Jessica Hilzinger
Jessica Hilzinger 
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 Germany Liechtenstein
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| birthday | 26th May 1997 (age 23) | ||||||||||
| place of birth | Grabs , Switzerland | ||||||||||
| size | 175 cm | ||||||||||
| Career | |||||||||||
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| discipline | Giant slalom , slalom | ||||||||||
| society | SC Oberstdorf | ||||||||||
| status | active | ||||||||||
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| last change: March 16, 2020 | |||||||||||
Jessica Hilzinger (born May 26, 1997 in Grabs , Switzerland ) is a German ski racer . Her strongest disciplines are slalom and giant slalom . She started for Liechtenstein until the end of the 2014/15 season . She has been part of the customs ski team since August 2017 .
biography
Hilzinger was born in Grabs in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen . As the daughter of a German and a Liechtenstein citizen (with Austrian roots), she grew up in Schaan in the neighboring Principality of Liechtenstein . She has been a German-Liechtenstein citizen since she was eight. Supported by her father, who is a ski instructor and ski instructor trainer and who also presides over the Schaan Ski Club, she initially started for the Liechtenstein ski association. She took in 2012 in the Canadian Whistler at the prestigious youth races Whistler Cup part and won the giant slalom. The first use in FIS races followed in November 2013 at the age of 16. She achieved her first victory at this level on March 3, 2015 in the Malbun slalom . A day later she won the Liechtenstein slalom championship title.
In 2014, Hilzinger expressed the wish to start for Germany in the future, as the Liechtenstein Ski Association (LSV) could not support them enough in their opinion. Initially, it was agreed that she would continue to race for Liechtenstein at least until the end of the 2014/15 season. In addition, the LSV offered her improved training conditions, including her own technical trainer and increased cooperation with Tina Weirather . In April 2015, the LSV announced that Hilzinger had definitely decided to switch to the German Ski Association (DSV).
Hilzinger, who graduated from Gertrud-von-le-Fort-Gymnasium in Oberstdorf and is a member of the local ski club, was immediately used in the World Cup at the beginning of the 2015/16 season , although she did not yet have a single countable result in the European Cup . On November 28, 2015, she finished 25th in the Aspen slalom , winning her first World Cup points straight away. Due to an injury, she had to take a break for almost the entire 2015/16 season. In January 2017 she won two European Cup races.
successes
World championships
- St. Moritz 2017 : 22nd slalom
World cup
- 1 place among the best 15
World Cup ratings
| season | total | slalom | combination | Parallel | ||||
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| space | Points | space | Points | space | Points | space | Points | |
| 2015/16 | 118. | 6th | 54. | 6th | - | - | - | - |
| 2017/18 | 104. | 20th | 44. | 20th | - | - | - | - |
| 2018/19 | 102. | 20th | 45. | 20th | - | - | - | - |
| 2019/20 | 86. | 33 | 39. | 19th | 29 | 13 | 46. | 1 |
European Cup
- Season 2016/17 : 8th overall ranking, 2nd giant slalom ranking
- Season 2019/20 : 3rd overall ranking, 1st slalom ranking, 2nd combined ranking
- 9 podium places, including 5 wins:
| date | place | country | discipline |
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| 17th January 2017 | Zinal | Switzerland | slalom |
| December 7, 2015 | Melchsee-Frutt | Switzerland | Giant slalom |
| 2nd December 2019 | Funäsdalen | Sweden | slalom |
| 3rd December 2019 | Funäsdalen | Sweden | slalom |
| January 18, 2020 | Zell am See | Austria | slalom |
More Achievements
- 3 victories in FIS races
- 1 Liechtenstein championship title (Slalom 2015)
Web links
- Jessica Hilzinger's website
- Jessica Hilzinger in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
- Jessica Hilzinger in the database of Ski-DB (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jessica Hilzinger at www.zoll.de
- ↑ a b One like Höfl-Riesch? Oberbayerisches Volksblatt , October 7, 2015, accessed on November 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Jessica Hilzinger changes to the German Ski Association. (No longer available online.) Skionline.ch, April 21, 2015, archived from the original on December 8, 2015 ; accessed on November 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Jessica Hilzinger starts for Germany. Liechtenstein Fatherland , April 20, 2015, accessed on November 30, 2015 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hilzinger, Jessica |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1997 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grabs , Switzerland |