Maria Walliser (born 27 May 1963) is a Swiss former

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Career

Walliser grew up in

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, the daughter of a wealthy cattle breeder. She made her World Cup debut in 1980. Together with her fellow Swiss

Erika Hess Erika Hess (born 6 March 1962) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. One of the best female racers of the 1980s, Hess had 31 World Cup wins (22 in slalom), four slalom titles (1981– 83 and 1985), and two overall titles (1982 ...

Michela Figini Michela Figini (born 7 April 1966) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. She is an Olympic, World Cup and world champion. Career Figini made her World Cup debut at age 16 in January 1983 and won the downhill at the 1984 Win ...

and

Vreni Schneider Verena "Vreni" Schneider (born 26 November 1964) is a retired ski racer from Switzerland. She is the most successful alpine ski racer of her country, the fourth most successful female ski racer ever (after Lindsey Vonn, Annemarie Moser-Pröll a ...

she dominated female alpine skiing during the 1980s. Among her many successes, she won two overall

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(1986 and 1987). Walliser also won three world titles in 1987 and 1989, as well as three Olympic medals at 1988 Calgary and 1984 Sarajevo. Walliser retired in 1990 with a World Cup tally of 72 podium finishes, including 25 victories. In 2000, she became president of "Die Stiftung Folsäure Offensive Schweiz", a Swiss health organization fighting

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World Cup results

Season titles

* 7 titles – (2 Overall, 2 DH, 1 GS, 1 AC, 1 SG)

Season standings

Race victories

25 race victories (14 downhill, 3

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, 6

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in Slalom skiing, slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant sl ...

, 2 combined)

World Championships results

Olympic results

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Walliser, Maria 1963 births Living people Swiss female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in alpine skiing FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics 20th-century Swiss sportswomen