Carina Raich
Carina Raich 
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| Full name | Carina Stecher-Raich | ||||||||
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| birthday | 14th March 1979 (age 41) | ||||||||
| place of birth | Arzl im Pitztal , Austria | ||||||||
| size | 168 cm | ||||||||
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| discipline | slalom | ||||||||
| society | SV Leins Pitztal | ||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||
| End of career | 2005 | ||||||||
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Carina Stecher-Raich (born March 14, 1979 in Arzl im Pitztal ) is a former Austrian ski racer . Her specialty was the slalom . She is the sister of the ski racer Benjamin Raich .
Career
In training together as a teenager, Raich showed similar talent as her brother Benjamin. She graduated from the ski school in Stams , after winning the Austrian youth championship in slalom , she was accepted into the squad of the Austrian Ski Association in 1996 . In the winter of 1996/97 she was thrown back for the first time by an injury and could not contest any races for the entire season. After a fourth place in slalom at the Austrian championship in 1998 and a number of good placements in FIS races and at European Cup races , she made her debut in the World Cup in Sestriere in December 2000 . With 24th place she also got her first points.
Three months later she was ninth in the slalom at the 2001 World Championships in St. Anton . In November 2001 she finally achieved her only podium finish in the World Cup with third place in the Copper Mountain slalom . The last highlight of her career was taking part in the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , where she was eliminated in slalom after finishing 15th in the first run in the second run. After that, numerous breaks due to injuries hindered her athletic development. Finally, at the beginning of 2005, she announced her retirement from active ski racing.
Private
Carina Raich has been studying corporate management in the tourism and leisure industry at the Management Center Innsbruck since 2006 . Since June 7th, 2008 she is married to the Olympic champion in Nordic combined Mario Stecher . The two have two sons together.
Sporting successes
World championships
- St. Anton 2001 : 9th slalom
World cup
- One podium, two more among the top ten
More Achievements
- Three top ten results in the European Cup
- Four top ten results in the Nor-Am Cup
- 3 victories in FIS races
Web links
- Carina Raich in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Carina Raich in the database of Ski-DB (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mario Stecher marries Carina Raich ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. sport.orf.at, June 2008
- ^ Homepage of the Raich family ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. raich.at, February 2013
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| SURNAME | Raich, Carina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stecher-Raich, Carina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arzl in the Pitztal |