event.

2022 Winter Olympics bronze medal controversy

Maier represented Germany at the

in the

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 ...

event and finished in fourth place in the final. Fanny Smith received a yellow card, and Maier was initially awarded the bronze medal. The Freestyle and Freeski Appeals Commission later overturned this. It was decided that Maier officially finished in fourth place because "the close proximity of the racers at that moment resulted in action that was neither intentional or avoidable". This decision was reflected on the FIS website. FIS has no right to decide on the return and redistribution of medals, as this issue is in the exclusive competence of the

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; therefore, in its decision, the FIS Appeals Commission did not mention any words about the medals and their redistribution. The IOC has the last word on this issue. On 13 December 2022 the

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announced an agreement to share the third place between Smith and Maier with two bronze medals allocated by the IOC.

References

1996 births Living people German female freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers for Germany Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing Olympic bronze medalists for Germany 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub