Doresia Krings

Doresia Krings
Mellie Francon , Maelle Ricker , Simona Meiler , Doresia Krings
nation	Austria
birthday	April 13, 1977
place of birth	Obertauern
size	160 cm
Weight	55 kg
Career
discipline	Snowboard cross, parallel giant slalom, parallel slalom
society	SC Obertauern
status	resigned
End of career	2010
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 3 ×
Snowboard world championships bronze Whistler 2005 Parallel slalom bronze Whistler 2005 Parallel giant slalom bronze Arosa 2007 Parallel slalom
Placements
World cup
Debut in the World Cup February 28, 1997  World Cup victories 11  Overall World Cup 1st ( 2006/07 )  Parallel World Cup 1st ( 2006/07 )  Snowboard cross world cup 1. ( 2001/02 , 2004/05 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Parallel 6th 4th 5  Snowboard cross 5 2 6th

Dorothea Theresia Krings (born April 13, 1977 in Obertauern , Salzburg , first name shortened to Doresia ) is a former Austrian snowboarder .

Career

On February 28, 1997, Krings drove her first race in the FIS - Snowboard World Cup . In 155 starts she reached 28 podiums in her career, eleven of them victories. She celebrated her first victory on December 6, 2001 at the snowboard cross in Whistler Mountain . The all-rounder then also won races in the parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom . In the 2001/02 and 2004/05 seasons she was first in the snowboard cross world cup. In the 2006/07 season she won the overall and the parallel World Cup. She drove her last World Cup race in January 2010 in Stoneham .

Doresia Krings took part in four snowboard world championships from 2003 to 2009 . She won the bronze medal in parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom at the 2005 World Championships in Whistler Mountain , and again in parallel slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Arosa . At the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin , she was 11th in the parallel giant slalom and 13th in snowboard cross. At the 2009 World Championships in Gangwon-do , she finished seventh in snowboard cross. She drove the last race of her career at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver , where she achieved tenth place in snowboard cross.

successes

Olympic games

• 2006 Turin : 11th place in parallel giant slalom, 13th place in snowboard cross
• 2010 Vancouver : 10th place snowboard cross

World championships

• 2003 Kreischberg : 9th place snowboard cross
• 2005 Whistler : 3rd place in parallel slalom, 3rd place in parallel giant slalom, 9th place in snowboard cross
• 2007 Arosa : 3rd place parallel slalom, 4th place snowboard cross, 47th place parallel giant slalom
• 2009 Gangwon-do : 7th place snowboard cross

World cup

World Cup victories

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	December 6, 2001	Whistler	Snowboard cross
2.	March 23, 2002	Tandadals	Snowboard cross
3.	March 1, 2003	Sapporo	Parallel slalom
4th	September 12, 2003	Valle Nevado	Parallel giant slalom
5.	October 18, 2003	Soelden	Parallel giant slalom
6th	October 16, 2004	Soelden	Parallel giant slalom
7th	October 30, 2004	Saas-Fee	Snowboard cross
8th.	March 17, 2005	Tandadals	Snowboard cross
9.	December 9, 2005	Whistler	Snowboard cross
10.	December 21, 2006	Bad Gastein	Parallel slalom
11.	February 25, 2007	Sungwoo	Parallel giant slalom

World Cup overall placements

season	total		Parallel		Snowboard cross
	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
1996/97	8th	127.	-	-	-	-
1997/98	1	127.	-	-	-	-
2001/02	655	2.	550	20th	4130	1.
2002/03	621	2.	3630	12.	2470	6th
2003/04	670	3.	6070	4th	2830	6th
2004/05	-	-	4320	5.	4580	1.
2005/06	5980	4th	2270	10.	3710	3.
2006/07	7830	1.	6480	1.	1350	10.
2007/08	5740	6th	2830	12.	2910	8th.
2008/09	580	87.	-	-	580	28.
2009/10	620	83.	-	-	620	25th

More Achievements

• 4 times Austrian champion
• 4 wins in the European Cup
• 1 win in the NorAm-Cup
• 2 wins in the South American Cup
• 2 victories in FIS races

Awards (excerpt)

• 2005: Gold Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria

Web links

• Doresia Krings website
• Doresia Krings in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)