Blanca Fernández Ochoa

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Blanca Fernández Ochoa Alpine skiing
Blanca Fernández Ochoa (2006)
nation SpainSpain Spain
birthday April 22, 1963
place of birth Madrid , Spain
date of death before September 4, 2019
Place of death La Peñota mountain area
Career
discipline Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom ,
slalom , combination
End of career 1992
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze Albertville 1992 slalom
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual world cup victories 4th
 Overall World Cup 4. ( 1987/88 )
 Super G World Cup 3. (1987/88)
 Giant Slalom World Cup 3. ( 1986/87 )
 Slalom World Cup 3. ( 1990/91 , 1991/92 )
 Combination World Cup 8. ( 1984/85 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Giant slalom 1 5 6th
 slalom 3 2 3
 

Blanca Fernández Ochoa (born April 22, 1963 in Madrid ; † between August 24 and September 4, 2019 in the mountain area of ​​La Peñota) was a Spanish ski racer .

biography

Fernández Ochoa came from a family of successful skiers. She was one of five siblings who took part in the Winter Olympic Games for the Spanish ski team . Her older brother Francisco (1950-2006) was Olympic champion in slalom at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo . Her older brother Juan Manuel Fernández Ochoa (* 1951) competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck . Her younger brother Luis Fernández Ochoa (* 1965) competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary . Her younger sister Dolores Fernández Ochoa (* 1966) took part in the Slalom and Giant Slalom competitions at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo .

She herself competed in her first World Cup race in the 1980/81 season. She celebrated her first victory in March 1985 in the giant slalom in Vail . Fernández Ochoa won a total of four world cup races (three slalom and one giant slalom) in her career, and she was among the top three 16 times.

At the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary she was ahead in the giant slalom on February 24, 1988 after the first run with 0.30 seconds ahead of the German Christa Kinshofer (and 0.85 seconds on the “only” fifth-placed Swiss Vreni Schneider ), but ahead In the eyes of her brother Francisco, who was present as a TV commentator, she slipped away on the harder piste in the second run after another impressively dynamic start in the 13th gate on the inner ski.

The greatest success of her career was at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville , when she won the bronze medal in slalom. This was only the second and so far last Olympic medal for Spain in alpine competitions. After the 1991/92 season, she ended her career.

On July 18, 1991, she married the Italian Danielle Fioretto, who was technical director and coach of the Spanish national team at the time, in the monastery of El Escorial ; the marriage was divorced in 1994. Ochoa later married the diving instructor David Fresneda, with whom she had two children, a daughter (* 1999) and a son (* 2000); this marriage ended in divorce in 2007. The two children live with their father. Ochoa last lived with her sister and brother-in-law.

Blanca Fernández Ochoa has appeared on several reality TV shows on Spanish television.

On August 24, 2019, Blanca Fernández Ochoa, who suffered from bipolar disorder , was reported missing by her family after failing to return from a five-day mountain hike . She was last seen alive on August 24, 2019. On September 1st, her car was found in a parking lot for hikers in the municipality of Cercedilla in the Sierra de Guadarrama, and on September 4th, 2019, her body was found by a police officer in the mountainous area of ​​La Peñota. On September 5, 2019, she was declared to have died of suicide because lithium tablets and a bottle of wine were found near her body. It appears that Fernandez Ochoa had been dead for a long time by the time she was found.

World Cup victories

date place country discipline
March 3, 1985 Vail United States Giant slalom
November 26, 1987 Sestriere Italy slalom
December 22, 1990 Morzine France slalom
1st December 1991 Lech Austria slalom

Web links

Commons : Blanca Fernández Ochoa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Blanca Fernández Ochoa: Spain's missing Winter Olympic medalist found dead. In: BBC News . September 4, 2019, accessed on September 5, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Juan Manuel Fernández Ochoa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on September 5, 2019.
  3. ↑ Luis Fernández Ochoa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on September 5, 2019.
  4. ↑ Dolores Fernández Ochoa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on September 5, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Gloss Silvano Meli ": Suffering with Blanca. In: Sport Zürich , No. 24, February 26, 1988, p. 2.
    Silvano Meli: Olympia total. In: Sport Zürich , No. 24, February 26, 1988, p. 15.
  6. ^ A b c Luis Miguel Montero: Verdades, mentiras y muchas incógnitas en la desaparición de Blanca Fernández Ochoa. In: elcierredigital.com. September 3, 2019, Retrieved September 5, 2019 (Spanish).
  7. ↑ Patricia Ortega Dolz, Fernando Peinado: Missing Olympic skier Blanca Fernández Ochoa found dead in Madrid mountains. In: elpais.com . September 4, 2019, accessed on September 5, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Colin Drury: Blanca Fernández Ochoa: Spanish Olympic Skier Found Dead Two Weeks After Vanishing. In: The Independent . September 5, 2019, accessed September 5, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Spain's ex-ski star Blanca Fernandez Ochoa found dead. In: dw.com . September 4, 2019, accessed September 5, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Patricia Ortega Dolz, Fernando Peinado: Missing Olympic skier Blanca Fernández Ochoa found dead in Madrid mountains. In: elpais.com . September 4, 2019, accessed on September 5, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Patricia Ortega Dolz: La policía busca a Blanca Fernández Ochoa en la sierra de Madrid y habla de desaparición “voluntaria”. In: El País . September 2, 2019, Retrieved September 3, 2019 (Spanish).
  12. ↑ Patricia Ortega Dolz, Fernando Peinado: Hallado el cadáver de Blanca Fernández Ochoa en la sierra de Guadarrama después de 11 días desaparecida. In: El País. September 4, 2019, Retrieved September 5, 2019 (Spanish).
  13. ↑ Ex-skier Blanca Fernandez Ochoa found dead. In: VOL.at . September 4, 2019, accessed September 4, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Un agente fuera de servicio localizó el cadáver de Blanca Fernández Ochoa cuando paseaba con su perro por el pico de La Peñota (es) . In: La Sexta Noticias , Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, SA , September 4, 2019. 
  15. ↑ Luis F. Durán: La Policía cree que la muerte de Blanca Fernández Ochoa no fue accidental (es) . In: El Mundo , Unidad Editorial Información General , SLU, September 5, 2019. 
  16. ↑ Cruz Morcillo: Hallan pastillas de litio y una botella de vino junto al cadáver de Blanca Fernández Ochoa (es) . In: ABC , Vocento , September 5, 2019. 
  17. ↑ Blanca Fernández Ochoa habría muerto el día de su desaparición y no presenta un golpe en la cabeza (es) . In: Antena 3 Noticias , Antena 3 , September 4, 2019. 
personal data
SURNAME Fernández Ochoa, Blanca
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Madrid
DATE OF DEATH before September 4, 2019