
Resi Stiegler (
[U.S. Ski Team]
– Resi Stiegler – accessed 2012-03-04
(born November 14, 1985) is a former
World Cup alpine ski racer
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from the
United States. She primarily raced in the technical events and specialized in
slalom
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.
Born and raised in
Jackson,
Wyoming, Stiegler is the daughter of
Olympic champion Josef "Pepi" Stiegler of
Austria. She began skiing at age two and racing at six at
Jackson Hole. Junior Olympic and Nor-Am success while still a teenager led to a berth on the
U.S. Ski Team;
she made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December
2002
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at a
slalom
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;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding
* Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Super-G ...
in
Lenzerheide,
Switzerland
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, where she finished a remarkable eleventh. At the 2003 Junior World Championships in
France, she won bronze medals in slalom and
combined
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* Alpine combined (skiing), the combination of slalom and downhill skiing as a single event
** Super combined (skiing)
* Nordic combined (skiing), the combination of cross country skiing and ski jumping as a single event
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, to which she added a tenth-place finish in combined at the "grown-up"
World Championships that year in
St. Moritz
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, Switzerland.
Through March
2016
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, Stiegler has 21 World Cup top-ten finishes, with one podium. She finished sixth in combined at the
2005 World Championships in
Santa Caterina,
Italy. Stiegler made her
Olympic debut at the
2006 Torino games at age 20, placing eleventh in the
combined
Combined may refer to:
* Alpine combined (skiing), the combination of slalom and downhill skiing as a single event
** Super combined (skiing)
* Nordic combined (skiing), the combination of cross country skiing and ski jumping as a single event
* T ...
and twelfth in the
slalom
To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to:
Sports
;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding
* Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Super-G ...
.
Stiegler's trademark is the
tiger ears she usually wears atop her helmet. She won a well-publicized battle with the
International Olympic Committee, allowing her to compete with the ears at the Torino Olympics.
After a series of injuries,
Stiegler made her first World Cup podium in March
2012
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, a runner-up finish at a slalom in
Ofterschwang
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,
Germany.
U.S. Ski Team
– Heroic World Cup Podium for Stiegler – 2012-03-04 It was her first top ten finish in over four years. In a November, 2012 interview, Stiegler ha
recovered
on schedule and was set to compete in the season as planned.
World Cup results
Season standings
*Standings through 4 February 2018
Top tens
* 1 podium – (1 SL)
* 23 top tens – (1 GS, 17 SL, 2 PS, 3 SC)
World Championship results
Olympic results
Video
You Tube
– Jackson Hole Dreams – Resi Stiegler
References
External links
*
World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
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*
U.S. Ski Team
– profile – Resi Stiegler
– alpine skiing – Resi Stiegler
Stiegler Q&A, update on recovery
– Stio, clothing sponsor
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1985 births
Living people
American people of Austrian descent
American female alpine skiers
Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic alpine skiers for the United States
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Wyoming
People from Jackson, Wyoming
21st-century American women