Sigrid Wolf (born 14 February 1964) is an

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Career

Her first points in the Alpine Skiing World Cup she could gain on 25 March 1982, in the Downhill Race at

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by finishing 14th. Her first "Top Ten" was on 5 March 1983, in the Downhill at Mont Tremblant. She came in the spotlight when she placed fourth in the downhill in Santa Caterina in

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, being 0.01 sec. behind a medal (there was a tied silver medal between

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and Katharina Gutensohn. Being double winner in the World Cup Downhill races at

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on 13 and 14 March 1987, she did stop a four-month phase without a win for the female Austrian team. Winning the super-G race at

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on 28 November 1987, was the first win for the female team of the Austrian Ski Federation in the World Cup since that discipline was established in the season 1982-83 (it was the race number 19). - She did win another race too; it happened on 9 January 1988, at Lech but she was disqualified at last because violation of the regulation in regard to non correct attaching the bib-number; Zoë Haas became the winner (that case is known as the »Stecknadelaffäre von Lech« / »pin scandal of Lech« by insiders - because Sigrid and other racers of the Austrian team did attach the oversized bib-numbers with pins but such a method wasn't allowed). Sigrid Wolf won the super-G gold medal at the

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ahead of

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and Karen Percy. This was the first time it was ever arranged a Super-G competition at the Olympic games. One year later she won a silver medal in the same discipline at the World Championships in

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. In the saison 1988-89 she became second in the super-G World Cup. Wolf was chosen as Austrian Sportswoman of the Year in 1987 and 1988, and in 1996 was awarded a gold medal for services to the Austrian Republic. She retired in December 1990 due to a knee injury.

World Cup victories

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