Veronika Windisch
Veronika Windisch 
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| nation |
 Austria
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| birthday | April 9, 1982 |
| place of birth | Graz , Austria |
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| discipline | Short track / tower running / red bull crashed ice / inline speed skating / cycling |
| society | ASKÖ Ice Skating Club Weiz / ASKÖ ARBÖ Graz /
SC Highlanders |
Veronika Windisch (born April 9, 1982 in Graz ) is the most successful Austrian athlete to date and has participated twice in the Olympic Games with a place in the finals in short track speed skating. Since the end of her career, she has competed in other sports on an international level and has since been Austrian champion in Red Bull Crashed Ice , inline speed skating , cycling on the road and track.
Apart from her sporting career, she completed two university studies in sports science and the teaching degree for biology and sport. In addition, she is a state-certified fitness and athletic as well as train-the-trainer and resilience trainer. From 2004 to 2014 she was also in Austrian Army Sports.
Athletic career
Short track
Veronika Windisch has competed in short track speed skating over all distances (500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m and 3000 m) since 1994 , has been a member of the national team since 1999 and represented the same at major international events as well as in relay and individual competitions.
From 2003 she was a fixed starter in the World Cup, as well as at European and World Championships. She also qualified for the Winter Olympics in 2010 and 2014 . In the latter, she was the first Austrian on the short track to secure a place in the final.
She also became Vice European Champion and won medals at World Cups and World Military Championships.
Red Bull Crashed Ice 2015 she took part in the Rider's Cup for the first time and landed on the podium in this first race. This placement made it possible to take part in the World Championships, in which she has regularly participated in various countries since 2017. Here, too, she was able to achieve some podium places, such as B. third place in St Paul, USA.
Inline speed skating After first participating in the Austrian state championship on the track in 2016 with first place, she repeated this performance in the points race and in the marathon in 2018 and 2019.
Cycling Since 2014, it also competes for the ASKÖ Graz and has some victories in international Austria Cup races decide for themselves.
In 2016 she was able to hold her own on the track and became Austrian national champion in the 3000 m individual pursuit, which she also achieved in the road cycling criterion in 2019.
Towerrun 2015 she won her first stairway world cup at Schlossberg Graz and has since taken part in major international events. In 2016 she set the world record on Towerrunning St. Stephen's Cathedral.
More She also took part in other outdoor sports events and won a. a. the Linzathlon, twice the Grazathlon and twice the Rock @ Man as part of the Erzberg Adventure Days.
successes
Short track speed skating
| year | sport | place | Event | discipline | Result |
| 1999-2020 | Short track | Austrian state championship | 1st place | ||
| 2020 | Short track | innsbruck | Winter World Master Games | 1000m | 1st place |
| 2016 | Short track | Sochi | Olympic games | 1000 m | 15th place |
| 2015 | Short track | Sochi | Olympic games | 1500 m | 11th place |
| 2015 | Short track | Hazel | European Cup | Overall rating | 1st place |
| 2015 | Short track | Dordrecht | European Championship | 1000 m | 9th place |
| 2014 | Short track | Sochi | Olympic games | 500 m | 18th place |
| 2014 | Short track | Montreal | World Championship | 1500 m | 10th place |
| 2013 | Short track | Annecy | Military World Championship | 500 m | 3rd place |
| 2013 | Short track | Heerenveen | Invitation CUP | 1500 m | 2nd place |
| 2013 | Short track | Heerenveen | Invitation CUP | 500 m | 3rd place |
| 2013 | Short track | Annecy | Military World Championship | 1500 m | 2nd place |
| 2013 | Short track | Dresden | Olympic Days | total | 1st place |
| 2012 | Short track | Salt Lake City | World cup | 1500 m | 7th place |
| 2012 | Short track | Mladá Boleslav | European Championship | 1500 m | 5th place |
| 2011 | Short track | Heerenveen | European Championship | 1500 m | 2nd place |
| 2011 | Short track | Heerenveen | European Championship | 3000 m | 3rd place |
| 2010 | Short track | Sofia | World Championship | 500 m | 12th place |
| 2010 | Short track | Vancouver | Olympic games | ||
| 2009 | Short track | Dresden | Olympic Days | total | 1st place |
| 2008 | Short track | Milan | World Championship | 1000 m | 8th place |
| 2007 | Short track | Heerenveen | World cup | 1000 m | 5th place |
| 2007 | Short track | Heerenveen | World cup | 1500 m | 2nd place |
| 2007 | Short track | Turin | European Championship | 1500 m | 5th place |
| 2003 | Short track | Calgary | World cup | 1500 m | 6th place |
| 1999 | Short track | Poprad | EYOD | 1000 m | 3rd place |
| 2006/07 | Short track | Overall World Cup | 1500 m | 6th place | |
| 2006/07 | Short track | Overall World Cup | 1000 m | 6th place | |
Red Bull Crashed Ice
| 2020 | Ice cross downhill | Rautalampi | World cup | 3rd place |
| 2019 | Ice cross downhill | Judenburg | Austrian championship | 1st place |
| 2019 | Ice cross downhill | Judenburg | World cup | 3rd place |
| 2018 | Ice cross downhill | St. Paul | World Championship | 3rd place
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| 2018 | Ice cross downhill | Yokohama | World Championship | 4th Place |
| 2017 | Ice cross downhill | Wagrain | World Cup Ice Cross Downhill | 1st place |
| 2017 | Ice cross downhill | Marseille | World Championship | 7th place |
| 2017 | Ice cross downhill | Jyväskilä | World Championship | 4th Place |
| 2016 | Ice cross downhill | Wagrain | Rider's Cup | 1st place |
| 2016 | Ice cross downhill | Munich | Red Bull Crashed Ice Downhill World Championship | 15th place |
| 2015 | Ice cross downhill | Wagrain | Rider's Cup | 2nd place |
| 2014 | Ice cross downhill | Wagrain | Rider's Cup | 3rd place |
Inline speed skating
| 2018/2019 | Inline speed skating | Salzburg | Austrian State championship marathon | 1st place |
| 2018/2019 | Inline speed skating | Vienna | Austrian National Championship Track (Elimination) | 1st place |
| 2018 | Inline speed skating | Salzburg | European Cup | 3rd place |
| 2017 | Inline speed skating | Salzburg | Austrian State championship marathon | 2nd place |
| 2016 | Inline speed skating | Ternitz | Austrian State championship track | 1st place |
Cycling
| 2019 | Road bike | Kaindorf | 3h sprint ultra bike challenge | 1st place
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| 2019 | criteria | Kleinengersdorf | Austrian State championship criterion | 1st place |
| 2019 | Track bike | Vienna | Austrian State Championship 3000m | 1st place |
| 2018 | criteria | catfish | Int. Radkrieterium Wels | 2nd place |
| 2018 | Street | Schwaz / Tyrol | Ö-Cup | 1st place |
| 2018 | criteria | Kleinengersdorf | Austrian Championship criterion | 3rd place |
| 2018 | Track bike | Vienna | Austrian State championship 500m | 2nd place |
| 2017 | Street | Grafenbach | Ö - Cup Street | 1st place |
| 2017 | Track bike | Vienna | Austrian State Championship 3000m | 1st place |
| 2016 | Day race | Markersdorf | GP Air Base ÖCup | 3rd place
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| 2016 | criteria | catfish | Int. Inner city kiterium | 2nd place |
| 2016 | Street | Bischofshofen | Ö-Cup, Rad: Straße | 1st place
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| 2016 | Track bike | Vienna | Austrian State Championship Omnium | 2nd place |
| 2015 | Street | Hartberg | Styrian championship | 1st place |
| 2015 | Street | Gussing | Austrian championship | 5th place |
| 2015 | Mountain bike | ADI | Bike Transalp 7 days mixed stage race | 3rd place |
| 2014 | Round trip | Langenlois | International cycling days Langenlois | 20th place
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| 2014 | Street | Grafenbach | Austrian Championship Road | 6th place |
| 2014 | Street | Grafenbach | Styrian championship | 1st place |
| 2014 | criteria | catfish | int. cycling criterion Wels | 8th place |
| 2014 | Street | Hartberg | intern. World Cycling Week | 1st place |
| 2014 | criteria | Hartberg | intern. World Cycling Week | 1st place |
| 2018/2019 | Street | Grafenbach | Ö-Cup | 1st place |
| 2018/2019 | criteria | St. Ruprecht / Raab | Fresh juicy Steirisch criterion | 1st place |
| 2015/2016 | Round trip | Trentino, Toscana | National team missions Tour de Trentino, Toscana tour |
Tower running
| 2018/2019 | Tower running | Pyramidenkogel | World Cup Pyramidenkogel | 1st place |
| 2018 | Tower running | Bratislava | World Cup 160 | 1st place |
| 2017 | Tower running | Paris | Elite race Eiffel Tower | 5th place |
| 2017 | Tower running | A-CZE- SVK | World Cup 160 | 3rd place |
| 2016-2018 | Tower running | Vienna | World Cup House of the Sea | 1st place |
| 2016 | Tower running | Vienna | Elite race St. Stephen's Cathedral | 1st place (world record) |
| 2015 | Tower running | Graz | World Cup Schloßberg | 1st place
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Other outdoor sports events
| 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016 | Duathlon | Graz | Schöckel Classic Duathlon | 1st place |
| 2019 | Dirtrun | Linz | Linzathlon | 1st place |
| 2018/2019 | Duathlon | Graz | Schöckel Classic Duathlon Team | 1st place |
| 2015/2017 | To run | Bischofshofen | Red Bull 400 | 3rd place |
| 2018 | To run | Bischofshofen | Red Bull 400 World Championship | 5th place |
| 2019 | To run | Bischofshofen | Red Bull 400 | 2nd place |
| 2017-2019 | Dirtrun | Erzberg | Erzberg Adventure Days | 1st place |
Web links
- Veronika Windisch in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Veronika Windisch at Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
- Veronika Windisch in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Official website
- Veronika Windisch does "the coolest sport". In: derStandard.at . January 22, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ^ Austrian Olympic Committee: Strong performance. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Veronika Windisch - Olympic Athletes - 2010 Winter Olympics - Vancouver, Canada - ESPN. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ^ Austrian Skate Cross Association. Accessed January 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Skate the Ring. Accessed December 31, 2019 .
- ↑ 28th Peter Dittrich Memorial Race - Lagerhaus Korneuburg Grand Prix. RC la Vitesse, accessed January 12, 2020 .
- ^ ÖM individual pursuit 2019. Accessed on September 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Diploma theses - Institute for Sports Science. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Veronika Windisch: Influence of an unspecific anaerobic pre-load on the performance and the metabolism in an anaerobic short-term endurance stair running performance immediately following. In: Open Access Publication Server. Uni Graz, accessed on April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Short Track Speed Skating - Home. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ^ A solemn goodbye to Veronika Windisch. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ BMLVS Communication Department - Section 3: Bronze medals at winter military world games. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ 120,000 cheered Dallago. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ^ Skate the Ring - Austrian State Championships. ÖRSV, accessed on April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ 28th Peter Dittrich Memorial Race - Lagerhaus Korneuburg Grand Prix. RC la Vitesse, October 5, 2019, accessed January 1, 2020 .
- ↑ ÖM individual pursuit 2019 (PDF; 201 kB) Cycling Association, accessed on February 2, 2020 .
- ^ Races Archive. In: Towerrunning. Retrieved April 19, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Windisch won the stair run. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ 5th Steffl Tower Run with 2 new course records (Austrian Athletics Association). Retrieved April 19, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Linz Athlon - beat the city. Retrieved October 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Grazathlon 2014 follow-up report. Retrieved April 19, 2020 (Austrian German).
- ↑ 9 6 p.m., June 11, 2016: Extreme sports: Hard, harder, Grazathlon. June 11, 2016, accessed April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Competitions, dates. Retrieved on April 19, 2020 (German).
- ↑ PENTEK-timing timing at mass sports events. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Windisch, Veronika |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian short tracker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz , Austria |