Nadia Styger (born 11 December 1978, in

Zug Zug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: ; french: Zoug it, Zugo rm, Zug New Latin: ''Tugium'')named in the 16th century is the largest town and capital of the Swiss canton of Zug in Switzerland. Its name originates from the fishing vocabulary ...

) is a former

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. Styger won a total of four

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races. She was several times Swiss champion in downhill and super-G. She won a bronze medal as part of the Swiss team at the

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in 2007 with

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Rabea Grand Rabea Grand (born 15 June 1984) is a retired alpine skier who rose to be the Swiss national champion at the giant slalom in 2009. Life Grand was born in 1984 in Leuk in Switzerland. She was active as an FIS ski racer from December 1999 to 2011 ...

Fabienne Suter Fabienne Suter (born 5 January 1985) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Sattel in the canton of Schwyz, she specialized in super-G, giant slalom, and downhill. Career At the 2003 World Championships in St. Mori ...

, Daniel Albrecht and

Marc Berthod Marc Berthod (born 24 November 1983 in Saint-Moritz) is a retired Swiss alpine skier. In 2005, he was Swiss champion in giant slalom. He finished 7th in the combined event at the 2006 Winter Olympics. On 7 January 2007, Berthod won the world cu ...

World Cup victories

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External links

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