Wendy Wagner

This article is about the American cross-country skier. For the American actress, see Wende Wagner

Wendy Wagner
Full name	Wendy Kay Wagner
nation	United States
birthday	October 31, 1973
place of birth	Salt Lake City
Career
status	resigned
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup February 22, 1999  Overall World Cup 75th ( 2001/02 )  Sprint World Cup 49th (2001/02)  Distance World Cup 66th ( 2003/04 )
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
Debut in the Continental Cup March 21, 1996  Continental Cup victories 13 ( details )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  COC individual race 10 8th 4th  NAC individual races 3 3 3

Wendy Kay Wagner (born October 31, 1973 in Salt Lake City ) is a former American cross-country skier .

Career

Wagner ran her first race in the Continental Cup in Sun Valley in March 1996 , which she finished classically in sixth place over 5 km. She completed her first of a total of 39 individual World Cup races at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Ramsau am Dachstein in 1999 . There she finished 69th place over 5 km classic, 56th place in the pursuit and 46th place over 30 km classic. With the relay she achieved 14th place there. In December 1999 in Canmore and in February 2001 in Marquette , she won her first classic wins in the Continental Cup each over 5 km. Her best placements at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2001 in Lahti were 26th place over 10 km classic and 12th place with the relay. In March 2001 she got her first world cup points in Oslo with the 23rd place over 30 km classic. In the following year she achieved her best individual placement in the World Cup with 17th place in the sprint and her best overall result at the end of the season with 75th place in the overall World Cup. Her best results at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City were 23rd place over 30 km classic and 13th place with the relay.

In the 2002/03 season, Wagner won the Continental Cup six times and also took second and third place each time. Her best result at the highlight of the season, the Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 in Val di Fiemme, was 32nd place in the 15 km mass start race. In the following season she won the Continental Cup in West Yellowstone over 10 km classic and in Soldier Hollow over 5 km classic and also took second place three times. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf in 2005 , she ran to 50th place in the skiathlon , 47th place in the 30 km mass start race and 23rd place in the sprint. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , she came in 50th place over 10 km classic, 35th place in the sprint, 14th place with the relay and tenth place together with Kikkan Randall in the team sprint. She completed her last international race in March 2006 at the Nor-Am Cup in Presque Isle . She won her 13th Continental Cup victory in the 30 km mass start race.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	December 19, 1999	Canmore	5 km classic	Continental Cup
2.	February 3, 2001	Marquette	5 km classic	Continental Cup
3.	November 29, 2002	West Yellowstone	5 km classic	Continental Cup
4th	December 6, 2002	Vernon	10 km classic	Continental Cup
5.	December 7, 2002	Vernon	10 km skiathlon	Continental Cup
6th	December 15, 2002	Vernon	5 km classic	Continental Cup
7th	January 4, 2003	Rumford	15 km classic	Continental Cup
8th.	January 7, 2003	Rumford	5 km classic	Continental Cup
9.	November 29, 2003	West Yellowstone	10 km classic	Continental Cup
10.	December 20, 2003	Soldier Hollow	5 km classic	Continental Cup
11.	November 26, 2005	West Yellowstone	10 km classic	Nor-Am Cup
12.	January 10, 2006	Soldier Hollow	20 km skiathlon 1	Nor-Am Cup
13.	March 26, 2006	Presque Isle	30 km classic mass start	Nor-Am Cup

¹ was also a national championship.

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Games

Olympic games

• 2002 Salt Lake City : 13th place relay, 23rd place 30 km classic, 36th place 10 km classic, 48th place 10 km skiathlon
• 2006 Turin : 10th place team sprint classic, 14th place relay, 35th place sprint freestyle, 50th place 10 km classic

Nordic World Ski Championships

• 1999 Ramsau am Dachstein : 14th place relay, 46th place 30 km classic, 56th place 10 km freestyle pursuit, 69th place 5 km classic
• 2001 Lahti : 12th place relay, 26th place 10 km classic, 29th place 15 km classic, 44th place sprint freestyle, 47th place 10 km skiathlon
• 2003 Val di Fiemme : 32nd place 15 km classic mass start, 38th place 10 km classic, 42nd place sprint freestyle, 44th place 10 km skiathlon
• 2005 Oberstdorf : 23rd place sprint classic, 47th place 30 km classic mass start, 50th place 10 km skiathlon

Placements in the World Cup

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

• 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
• Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.

placement	Distance races a					Skiathlon pursuit	sprint	Stage race b	total	Team c
	≤ 5 km	≤ 10 km	≤ 15 km	≤ 30 km	> 30 km					sprint	Season
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10											2
Scoring		2	1	2	1		3		9	2	4th
Starts	4th	10	1	3	2	7th	12		39	2	5
Status: end of career

^a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification

^bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale

^c Possibly incomplete due to a lack of suitable sources before 2001

World Cup overall placements

season	total		distance		sprint
	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
2000/01	8th	94.	-	-	-	-
2001/02	14th	75.	-	-	14th	49.
2002/03	10	85.	-	-	-	-
2003/04	12	80.	12	66.	-	-
2004/05	3	96.	-	-	3	69.
2005/06	16	84.	6th	82.	10	61.

Web links

• Wendy Wagner in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Profile of Wendy Wagner on skisport365.com
• Wendy Wagner in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )