Michaela Eßl (born 27 October 1988) is an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

. She has been member of the ASKIMO national team since 2008. Professionally she works as a police officer in

Abtenau Abtenau ( Central Bavarian: ''Obtenau'') is a market town in the Hallein District of Salzburg in Austria. The municipality is located in Lammertal, Tennengau, about 45 km south of Salzburg, and encompasses the entire middle valley of the Lam ...

Selected results

* 2008: ** 1st, Knappen-Königs-Trophy ** 1st, Preberlauf, ** 1st, Dachstein-Xtreme, ** 1st, Monte di Brenta, ** 3rd,

Mountain Attack The "Mountain Attack" is an annual Austrian ski mountaineering competition, carried out near Saalbach since 1999. The competition is separated in a short distance and a long distance course, each offered for a female and a male racer class. The ...

* 2009: ** 1st, Austrian Championship ** 9th, European Championship single race ** 9th, European Championship

vertical race A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical Races for women and men are ...

* 2010: ** 3rd,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

relay race (together with

Lydia Prugger Lydia Prugger (born 22 January 1969) from Ramsau am Dachstein is an Austrian ski mountaineer. Prugger was inspired ski mountaineering by her father and later by her husband, who is a trained mountain guide. She has held the women's record at the ...

and

Veronika Swidrak Veronika "Vroni" Swidrak (born 12 December 1971) is an Austrian ski mountaineer. Swidrak started ski mountaineering in the police skirally team in 1996 and competed first in the ''Rally del Pizzo Scalino'' in the same year. She has been member o ...

) ** 5th, World Championship team race (together with Lydia Prugger) ** 1st,

single race (espoirs class) ** 3rd, World Championship vertical race (espoirs class) ** 10th, World Championship combination rankingISMF World championship combined ranking - women
, ISMF. ** 1st, Mountain Attack * 2011: ** 6th,

relay (together with Lydia Prugger and Veronika Swidrak) * 2012: ** 4th, European Championship sprint ** 5th, European Championship relay, together with Ina Forchthammer and Veronika Swidrak ** 6th, European Championship single ** 7th, World Championship vertical, combined ranking ** 8th, European Championship vertical race ** 1st, Mountain Attack

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2010: 4th (and 3rd in the "international civilian women" ranking), together with Veronika Swidrak and Lydia Prugger''2010 Patrouille des Glaciers''

External links

Michaela Eßl
at ''www.hagan-ski.com''
Michaela Essl
, ASKIMO

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Essl, Michaela 1988 births Living people Austrian female ski mountaineers Austrian police officers 21st-century Austrian women