Stefan Stankalla
Stefan Stankalla 
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| birthday | 12th April 1975 (age 45) | ||||||||||
| place of birth | Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Germany | ||||||||||
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| discipline | Downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom |
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| society | SC Partenkirchen | ||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||
| End of career | 2004 | ||||||||||
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Stefan Stankalla (born April 12, 1975 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) is a former German ski racer . He was active in the Ski World Cup from 1994 to 2004, particularly in the Downhill and Super-G disciplines .
biography
After graduating from high school at Werdenfels-Gymnasium in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and studying business administration at the University of Hagen , Stankalla was a sergeant in the sports promotion group of the German Armed Forces in Mittenwald .
Stankalla , who started for the Partenkirchen Ski Club, began his sporting career in Lake Placid by winning the giant slalom gold medal at the 1994 Junior World Championships . From March 1994 he started regularly in ski world cup races. But here he was never able to build on his success in the youth field. It took another three years to win the first World Cup points. Stankalla only made it into the top ten twice. Nevertheless, at the end of the 1990s he was one of the best downhill skiers of the German Ski Association . In January 2001 he finished ninth and fifth in a downhill race and a super-G in his birthplace on two consecutive days.
Stankalla is a two-time German champion in downhill and super-G. He won the two championship titles. In addition, he won eight silver and three bronze medals at German championships. These were divided into all four alpine disciplines of downhill, super G, giant slalom and slalom. He took part in the Alpine World Ski Championships four times: 1996 , 1999 , 2001 and 2003 . His best finish was in Vail in 1999, finishing 20th in the Super-G.
In April 2004, Stankalla retired from active ski racing. The reason he gave was the lack of motivation after a lack of success. Stankalla completed his studies with a degree in business administration at the end of September 2007 and then worked as head of marketing / communication on the organizing committee of the 2011 Alpine World Ski Championships .
successes
World championships
- Vail / Beaver Creek 1999 : 20th Super-G, 25th Downhill, 27th Giant Slalom
- St. Anton 2001 : 21st Super-G
- St. Moritz 2003 : 23rd Super-G, 34th downhill
World cup
German championships
- 1994 : 2nd giant slalom
- 1995 : 3rd Super-G
- 1996 : 2nd giant slalom
- 1997 : 3rd Super-G
- 1998 : 2nd downhill, 2nd Super-G, 2nd giant slalom, 3rd slalom
- 1999 : 2nd giant slalom, 2nd super-G
- 2001 : 1st giant slalom
- 2003 : 1st downhill, 1st super-G
More Achievements
- 10 placements among the top ten
- 4 victories in FIS races
Web links
- Stefan Stankalla in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Stefan Stankalla in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Video of his serious fall in Val Gardena in 1999
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Stankalla, Stefan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |