Denise Feierabend (born 15 April 1989) is a Swiss former

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alpine ski racer. Born in

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, she competed for

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at the

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and

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. At the 2018

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, Feierabend won the gold medal in the team competition, which was held for the first time, on 24 February as part of the Swiss team (with

Wendy Holdener Wendy Holdener (born 12 May 1993) is a Swiss FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer who specialises in Slalom skiing, slalom and Alpine skiing combined, combined. She is a two-time World champion in combined and a fiv ...

, Luca Aerni, Daniel Yule and Ramon Zenhäusern). Three weeks after the end of the season, she announced her retirement from top-level sport on 8 April 2018.

World Cup results

Season standings

*Standings through 4 February 2018

Race podiums

* 0 podiums * 9 top tens (best finishes - fourth in slalom and combined)

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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Denise Feierabend
World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * *

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