Andreas Wenzel

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Andreas Wenzel
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Wenzel in April 2014
Personal information
Born (1958-03-18) 18 March 1958 (age 66)
Planken, Liechtenstein
Occupation Alpine skier
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, combined
World Cup debut 1976 – (age 17)
RetiredMarch 1988 – (age 30)
Olympics
Teams4 – (197688)
Medals2
World Championships
Teams6 – (197687)
includes two Olympics
Medals4 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons13
Wins14
Podiums48
Overall titles1 – (1980)
Discipline titles2 – (2 K, 1984, 1985)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein
World Cup race podiums
Event1st2nd3rd
Slalom444
Giant slalom333
Super-G111
Combined6135
Total142113
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1980 Lake Placid Giant slalom
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Sarajevo Giant slalom
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1978 Garmisch Combined
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1978 Garmisch Giant slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1980 Lake Placid Combined

Andreas Wenzel (born 18 March 1958) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein, active from 1976 to 1988. Born in Planken, he was the overall World Cup champion in 1980, the same season in which his older sister Hanni won the women's overall title. He also won two season titles in the combined event, in 1984 and 1985.

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Career

Wenzel competed in four Winter Olympics, and won two Olympic medals and four World Championship medals, including one gold (through 1980, the Olympics doubled as the World Championships). [1] One of the top five-event racers of his era, he finished his World Cup career with 14 victories, 48 podiums, and 122 top ten finishes. [2]

Up to the 2018 Winter Olympics, Liechtenstein has won ten medals in its history of competition in the Winter Olympics, with eight of these medals achieved by two sets of siblings – Andreas and his sister Hanni are responsible for six medals, while brothers Willi and Paul Frommelt are responsible for two more. His niece Tina Weirather won a bronze medal in Super-G for Liechtenstein at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
1977 18211611not
run
not
awarded
1978 19372
1979 206157
1980 21184132
1981 2271716332
1982 23513112
1983 243312not
awarded
305
1984 25468371
1985 263414351
1986 2714122222405
1987 28192819132
1988 29592119

Season titles

3 titles – (1 overall, 2 combined)

SeasonDiscipline
1980 Overall
1984 Combined
1985 Combined

Individual races

14 wins: 1 super-G, 3 giant slalom, 4 slalom, 6 combined

SeasonDateLocationRace
1978 17 Jan 1978 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom
6 Mar 1978 Flag of the United States.svg Waterville Valley, USA Giant slalom
1980 12 Jan 1980 Flag of Germany.svg Lenggries, West Germany Combined
13 Jan 1980 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom
8 Mar 1980 Flag of Germany.svg Oberstaufen, West GermanyGiant slalom
1981 4 Jan 1981 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ebnat-Kappel, SwitzerlandCombined
1983 23 Feb 1983 Flag of Sweden.svg Tärnaby, Sweden Slalom
1984 1 Dec 1983 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Kranjska Gora, Yugoslavia Slalom
20 Dec 1983 Flag of Italy.svg Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Combined
15 Jan 1984 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Parpan, SwitzerlandCombined
29 Jan 1984 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch, West Germany Super-G
1985 16 Dec 1984 Flag of Italy.svg Madonna di Campiglio, ItalyCombined
6 Jan 1985 Flag of France.svg La Mongie, FranceSlalom
13 Jan 1985 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaCombined

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andi Wenzel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Full name: Andreas "Andi" Wenzel
  2. Ski-db.com – Andreas Wenzel – results