Marianne Abderhalden
Marianne Abderhalden 
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 Marianne Abderhalden in January 2011 |
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| birthday | 1st April 1986 (age 34) | ||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Grabs , Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Size | 177 cm | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg | ||||||||||||||
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Downhill , Super-G combination |
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| society | SC Alt St. Johann | ||||||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||||||
| End of career | March 2015 | ||||||||||||||
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Marianne Abderhalden (born April 1, 1986 in Grabs , married Marianne Thöni-Abderhalden ) is a former Swiss ski racer . She is the younger sister of Jörg Abderhalden , the most successful athlete in the Swiss national sport of wrestling , and specialized in the downhill and super-G disciplines.
biography
From December 2001 Abderhalden competed in FIS races , two years later the first appearances in the European Cup followed . With the Swiss championship title in the combination and the Swiss junior championship title in the downhill she first became known to a broader public in 2005. In 2006 the junior championship titles followed in the downhill and super-G.
At the Junior World Championships in 2006 Abderhalden won the gold medal in the downhill and the silver medal in the combination . She was therefore allowed to take part in the World Cup finals in Åre in mid-March , where she came in last. The Swiss Sports Aid Foundation chose her as the young athlete of the year 2006.
In the 2006/07 season Abderhalden could not confirm this performance for the time being, as she suffered from a partial tear on the Achilles tendon . She could not put full weight on her foot and therefore had to limit training. With good results in the European Cup and FIS races, she secured a place in the World Cup. On March 9, 2008, she was 21st in the super combined in Crans-Montana and won her first World Cup points. As a result, she lost contact to the top of the world due to numerous minor injuries. She clearly missed qualifying for the 2010 Winter Olympics . So her result on March 6, 2010, when she finished third in the Crans-Montana World Cup downhill run was all the more surprising.
The 2011/12 season ended early for her. She was injured on the Lake Louise descent at the beginning of December , then had to take a break for several weeks and finally ended the season for good in January due to a cruciate ligament operation. In the following season 2012/13 she reached the second World Cup podium of her career as third of the second downhill of Lake Louise. A year later she took second place in the same place.
She celebrated her only World Cup victory in December 2013 in Val-d'Isère , again in a downhill race. In March 2015, she announced her retirement at the end of the season because her knee could no longer withstand the stresses of top-class sport.
Private
On August 6, 2011 Abderhalden married her friend Pascal Kaufmann. It then started under the double name Kaufmann-Abderhalden until the divorce in 2014. She then married Andreas Thöni and took on the double name Thöni-Abderhalden.
successes
World championships
- Schladming 2013 : 14th super combination, 20th descent
- Vail / Beaver Creek 2015 : 29th departure
World cup
- 2013/14 season : 5th Downhill World Cup
- 5 podium places, including one victory:
| date | place | country | discipline |
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| December 21, 2013 | Val d'Isère | France | Departure |
Junior World Championships
- Bardonecchia 2005 : 19th Super-G, 20th descent, 25th slalom, 38th giant slalom
- Québec 2006 : 1st downhill, 2nd combined, 8th Super-G, 17th slalom, 28th giant slalom
European Cup
- Season 2008/09 : 8th overall classification, 3rd downhill classification, 8th combined classification
- 4 podium places
More Achievements
- 3 Swiss championship titles (Combined 2005 , Downhill and Super Combined 2011 )
- 1 podium in the Nor-Am Cup
- 10 victories in FIS races
- Young athlete of the year 2006
Web links
- Marianne Abderhalden in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
- Marianne Abderhalden in the database of Ski-DB (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Marianne Abderhalden: "What happened, happened!" news.ch, December 20, 2007.
- ^ End of the season for Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden. ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2013 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. Swiss-Ski, January 20, 2012, accessed January 30, 2012.
- ↑ [1] Kaufmann-Abderhalden wins in Val d'Isère , SRF, December 21, 2013.
- ↑ Marianne Abderhalden got married. skionline.ch, August 10, 2011, accessed on August 10, 2011 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Abderhalden, Marianne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kaufmann-Abderhalden, Marianne (married name after marriage to Pascal Kaufmann); Thöni-Abderhalden, Marianne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grabs , Switzerland |