Michaela Dorfmeister

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Michaela Dorfmeister Alpine skiing
Michaela Dorfmeister 2008
nation AustriaAustria Austria
birthday 25th March 1973 (age 47)
place of birth Vienna , Austria
size 173 cm
Weight 72 kg
Career
discipline Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom ,
slalom , combination
society Winter sports club Pernitz / Unterberg
status resigned
End of career 2006
Medal table
Olympic games 2 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World championships 2 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver Nagano 1998 Super G
gold Turin 2006 Departure
gold Turin 2006 Super G
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
bronze Vail / Beaver Creek 1999 Super G
silver Vail / Beaver Creek 1999 Departure
gold St. Anton 2001 Departure
gold St. Moritz 2003 Super G
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut December 21, 1991
 Individual world cup victories 25th
 Overall World Cup 1. ( 2001/02 )
 Downhill World Cup 1. ( 2002/03 , 2005/06 )
 Super G World Cup 1. ( 2004/05 , 2005/06)
 Giant Slalom World Cup 1st ( 1999/2000 )
 Slalom World Cup 47th ( 1998/99 )
 Combination World Cup 2. (2001/02)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Departure 7th 8th 6th
 Super G 10 6th 10
 Giant slalom 8th 2 6th
 combination 0 0 1
 

Michaela Dorfmeister (born March 25, 1973 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian ski racer . She was twice Olympic champion, twice world champion, won the overall World Cup once, twice the Downhill World Cup and the Super G World Cup, and once the Giant Slalom World Cup.

biography

Michaela Dorfmeister spent the first four years of her life in Vienna until she moved with her family to Neusiedl (municipality of Waidmannsfeld ); there she also learned to ski. When she was 14 years old, she began training at the Schladming Ski School . In 1990 she was Austrian youth champion in downhill and slalom. In the same year she took part in the Austrian championships for the first time and surprisingly left all older competitors behind in the Super-G.

In 1991 Michaela Dorfmeister took part in a World Cup race for the first time. However, the way to the top of the world took over four years. She celebrated her first World Cup victory on December 16, 1995 on the downhill run from St. Anton am Arlberg . At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , she won the silver medal in Super-G, and lost a single hundredth of a second to Olympic champion Picabo Street . Two further medals followed at the 1999 World Ski Championships in Vail , silver in the downhill and bronze in the Super-G.

Although she won no less than five World Cup races during the 1999/2000 season, it was only enough for second place behind Renate Götschl in the overall World Cup ; however, she won the discipline world cup in giant slalom. At the 2001 World Ski Championships in St. Anton am Arlberg , she won the gold medal in the downhill.

In 2001/2002 Michaela Dorfmeister proved to be the most complete skier of the season and won the overall World Cup by a large margin. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , however, she could not live up to her clear favorite role and only achieved the rather disappointing places 4 (giant slalom), 5 ( combination ) and 6 (super-G).

At the 2003 World Ski Championships in St.Moritz, she became world champion for the second time, this time in the Super-G. In the same year she also won the discipline world cup in the downhill and was voted Austrian Sportswoman of the Year .

After the 2003/2004 season was rather mediocre for her circumstances, she returned to her old strength in the following 2004/05 season and won the discipline World Cup in Super-G. The 2005 Ski World Championships in Santa Caterina , on the other hand, turned out to be a great disappointment, as Michaela Dorfmeister was eliminated in all three races in which she competed.

During the downhill run of the super combined on January 22nd, 2006 in St. Moritz, Michaela Dorfmeister escaped a serious accident only with a lot of luck. A careless marshal who had misinterpreted a radio message had driven onto the runway while Dorfmeister was still out. Only because she lifted her right ski at the last moment could she prevent a serious collision.

At the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in San Sicario on February 15, 2006 , she won the gold medal in the downhill and on February 20, 2006 in the Super-G. After Petra Kronberger , she is the second Austrian to win two alpine gold medals at the Olympic Games. In the 2005/2006 season she was able to secure the discipline World Cup in downhill and super-G ahead of schedule. With the giant slalom in Åre on March 19, 2006, she ended her 14-year active racing career.

Dorfmeister is an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right To Play . She lives as a single mother of a daughter (* 2009) near Amstetten .

She is Vice President of the Lower Austrian State Ski Association and lives in Purgstall an der Erlauf .

successes

winter Olympics

World championships

World Cup ratings

Dorfmeister has won the overall World Cup once (2002), plus five victories in discipline ratings (2 × downhill, 2 × super-G and 1 × giant slalom).

season total Departure Super G Giant slalom slalom combination
space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points
1991/92 103. 16 47. 12 55. 4th - - - - - -
1992/93 117. 10 49. 10 - - - - - - - -
1993/94 95. 25th 52. 9 44. 16 - - - - - -
1994/95 18th 434 13. 195 16. 117 23. 93 - - 9. 29
1995/96 9. 727 8th. 298 6th 249 12. 144 - - 7th 36
1996/97 39. 174 29 42 20th 94 27. 38 - - - -
1997/98 33. 234 16. 112 16. 102 - - - - 20th 20th
1998/99 6th 920 3. 454 2. 373 - - 47. 11 4th 82
1999/00 2. 1306 7th 290 7th 287 1. 684 - - 5. 45
2000/01 5. 923 9. 210 5. 332 3. 341 - - 6th 40
2001/02 1. 1271 2. 469 3. 212 2. 494 - - 2. 96
2002/03 4th 972 1. 372 5. 298 9. 266 - - 7th 36
2003/04 6th 943 5. 334 3. 391 10. 218 - - - -
2004/05 4th 1122 3. 432 1. 493 12. 181 - - 15th 16
2005/06 3. 1364 1. 498 1. 626 12. 210 - - 14th 30th

World Cup victories

In total: 25 individual World Cup victories (7 × downhill, 10 × Super-G, 8 × giant slalom). In addition, 16 times second and 23 times third.

date place country discipline
December 16, 1995 St. Anton Austria Departure
March 6, 1999 St. Moritz Switzerland Super G
4th December 1999 Serre Chevalier France Giant slalom
December 9, 1999 Val d'Isère France Giant slalom
January 5, 2000 Maribor Slovenia Giant slalom
January 8, 2000 Berchtesgaden Germany Giant slalom
February 11, 2000 Santa Caterina Italy Super G
November 24, 2000 Aspen United States Super G
December 9, 2000 Sestriere Italy Giant slalom
October 27, 2001 Soelden Austria Giant slalom
January 19, 2002 Berchtesgaden Germany Giant slalom
January 31, 2002 Are Sweden Giant slalom
March 6, 2002 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee Austria Departure
March 7, 2002 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee Austria Super G
December 21, 2002 Lenzerheide Switzerland Departure
March 1, 2003 innsbruck Austria Departure
December 5, 2004 Lake Louise Canada Super G
January 6, 2005 Santa Caterina Italy Departure
January 16, 2005 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy Departure
February 19, 2005 Are Sweden Super G
March 11, 2005 Lenzerheide Switzerland Super G
December 18, 2005 Val d'Isère France Super G
January 20, 2006 St. Moritz Switzerland Super G
January 21, 2006 St. Moritz Switzerland Departure
March 3, 2006 Hafjell Norway Super G *

* at the same time as Lindsey Kildow and Nadia Styger

European Cup

  • 1990/91 season : 5th overall ranking, 2nd downhill ranking, 2nd Super-G ranking
  • 1994/95 season : 3rd Super-G classification
  • 3 wins, 1 × second, 1 × third

Junior World Championships

  • Zinal 1990 : 7th departure
  • Geilo 1991 : 21st Super-G, 21st slalom, 31st descent
  • Maribor 1992 : 5th downhill, 7th combination, 8th Super-G, 10th giant slalom, 19th slalom

Austrian championships

Michaela Dorfmeister won seven Austrian national championship titles :

  • Super-G (3): 1990 , 1996 , 1997
  • Giant Slalom (2): 1995 , 2000
  • Departure (1): 1996
  • Combination (1): 1996

Awards

Web links

Commons : Michaela Dorfmeister  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michaela Dorfmeister has become a mom  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , noe.orf.at, accessed on March 31, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / noe.orf.at  
  2. ↑ Michaela Dorfmeister: "At first I thought: How should I do it?" , accessed on May 11, 2019
  3. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
  4. ↑ «It's crazy - I get goose bumps»; Kärntner Tageszeitung from November 4, 2000, pages 50 and 51
  5. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
  6. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Dorfmeister, Michaela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria