Nicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is an Austrian former

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. She competed in all five disciplines and was a

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, three-time

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medalist, and an overall World Cup champion.

Career

Born in

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, she won her first World Cup competition, giant slalom, in

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, Tyrol, Austria on 26 October 2002, sharing the victory with

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and

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. Hosp won the overall World Cup title in

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and the season title in

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 ...

. A versatile all-around racer, she won World Cup races in four of the five alpine skiing disciplines (

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, giant slalom, slalom and combined), and was

in the

. Although Hosp won the giant slalom crystal globe in 2007, she stopped racing GS after often not qualifying for the second run in 2011. In her final seasons, she competed in four disciplines: slalom, Super-G, downhill, and combined. Hosp suffered an

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injury to her right knee at

in October 2009 and missed the rest of the

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season, including the

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World Cup results

Season titles

*2 titles – (1 overall, 1 GS)

Season standings

Race victories

*12 wins – (1 SG, 5 GS, 5 SL, 1 SC) *57 podiums – (1 DH, 9 SG, 20 GS, 20 SL, 7 SC)

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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Austrian Ski team
– official site – Nicole Hosp – '
Fischer Skis
– athletes – Nicole Hosp * – ' {{DEFAULTSORT:Hosp, Nicole 1983 births Austrian female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Austria Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic bronze medalists for Austria FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions People from Reutte District Living people Skiers from Tyrol (federal state) 21st-century Austrian sportswomen