Irene Epple-Waigel (; born 18 June 1957) is a German former
alpine skier
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. She won a total of 11
Alpine Skiing World Cup
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races and two World Cups, in giant slalom and combined (both in
1982
Events January
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). She also won a silver medal at the
1980 Winter Olympic Games
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
Lake Placid was elected ...
in giant slalom. In the 1978 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships at
Garmisch-Partenkirchen she won the silver medal in the downhill. On 9 January 1983 she won the first women's World Cup Super-G race, held in
Verbier
Verbier is a village located in south-western Switzerland in the canton of Valais. It is a holiday resort and ski area in the Swiss Alps and is recognised as one of the premier off-piste resorts in the world. Some areas are covered with snow al ...
.
In 1992 she completed her medical studies in Munich, and in November 1994 married
Theo Waigel, who was the German Finance Minister from 1989 to 1998. In 1980 she was named the German Sportswoman of the Year. She is the sister of alpine skier
Maria Epple
Maria Epple Beck (born 11 March 1959) is a German retired alpine skier. She is the 1978 giant slalom world champion. She is the sister of Irene Epple
Irene Epple-Waigel (; born 18 June 1957) is a German former alpine skier. She won a total of ...
.
[Irene Epple]
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World Cup victories
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1957 births
Living people
People from Ostallgäu
Sportspeople from Swabia (Bavaria)
German female alpine skiers
Spouses of German politicians
Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions
Olympic silver medalists for West Germany
Olympic alpine skiers of West Germany
Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics
20th-century German women
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