Nicole Hosp

This article is about the ski racer Nicole Hosp from Tyrol. For the politician of the same name from Vorarlberg see Nicole Hosp (politician) .

Nicole Hosp
Nicole Hosp in December 2008
nation	Austria
birthday	6th November 1983 (age 36)
place of birth	Ehenbichl , Austria
size	174 cm
Weight	69 kg
Career
discipline	Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom , slalom , combination
society	Bichlbach ski club
status	resigned
End of career	June 1, 2015
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 2 × 1 × World championships 3 × 3 × 3 × Junior World Championship 0 × 0 × 1 ×
winter Olympics silver Turin 2006 slalom silver Sochi 2014 Super combination bronze Sochi 2014 Super G  Alpine World Ski Championships silver St. Moritz 2003 combination bronze St. Moritz 2003 slalom silver Bormio 2005 team gold Are 2007 Giant slalom bronze Are 2007 Departure gold Schladming 2013 team bronze Schladming 2013 Super combination gold Vail / Beaver Creek 2015 team silver Vail / Beaver Creek 2015 Alpine combination  Alpine Ski Junior World Championships bronze Tarvisio 2002 Departure
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual World Cup debut February 18, 2001  Individual world cup victories 12  Overall World Cup 1st ( 2006/07 )  Downhill World Cup 12. ( 2014/15 )  Super G World Cup 2. (2006/07)  Giant Slalom World Cup 1st (2006/07)  Slalom World Cup 2. (2006/07, 2007/08 )  Combination World Cup 2. ( 2012/13 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Departure 0 0 1  Super G 1 3 5  Giant slalom 5 10 5  slalom 5 7th 7th  combination 1 3 3  Knockout race 0 0 1  team 1 0 0

Nicole "Niki" Hosp (born November 6, 1983 in Ehenbichl , Tyrol ) is a former Austrian ski racer . In the World Cup she initially specialized in slalom and giant slalom and started in 2006 in all disciplines. In each of them she was able to win at least one medal at major events, and in every discipline except downhill she could win at least one World Cup race. In the 2006/07 season , Hosp won the overall World Cup and the Giant Slalom World Cup, and in 2007 she became World Champion in Giant Slalom.

biography

Beginnings and first successes (until 2002)

Hosp grew up in the immediate vicinity of the ski slopes and ski school and so came to skiing at an early age. With the support of her parents, she got a private trainer at the age of eight. Soon there were successes in the junior division, including the Austrian student championship (age group II) in the Super-G 1998. Hosp attended the ski school in Stams and from January 1999 took part in FIS races , in which she took her first podium that same month reached. After being accepted into the squad of the Austrian Ski Association , the first starts in the European Cup followed in winter 2000/01 . In the same season she also took part in a junior world championship for the first time , where she was just under the top ten in downhill and slalom. She was more successful the next winter at the Junior World Championships 2002 in Tarvisio , where she won the bronze medal in the downhill.

In the same winter of 2001/02 , Hosp made it to the top in the European Cup in the technical disciplines of slalom and giant slalom: The first top 10 results from the start of the season were followed by several podiums after the turn of the year and on March 11, 2002, the first victory in the giant slalom in Le Grand -Bornand . Thus she reached fourth place in the overall European Cup and in the slalom classification as well as second place in the giant slalom classification, which gave her a World Cup fixed starting place in this discipline for the next season. On February 18, 2001, Hosp started the World Cup for the first time in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen slalom . However, as in five of their six World Cup races in the winter of 2001/02, she was unable to qualify for the second round. Only once did she win World Cup points in January 2002 with 29th place in the giant slalom in Maribor .

Connection to the top of the world (2002-2006)

Quite unexpectedly, at the beginning of the 2002/03 season, she also made her breakthrough in the World Cup when - after finishing 11th in the first run - she won the giant slalom on the Rettenbachferner near Sölden with the fastest time in the second run (her start number 36 is the second highest number of wins in a World Cup giant slalom). Hosp shared this victory with Tina Maze and Andrine Flemmen at the same time , making it the first time in the history of the World Cup to have three winners in one race. By the end of winter, Hosp had made it to the podium five more times, placing them fourth in the Giant Slalom World Cup and tenth in the overall and slalom World Cup. Hosp also achieved podium places in her first World Championship in 2003 in St. Moritz , where she came second in the combined and third in the slalom. In the giant slalom she was in fourth place after the first run, but was eliminated in the second run. In the winter of 2003/04 , Hosp was able to build on the results of the previous year: In addition to several podium places, she celebrated two victories in the slalom of Madonna di Campiglio and the giant slalom of Lienz in December . At the end of January, however, she had to end the season due to an injury after she twisted her foot while jogging and suffered an ankle fracture.

At the beginning of their comeback season 2004/05 Hosp had to accept some failures, otherwise they could usually place in the top ten. She also lost out at the 2005 World Championships in Bormio in slalom, and she finished the giant slalom in fifth position. However, Hosp received a medal in the team competition , which was held for the first time in a world championship , in which she and her teammates took second place behind Germany. After the World Cup, Hosp achieved three podium places in the slalom and giant slalom as well as a fourth place in the first super combination held in the World Cup. At the end of the season she became Austrian champion in giant slalom for the first time .

Hosp took the final step from slalom / giant slalom runner to all-rounder in the 2005/06 season , in which she also took part in Super G and downhill races from January. On her World Cup debut in the speed disciplines in St. Moritz, she immediately achieved third place in the Super-G and ninth in the downhill. A week later she celebrated her first World Cup victory in more than two years in the giant slalom in Cortina d'Ampezzo. She managed another World Cup victory at the season finale in Åre , where she won the Super-G and won one of the fast disciplines for the first time. She reached fourth place in the overall World Cup and was among the top ten in all disciplines with the exception of the downhill. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Hosp won the silver medal in slalom behind the Swede Anja Pärson . She was fourth in the giant slalom and fifth in the combined.

Overall World Cup victory and injury breaks (2006-2010)

In the 2006/07 season , Hosp achieved four wins and a total of twelve podium places in all disciplines, except the downhill, in which a sixth place was their best result. In her only career win in a super combination (March 2nd in Tarvisio ) she was only 19th after the descent. Hosp celebrated two of their four victories in the last two races of winter, the slalom and the giant slalom of the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide . So she was able to overtake Marlies Schild, who was 70 points ahead of the third to last race , and win the overall World Cup. Hosp also won the Giant Slalom World Cup, finished second in both slalom and Super-G and third in the Super Combination World Cup. At the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Hosp narrowly missed the medal ranks twice with fourth place in the super-G and sixth in the super-combined, before she surprisingly won the bronze medal in the downhill and became world champion in giant slalom two days later . She only finished the final slalom in 17th position. Because of her success, she was voted Austrian Sportswoman of the Year in October 2007 .

In the winter of 2007/08 , Hosp was only able to repeat the previous year's results in slalom. She celebrated two victories in Aspen and Maribor and was another three times among the fastest three in this discipline, making her second again in the Slalom World Cup. In Giant Slalom and Super-G she was on the podium once, but in these discipline World Cups she fell six and seven places respectively compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, in the overall World Cup, she achieved second place behind overall winner Lindsey Vonn in a relatively close decision for places two to five .

The 2008/09 season was marked by injuries for Hosp. On November 29, 2008, she suffered a strain in her left knee in a fall in the giant slalom in Aspen , but the day after she achieved her first of four podium places in the winter in the slalom. It got worse on January 4th, 2009 in Zagreb . She had a hard fall while running in for the World Cup Slalom and suffered a tear in the inner collateral ligament , a fracture of the head of the tibia and a tear in the cruciate ligament in her left knee. Nevertheless, she was able to start at the World Championships in Val-d'Isère on February 12, 2009 , but had to be content with 23rd place in the giant slalom. After the World Cup, however, there was another three-week break from racing due to the injury. The next injury put Hosp out of action throughout the winter of 2009/10: She fell during the opening race on October 24, 2009 in Sölden and tore the cruciate ligament in her right knee.

Difficult comeback (from 2010)

With the beginning of the 2010/11 season , Hosp returned to the World Cup. On December 19, 2010, she finished third in the super combined in Val-d'Isère, her first podium after a year-long injury break, which was her only one that winter. Overall, she was among the top ten in nine races, and was 15th in the overall World Cup. At the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , she was 12th in the Super-G and in the Super Combined as well as 18th in the slalom.

The 2011/12 season was not very satisfactory for Hosp. In the first two months she was not better than 16th in any race, it wasn't until January that she achieved top 10 results again and finally two third places in the two super combinations of St. Moritz. Overall, however, the season was significantly worse than the previous year. Hosp fell back to 22nd place in the overall World Cup, was next to her third place in the Super Combination World Cup only among the top 20 in the Super G and remained without World Cup points for the first time in her once strongest discipline, giant slalom.

On February 8, 2013, Hosp crowned their comeback with the bronze medal in the super combined at their home world championships in Schladming . A few days later she won the team competition with the Austrian team and became world champion for the second time.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she won silver in the super combination behind Maria Höfl-Riesch and bronze in the super G. Thus she won a medal in all disciplines at a major event. On November 30, 2014, she won the Aspen slalom after almost seven years without a World Cup victory. With 3rd place in the World Cup downhill at the season finale in Meribel on March 18, 2015, she achieved a downhill podium for the first time in the World Cup, after she had already made it at the 2007 World Cup. She finished the season in 5th place in the overall World Cup ranking. On June 1, 2015, she announced her resignation at a press conference.

After the resignation

On December 10, 2016, Hosp made her debut as ORF co-commentator at technology competitions for women. From March 2017 to May 2017, Hosp was a celebrity candidate in the ORF dance show Dancing Stars .

successes

winter Olympics

• Turin 2006 : 2nd slalom, 4th giant slalom, 5th combination
• Sochi 2014 : 2nd super combination, 3rd super G, 9th downhill

World championships

• St. Moritz 2003 : 2nd combination, 3rd slalom
• Santa Caterina 2005 : 2nd team competition, 5th giant slalom
• Åre 2007 : 1st giant slalom, 3rd downhill, 4th super-G, 6th super combination, 17th slalom
• Val-d'Isère 2009 : 23rd giant slalom
• Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2011 : 12th super-G, 12th super combination, 18th slalom
• Schladming 2013 : 1st team competition, 3rd super combination, 15th slalom
• Vail / Beaver Creek 2015 : 1st team competition, 2nd Alpine combined

World Cup ratings

Nicole Hosp has won the overall World Cup once and the discipline ranking in giant slalom.

season	total		Departure		Super G		Giant slalom		slalom		combination		City Event *
	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points
2001/02	121.	2	-	-	-	-	58.	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	10.	558	-	-	-	-	4th	332	10.	226	-	-	-	-
2003/04	12.	556	-	-	-	-	6th	260	6th	306	-	-	-	-
2004/05	14th	492	-	-	-	-	6th	238	7th	204	4th	50	-	-
2005/06	4th	1112	23.	79	10.	175	4th	461	6th	307	5.	90	-	-
2006/07	1.	1572	20th	122	2.	352	1.	490	2.	418	3.	190	-	-
2007/08	2.	1183	19th	123	10.	222	7th	241	2.	515	9.	82	-	-
2008/09	14th	496	46.	3	25th	63	24.	75	8th.	275	8th.	80	-	-
2010/11	15th	454	-	-	8th.	141	28.	41	12.	160	5.	112	-	-
2011/12	22nd	367	36.	28	20th	116	-	-	26th	73	3.	120	5.	30th
2012/13	16.	423	-	-	20th	88	-	-	15th	175	2.	160	12.	30th
2013/14	9.	575	22nd	108	6th	213	-	-	8th.	204	4th	50	-	-
2014/15	5.	684	12.	180	6th	255	-	-	9.	249	-	-	-	-

* The City Event points were counted for the Slalom World Cup in the 2012/13 season.

World Cup victories

Hosp achieved 57 podium places in individual races, including 12 victories (1 × super-G, 5 × giant slalom, 5 × slalom, 1 × super combination):

date	place	country	discipline
October 26, 2002 *	Soelden	Austria	Giant slalom
December 17, 2003	Madonna di Campiglio	Italy	slalom
December 27, 2003	Lienz	Austria	Giant slalom
January 29, 2006	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	Giant slalom
March 16, 2006	Are	Sweden	Super G
January 6, 2007	Kranjska Gora	Slovenia	Giant slalom
March 2, 2007	Tarvisio	Italy	Super combination
March 17, 2007	Lenzerheide	Switzerland	slalom
March 18, 2007	Lenzerheide	Switzerland	Giant slalom
December 9, 2007	Aspen	United States	slalom
January 13, 2008	Maribor	Slovenia	slalom
November 30, 2014	Aspen	United States	slalom

* at the same time as Andrine Flemmen and Tina Maze

In addition there is 1 victory in team competitions .

European Cup

• 2001/02 season : 4th overall ranking, 2nd giant slalom ranking, 4th slalom ranking
• 6 podium places, including 2 wins:

date	place	country	discipline
March 11, 2002	Le Grand-Bornand	France	Giant slalom
January 11, 2006	St. Moritz	Switzerland	Departure

Junior World Championships

• Verbier 2001 : 6th combination, 9th descent, 10th slalom, 25th giant slalom
• Tarvisio 2002 : 3rd descent, 4th slalom, 14th Super-G

More Achievements

• Austrian state champion in giant slalom: 2005 , 2008
• 2 victories in the Nor-Am Cup (giant slalom in Loveland 2002 and Winter Park 2005)
• 6 victories in FIS races (3 × Super-G, 2 × giant slalom, 1 × slalom)

Awards

• Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria : 2003
• Austrian Sportswoman of the Year : 2007

Web links

Commons : Nicole Hosp  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Nicole Hosp
• Nicole Hosp in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Nicole Hosp in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Nicole Hosp in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

literature

• Austrian Ski Association (Ed.): Austrian Ski Stars from A – Z. Ablinger & Garber, Hall in Tirol 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502285-7-1 , pp. 169–170.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nicole Hosp won medals at Austrian school championships. ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2016 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. ÖSV winner board, accessed on October 12, 2012. 
2. ↑ Sideband torn.  ( Page no longer available , 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. sport.orf.at, January 4, 2009, accessed on October 12, 2012.  
3. ↑ Rupture of the cruciate ligament stops Hosp. ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. sport.orf.at, October 24, 2009, accessed on October 12, 2012. 
4. ↑ Nicole Hosp announced the end of her career derstandard.at, June 1, 2015