Michaela Marzola
Michaela Marzola 
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| birthday | 21st February 1966 (age 54) | ||||||||
| place of birth | Selva , Italy | ||||||||
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Super-G , downhill , giant slalom , combination |
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| status | resigned | ||||||||
| End of career | 1991 | ||||||||
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Michaela Marzola (born February 21, 1966 in Selva ) is a former Italian ski racer from South Tyrol . She won a Super-G in the World Cup , achieved two top 10 placements at the 1988 Winter Olympics and was Italian champion eight times .
biography
From the mid-1980s onwards, Marzola was one of the best Italians in Super-G and Downhill . From 1985 to 1991 she won a total of eight Italian championship titles . The high point of her career in the World Cup was the victory in the Super-G of Megève on January 25, 1986 in front of the Austrian Elisabeth Kirchler . Furthermore, she booked a fifth place in the downhill from Puy-Saint-Vincent on January 16, 1986 and a fifth place in the Super-G of Pfronten on January 17, 1987 and came another five times in the top ten. In the 1985/86 season she was third in the Super-G rating.
At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , she achieved seventh place in the Super-G and tenth place in the combination . From 1985 to 1991 she took part in four world championships, the best result was the 16th place in the 1991 combination .
successes
winter Olympics
- Calgary 1988 : 7th super-G, 10th combination, 19th descent
World championships
- Bormio 1985 : 18th descent, 22nd giant slalom
- Crans-Montana 1987 : 24th combination, 28th downhill, 30th Super-G
- Vail / Beaver Creek 1989 : 28th Super-G
- Saalbach-Hinterglemm 1991 : 16th combination, 19th Super-G, 23rd descent,
Junior World Championships
- Sestriere 1983 : 15th descent, 18th giant slalom
- Sugarloaf 1984 : 6th combination
World cup
- 1985/86 season : 3rd Super-G rating
- 1 win:
| date | place | country | discipline |
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| January 25, 1986 | Megève | France | Super G |
Italian championships
Michaela Marzola won eight Italian championship titles :
- Super-G (4): 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990
- Departure (3): 1988, 1990, 1991
- Combination (1): 1985
Web links
- Michaela Marzola in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Michaela Marzola in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Michaela Marzola in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Marzola, Michaela |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marzola, Michela |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Selva in Val Gardena |