Alexandra Meissnitzer

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Alexandra Meissnitzer
Alexandra Meissnitzer Sporthilfe-Gala 2017.jpg
November 2017
Personal information
Born (1973-06-18) 18 June 1973 (age 50)
Abtenau, Salzburg, Austria
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, super-G, giant slalom
ClubS.A. Abtenau
World Cup debut7 December 1991
(age 18)
RetiredMarch 2008 (age 34)
Olympics
Teams3 – (1998, 2002, 2006)
Medals3 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams7 – (19962007)
Medals3 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons17 – (19922008)
Wins14 – (2 DH, 7 SG, 5 GS)
Podiums44
Overall titles1 – (1999)
Discipline titles2 – (SG, GS; 1999)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
International alpine ski competitions
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 012
World Championships 210
Total222
World Cup race podiums
Event1st2nd3rd
Giant556
Super-G774
Downhill215
Parallel002
Total141317
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Nagano Giant slalom
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Nagano Super-G
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Turin Super-G
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Vail Giant slalom
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Vail Super-G
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 St. Moritz Downhill

Alexandra Meissnitzer (born 18 June 1973) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Her specialities were the downhill, super-G, and giant slalom disciplines.

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From Abtenau, Salzburg, her father, Hans Meissnitzer, a mechanic by trade, taught her to ski at an early age.

At the 1998 Winter Olympics at Nagano, Meissnitzer won the silver in the giant-slalom and the bronze in the super-G, and at the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin she won the bronze in the super-G. In 1999, she won the overall World Cup, to which she added the super-G and giant slalom World Cups for the same season. She also won two world titles (super-G and giant slalom) at the 1999 World Championships. A serious training crash in November 1999, she missed the remainder of the season. At the 2003 World Championships, she won the silver medal in the downhill race (in a tie with Corinne Rey-Bellet) behind Melanie Turgeon.

Meissnitzer was third in the super-G at the 2008 World Cup finals in Bormio, Italy, and became the oldest woman (age 34) to finish on the podium in an alpine World Cup race. [1]

World Cup results

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
1999 Overall
Giant slalom
Super-G

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
1992 18984845
1993 19895435
1994 2076463842
1995 2123291021
1996 225926
1997 2319241712
1998 245311824
1999 251441125
2000 2610551
2001 2716131221
2002 28151224320
2003 2987410
2004 3087710
2005 311627621
2006 3292626
2007 331734515
2008 342636928

Race victories

DateLocationDiscipline
7 December 1995 Flag of France.svg Val-d'Isère Super-G
20 December 1995  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Veysonnaz Super-G
15 March 1998  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Crans-Montana Giant slalom
19 November 1998 Flag of the United States.svg Park City Giant slalom
29 November 1998 Flag of the United States.svg Lake Louise Super-G
10 December 1998 Flag of France.svg Val-d'IsèreSuper-G
11 December 1998Giant slalom
19 December 1998  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Veysonnaz Downhill
24 January 1999 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo Giant slalom
22 February 1999 Flag of Sweden.svg Åre Giant slalom
10 March 1999 Flag of Spain.svg Sierra Nevada Downhill
4 January 2004 Flag of France.svg Megève Super-G
11 December 2004 Flag of Austria.svg Altenmarkt Super-G
4 December 2005 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake LouiseSuper-G

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
1996 22DNS22316
1997 231317
1999 25114
2001 27DNF2811
2003 29DNF152
2005 31DNF22
2007 33 8

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
1998 24 2 3 8
2002 28 4 4
2006 32 3 8

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References

  1. "Alpine Ski Database - Ski Legends' Home".
Awards
Preceded by Austrian Sportswoman of the year
1998 1999
Succeeded by