Christiane Mitterwallner-Posch (born July 10, 1974 in Schladming ) is a former Austrian ski racer . She won a world cup race and a bronze medal at junior world championships. She advises top athletes and executives on mental self-management issues.
Mitterwallner grew up on the Reiteralm near Schladming and therefore started skiing very early. In 1990 she was accepted into the junior squad of the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV). After her first successes in the national field - in 1992 she became Austrian Junior Champion in Super-G - she celebrated her first big success at the Junior World Championships in 1993 in Monte Campione / Colere with the bronze medal in the giant slalom . In January 1994 she competed in her first World Cup race in Cortina d'Ampezzo , but a short time later, after a fracture of the head of the tibia, she was injured for two years. After good performances in the European Cup , she was also used more often in the World Cup from winter 1995/96. There were no leading positions at first, but she was able to qualify at least in the giant slalom for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , where she took 20th place at the same time as the Slovenian Nataša Bokal .
Mitterwallner's breakthrough to the top of the world came at the beginning of the 1998/99 season when she surprisingly won the Super-G in Mammoth Mountain on December 4, 1998 with start number 37 ahead of Renate Götschl . However, she was never able to repeat this victory and she did not achieve podium positions in the next few years. As the second-best World Cup results, she recorded two fourth places in the Super-G in Maribor on January 2, 1999 and in the giant slalom in Berchtesgaden on January 8, 2000. In total, she was eight times among the top ten. At the 1999 World Championships in Vail Mitterwallner finished 18th in the giant slalom and the rather disappointing 20th place in the Super-G. For the 2001 World Cup, she could no longer qualify.
In October 2002 Mitterwallner announced her retirement from ski racing due to persistent health problems in her left knee after several injuries and 14 operations.
After the sport
During her sports career, Mitterwallner completed an apprenticeship as a restaurant specialist. However, after finishing her skiing career, she decided to take a new path and started catching up on her Matura in the form of the university entrance examination. At the same time, she enrolled in communications and sports studies. She also worked as a news anchor for a local Salzburg radio station. After a while she switched to studying psychology and moved to Innsbruck. Shortly before finishing her studies, she moved to Vienna to gain initial experience as a business psychologist and to complete her diploma thesis.
In addition to training as a sports psychologist, she began a second degree, a master’s course in supervision, coaching and organizational consulting, which will be completed at the end of 2012. She has been self-employed since 2009 and advises top athletes and business executives.
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