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Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G, Giant slalom, Slalom, Combined | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 1976 – (age 17) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | March 1988 – (age 30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams | 4 – (1976–88) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams | 6 – (1976–87) includes two Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 4 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 1 – (1980) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 2 – (2 K, 1984, 1985) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
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.
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined |
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1977 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 11 | not run | — | not awarded |
1978 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | ||
1979 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 7 | — | ||
1980 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 2 | |
1981 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 2 | |
1982 | 23 | 5 | 13 | 11 | — | 2 | |
1983 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 12 | not awarded | 30 | 5 |
1984 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 1 | |
1985 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 35 | 1 | |
1986 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 40 | 5 |
1987 | 28 | 19 | 28 | 19 | 13 | — | 2 |
1988 | 29 | 59 | — | 21 | 19 | — | — |
3 titles – (1 overall, 2 combined)
Season | Discipline |
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1980 | Overall |
1984 | Combined |
1985 | Combined |
14 wins: 1 super-G, 3 giant slalom, 4 slalom, 6 combined
Season | Date | Location | Race |
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1978 | 17 Jan 1978 | Adelboden, Switzerland | Giant slalom |
6 Mar 1978 | Waterville Valley, USA | Giant slalom | |
1980 | 12 Jan 1980 | Lenggries, West Germany | Combined |
13 Jan 1980 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Slalom | |
8 Mar 1980 | Oberstaufen, West Germany | Giant slalom | |
1981 | 4 Jan 1981 | Ebnat-Kappel, Switzerland | Combined |
1983 | 23 Feb 1983 | Tärnaby, Sweden | Slalom |
1984 | 1 Dec 1983 | Kranjska Gora, Yugoslavia | Slalom |
20 Dec 1983 | Madonna di Campiglio, Italy | Combined | |
15 Jan 1984 | Parpan, Switzerland | Combined | |
29 Jan 1984 | Garmisch, West Germany | Super-G | |
1985 | 16 Dec 1984 | Madonna di Campiglio, Italy | Combined |
6 Jan 1985 | La Mongie, France | Slalom | |
13 Jan 1985 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Combined |
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Full name: Andreas "Andi" Wenzel