Marina Kiehl

Marina Kiehl
nation	Germany
birthday	12th January 1965 (age 55)
place of birth	Munich , Germany
Career
discipline	Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom , combination
society	TSV 1860 Munich
status	resigned
End of career	1988
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 0 × 0 × Junior World Championship 1 × 0 × 0 ×
winter Olympics gold Calgary 1988 Departure  Alpine Ski Junior World Championships gold Sestriere 1983 Departure
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual world cup victories 7th  Overall World Cup 4. ( 1984/85 )  Downhill World Cup 6. ( 1986/87 )  Super G World Cup 1. ( 1985/86 )  Giant Slalom World Cup 1. (1984/85)  Combination World Cup 7. (1984/85)
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Departure 0 2 0  Super G 6th 1 2  Giant slalom 1 1 2  combination 0 1 2

Marina Kiehl (born January 12, 1965 in Munich ) is a former German ski racer who took part in the Olympic Games in Sarajevo in 1984 and in Calgary in 1988.

biography

Between 1984 and 1987 she won five German championships , two in the Super-G, two in the giant slalom and one in the downhill, and came second four times.

Kiehl celebrated her first of a total of seven World Cup victories in the 1983/84 season in the Super-G at Mont Sainte-Anne . The former junior world champion in downhill then also achieved podium places in downhill and giant slalom . At the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo , she finished fifth in giant slalom and sixth in downhill skiing.

In 1985, Kiehl won the small ski world cup crystal ball for the discipline world cup in giant slalom and 1986 in super-G . She celebrated her greatest success at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , when she won the Olympic downhill run ahead of Brigitte Oertli and Karen Percy . With that she won the third Olympic gold medal in the history of TSV 1860 Munich .

Following the Olympic season, Marina Kiehl retired from alpine ski racing. She was awarded the “Silver Laurel Leaf” award from the Federal Republic of Germany and the “Golden Ski” from the German Ski Association. Still connected to skiing, she organized youth ski camps in Europe and Japan for many years and is still involved in numerous ski incentives. In addition, she supported the 1860 ski lions as a volunteer trainer for 15 years. Kiehl is a trained graphic artist.

successes

Olympic games

• Sarajevo 1984 : 5th giant slalom, 6th descent
• Calgary 1988 : 1st Downhill, 13th Super-G

World championships

• Bormio 1985 : 5th giant slalom, 10th combination, 11th descent
• Crans-Montana 1987 : 4th descent, 6th giant slalom

World Cup ratings

Marina Kiehl won the discipline classification once in the Super-G and once in the giant slalom.

season	total		Departure		Super G		Giant slalom		combination
	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points
1981/82	81.	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	30th	1
1982/83	66.	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	24.	5
1983/84	9.	126	14th	29	-	-	4th	77	31.	9
1984/85	4th	168	7th	48	-	-	1.	110	7th	27
1985/86	8th.	157	10.	43	1.	75	11.	31	10.	23
1986/87	10.	118	6th	35	3.	52	8th.	42	-	-
1987/88	18th	70	8th.	40	20th	10	13.	20th	-	-

World Cup victories

Kiehl achieved a total of 18 podium places, including 7 victories:

date	place	country	discipline
4th March 1984	Mont Sainte-Anne	Canada	Super G
15th December 1984	Madonna di Campiglio	Italy	Giant slalom
January 26, 1985	Arosa	Switzerland	Super G
March 10, 1985	Banff	Canada	Super G
7th December 1985	Sestriere	Italy	Super G
March 16, 1986	Vail	United States	Super G
March 15, 1987	Vail	United States	Super G

Junior World Championships

• Auron 1982 : 14th departure
• Sestriere 1983 : 1st descent, 4th giant slalom, 22nd slalom

Web links

Commons : Marina Kiehl  - Collection of Images

• Marina Kiehl in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
• Marina Kiehl in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Marina Kiehl in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )