Wisi Betschart
Wisi Betschart 
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 United States
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| birthday | May 27, 1976 | ||||||
| place of birth | South Lake Tahoe | ||||||
| job | Real estate agent | ||||||
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| discipline | Downhill, super-G | ||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||
| End of career | 2002 | ||||||
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Wisi Betschart (born May 27, 1976 in South Lake Tahoe , California ) is a retired American ski racer .
During his career, Betschart specialized in the fast downhill and super-G disciplines. He joined the American ski team at the age of 16 and stayed that way for ten years. His greatest success as a youth was fourth place at the 1995 World Youth Championships .
In the adult sector he never made his breakthrough to the top of the world. He competed in a total of eight World Cup races from 1995 to 2002 . Once, at the Super-G in Aspen (Colorado) in 1998, he reached the World Cup points with 30th place. Betschart also competed primarily in the Nor-Am Cup . In 2001, he won a Super-G in Lake Louise and made two more podiums.
Since the end of his skiing career, he has been working as a real estate agent on Lake Tahoe.
Web links
Wisi Betschart in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
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| SURNAME | Betschart, Wisi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American alpine skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | South Lake Tahoe , California |