Elisabeth Kirchler
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Born | Schwaz, Tyrol, Austria | 17 November 1963|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Alpine skier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disciplines | Speed events, giant slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | WSV Tux | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elisabeth Kirchler (born 17 November 1963) is a retired Austrian alpine skier.[1]
Biography
She did grow up in the small village Lanersbach, community Tux. Her nickname is Lis or Lisi. Winning the silver medal in the giant slalom Race in the World Championships 1985 (female races were held at Santa Caterina) was a great surprise because she was known as a "speed racer" (and by the way, female racers of the Austrian Ski Federation weren't successful in that discipline since March 1978). Besides her four wins, she could achieve podiums as following: Place 2: downhill 4, Super-G 2, giant slalom 1, Alpine Combined 1; place 3: Alpine Combined 1. - Another results are: Olympics: Downhill 9th, in 1984; Downhill 8th, Super-G 15th, in 1988. - World Championships: Downhill 6th, giant slalom 8th, in 1982; Downhill 12th, in 1985; Downhill 22nd, in 1989. - She was an Austrian Champion in the giant slalom in 1983.
After retirement she was a commentator for the Austrian Television broadcaster ORF and a columnist for an Austrian newspaper for several years. She is married to a restaurant proprietor (Armin Riml); the couple lives at Sölden with three children.
World Cup victories
Date | Location | Race |
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March 6, 1981 | Aspen | Downhill |
December 8, 1982 | Val d'Isère | Combined |
January 22, 1983 | Megève | Downhill |
December 21, 1984 | Santa Caterina | Downhill |
References
- ^ "Elisabeth Kirchler profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
External links
- Elisabeth Kirchler at FIS (alpine)
- Elisabeth Kirchler at Olympics.com
- Elisabeth Kirchler at Olympedia
- Elisabeth Kirchler at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Austrian female alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers for Austria
- People from Schwaz
- Skiers from Tyrol (state)
- 20th-century Austrian women