Andrea Fischbacher

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Andrea Fischbacher Alpine skiing
Andrea Fischbacher in March 2009
nation AustriaAustria Austria
birthday 14th October 1985 (age 34)
place of birth Schwarzach im Pongau , Austria
size 164 cm
Weight 60 kg
job Time soldier
Career
discipline Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom ,
slalom , combination
society Union Ski Club Eben
status resigned
End of career June 10, 2015
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
World championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Junior World Championship 2 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold Vancouver 2010 Super G
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
bronze Val d'Isère 2009 Super G
FIS Alpine Ski Junior World Championships
gold Maribor 2004 Super G
gold Bardonecchia 2005 Super G
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut March 11, 2004
 Individual world cup victories 3
 Overall World Cup 10. ( 2008/09 , 2009/10 )
 Downhill World Cup 2. (2008/09)
 Super G World Cup 5th (2009/10)
 Giant Slalom World Cup 13th ( 2010/11 )
 Slalom World Cup 34th ( 2005/06 )
 Combination World Cup 10. (2005/06)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Departure 2 1 0
 Super G 1 4th 1
 Giant slalom 0 0 1
 team 2 1 0
 

Andrea Fischbacher (born October 14, 1985 in Schwarzach im Pongau ) is a former Austrian ski racer . She was particularly successful in the fast super-G and downhill disciplines . In 2004 and 2005 she was junior world champion in Super-G. In the 2004/05 season she won the overall ranking of the European Cup and in the winter of 2008/09 she reached second place in the Downhill World Cup . Her greatest success was the Olympic victory in the Super-G in Vancouver in 2010 . In 2015 Fischbacher ended her active sports career.

biography

Promotion to the national team (until 2006)

Andrea Fischbacher got her first skis at the age of four and competed in the first races just a year later. At the age of six, she started regular training at the Eben ski club and over the next few years she won numerous junior races. After primary school, she attended the main ski school in Bad Gastein . However, she did not succeed in the hoped-for acceptance into the Salzburg regional squad, so after three years she switched to the main ski school in Schladming and then attended the local ski trade school , which she graduated in 2004.

The then 15-year-old competed in her first FIS races in the 2000/01 season and after this winter she was accepted into the Salzburg national team. Despite numerous failures during the next season, she was accepted into the junior squad of the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) in 2002. In December 2002 she celebrated her first victories in FIS races, in February 2003 she became Austrian junior champion in giant slalom, super-G and combined, and shortly afterwards she was used for the first time in the European Cup . At the Junior World Championships in March 2003, her best result was eighth place in the giant slalom and after the end of the season she was promoted to the B-team of the ÖSV.

In the winter of 2003/04, Fischbacher was Austrian junior champion in the Super-G for the second time and she was also able to achieve great successes internationally. On December 20, 2003 she celebrated her first European Cup victory in the Super-G on the Tonale Pass and with another three podium places in the Super-G, she reached second place in the discipline ranking and fourth place in the overall classification. The highlight of winter was the 2004 Junior World Championship in Maribor , where she won the gold medal in the Super-G at the same time as the Italian Nadia Fanchini . This is why she was able to compete in the World Cup for the first time in this discipline at the season finale in Sestriere . However, she did not finish due to a goal mistake. After this winter's performance, she was accepted into the Austrian A-team.

Due to the European Cup results of the previous year, Fischbacher had a fixed starting place in the World Cup for the 2004/05 season . After she won two European Cup races in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee in December , a few days later she scored her first World Cup points with 28th place in the Super-G in St. Moritz . In her next World Cup race, the Super-G in Cortina d'Ampezzo on January 12, 2005, she reached eighth place. With this she secured a ticket for the 2005 World Cup in Bormio , where she finished seventh as the best Austrian in the Super-G after two of her teammates lost. At the Junior World Championship in Bardonecchia in 2005 , she was able to successfully defend her Super G title. In the European Cup, Fischbacher won the overall ranking of the 2004/05 season with her two victories, another three podium places and a total of 14 top 10 results . As in the previous year, she finished second in the Super G classification.

Since the 2005/06 season , Fischbacher has only competed in the World Cup. At the beginning of December, she finished on the podium for the first time with second place in the Super-G at Lake Louise and third in the Super-G at Aspen . After that, however, she did not make it into the top five in any race and in the overall standings she was classified in the Super-G and in the top 10 in combination. In the Super-G of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , she finished 13th and after the season she was promoted to the ÖSV national team.

World Cup successes, Olympic victory and end of career (from 2006)

In the winter of 2006/07 , Fischbacher achieved similar results as in the previous year, totaling nine times in the top ten. Her only podium was second place in the Super-G at the season finale in Lenzerheide , which brought her to eighth place in the Super-G World Cup. She was also part of the team for the 2007 World Championships in Åre , but was unable to race after a fall in downhill training.

In the 2007/08 season , Fischbacher had to struggle with many failures in slalom and giant slalom and she only achieved six top 10 results. Among these, however, was the first Super-G World Cup victory in Sestriere on February 10, 2008, which she achieved at the same time as the Swiss Fabienne Suter , which was surprising considering her other season results . In the overall ranking, however, she did not make it into the top ten in any discipline and in the overall World Cup she also fell back to 20th place after 15th and 13th place in the last two years. This was her last winter when she took part in slalom races in the World Cup.

In the winter of 2008/09 , Fischbacher again achieved significantly more consistent performance. She started the season with a third place in the giant slalom in Sölden , her best result so far in this discipline, and a second place in the Super-G in Lake Louise. At the 2009 World Championships in Val-d'Isère , it was used in the Super-G, as well as in the downhill and giant slalom. While she only finished 24th in the giant slalom, she finished seventh in the downhill and in the Super-G she won the bronze medal behind the American Lindsey Vonn and the French Marie Marchand-Arvier . On February 28, 2009, Fischbacher won the World Cup downhill in Bansko after finishing second the day before in the first downhill, and thus secured second place behind Vonn in the Downhill World Cup. In the overall World Cup, she reached tenth place.

Fischbacher initially achieved several top 10 results in the 2009/10 season until her next podium finish in the Super-G in St. Moritz on January 31, 2010. The 24-year-old celebrated the greatest success of her career at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver . After missing a medal in fourth place in downhill skiing by just 0.03 seconds, she won the Super-G ahead of the Slovenian Tina Maze and Lindsey Vonn and thus became Austria's third Olympic champion in this discipline after Sigrid Wolf ( 1988 ) and Michaela Dorfmeister ( 2006 ). She finished the World Cup season in fifth place in the Super-G classification and, as in the previous year, in tenth place in the overall World Cup. In November 2010 she was named Austria's Sportswoman of the Year .

In the 2010/11 season , Fischbacher remained without a World Cup podium for the first time in a long time. Several times she narrowly missed one, such as her best result of the season, fourth place in the downhill from Cortina d'Ampezzo on January 22, 2011. At the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , she achieved ninth place and place in the downhill 25 in the giant slalom. In the Super-G, she was eliminated. In the 2011/12 season, Fischbacher was only among the top ten in three races. In the 2012/13 season , Fischbacher only finished in the top ten in one race.

In the 2013/14 season , the non-nomination for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi was another low blow in her career. It was completely surprising that Fischbacher achieved her third World Cup victory in the first race after the Olympics, the downhill in Crans-Montana . In the 2014/15 season , she could not achieve a top 10 placement in the Alpine Ski World Cup. After the end of the season, Fischbacher ended her active sports career on June 10, 2015, justifying this with declining motivation.

Private

Andrea Fischbacher lives in Eben im Pongau and is the great cousin of Hermann Maier and the snowboarder Alexander Maier . In summer 2005 she completed basic training with the Austrian Armed Forces and then became a temporary soldier.

successes

Andrea Fischbacher (center) at the Super G award ceremony of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

World championships

World Cup ratings

season total Departure Super G Giant slalom slalom combination City event
space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points
2004/05 68. 65 47. 11 29 47 50. 7th - - - - - -
2005/06 15th 507 36. 40 7th 231 14th 170 34. 24 10. 42 - -
2006/07 13. 488 11. 205 8th. 158 18th 86 39. 26th 35. 13 - -
2007/08 20th 360 25th 99 12. 198 27. 26th 52. 5 21st 32 - -
2008/09 10. 697 2. 326 8th. 197 14th 147 - - 20th 27 - -
2009/10 10. 486 15th 113 5. 239 17th 112 - - 20th 22nd - -
2010/11 14th 483 11. 175 13. 111 13. 134 - - 15th 48 9. 15th
2011/12 31. 284 17th 120 15th 130 34. 34 - - - - - -
2012/13 60. 109 33. 28 21st 88 - - - - - - - -
2013/14 21st 313 8th. 257 38. 22nd 33. 34 - - - - - -
2014/15 63. 89 31. 43 40. 13 31. 33 - - - - - -

World Cup victories

Fischbacher achieved 10 podium places in individual races, including 3 victories:

date place country discipline
February 10, 2008 * Sestriere Italy Super G
February 28, 2009 Bansko Bulgaria Departure
March 2, 2014 Crans-Montana Switzerland Departure

* at the same time as Fabienne Suter

There are also 3 podium places in team competitions , 2 of which are victories.

European Cup

  • 2003/04 season : 4th overall ranking, 2nd Super-G ranking
  • 2004/05 season : 1st overall ranking, 2nd Super-G ranking
  • 11 podium places, including 3 wins:
date place country discipline
December 20, 2003 Pontedilegno / Tonale Italy Super G
December 16, 2004 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee Austria Departure
December 17, 2004 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee Austria Super G

Junior World Championships

More Achievements

Andrea Fischbacher with the award as Sportswoman of the Year 2010
  • Austrian junior champion in super-G, giant slalom and combined in 2003 and in super-G 2004
  • Austrian runner-up in the Super-G 2006 and 2010 as well as in the downhill 2006
  • 8 victories in FIS races (3 × Super-G, 2 × giant slalom, 2 × slalom, 1 × downhill)

Awards

Web links

Commons : Andrea Fischbacher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ After the departure of Kathrin Zettel, Mario Matt and Co .: The youth check at the ÖSV on gmx.at
  2. ↑ spiegel.de of February 21, 2010: Alpine Gold - Fischbacher redeems Austria
  3. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
  4. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Fischbacher, Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwarzach im Pongau , Austria