Jessica Pünchera

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Jessica Pünchera Alpine skiing
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
birthday 11th December 1982 (age 37)
place of birth Pontresina ,  Switzerland
size 165 cm
Weight 63 kg
Career
discipline Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom ,
slalom , combination
society Bernina Pontresina
status resigned
End of career March 2011
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut February 8, 2004
 Overall World Cup 86th ( 2007/08 )
 Giant Slalom World Cup 52nd ( 2006/07 )
 Slalom World Cup 46th ( 2010/11 )
 Combination World Cup 20th (2007/08)
 

Jessica Pünchera (born December 11, 1982 in Pontresina ) is a former Swiss ski racer . She started in all five alpine disciplines , was twice in the top 15 in the World Cup , won a European Cup race and was twice Swiss champion .

Career

In November 1997 Pünchera contested her first FIS race , appearances in the European Cup followed from January 2000. On February 8, 2004, she was used for the first time in the World Cup at the slalom in Zwiesel . She achieved her first World Cup points in January 2006 with 15th place in the Super Combined in St. Moritz . On December 28, 2006, she fell in the giant slalom at Semmering , torn a cruciate ligament and had to end the season prematurely. On her World Cup comeback in December 2007 at the super combined in St. Anton , she again reached 15th place and two months later 17th in the super combined in Whistler . After that she was not able to establish herself in the World Cup, remained without any World Cup points in the winter of 2008/09 and reached the top 30 only once in the 2009/10 season .

Jessica Pünchera was more successful in the European Cup, where she achieved several podium places. On February 24, 2009 , she celebrated her first victory in the super combined in Tarvisio , and at the end of the same winter she secured the super combined European Cup victory with a total of 260 points. In March 2009 she became Swiss champion in slalom and super combined. In the 2009/10 season, however, Pünchera also had no good results in the European Cup, which is why she was dismissed from the Swiss-Ski squad in 2010 and had to prepare for the next season on her own. In winter 2010/11 she reached the points in two World Cup races. After the Swiss championships in 2011 , she announced her retirement from top-class sport.

successes

World cup

  • 2 placements among the best 15

European Cup

date place country discipline
February 24, 2009 Tarvisio Italy Super combination

More Achievements

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b wave of resignation in slalom: Jessica Pünchera also stops. www.skionline.ch, March 29, 2011, accessed on March 30, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Pünchera, Jessica
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Pontresina , Switzerland