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Born | Bartholomäberg, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria | 12 February 1967||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Alpine skier ♀ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skiing career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disciplines | Giant slalom, slalom, combined, super-G, downhill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | WSV Tschagguns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 17 March 1985 (age 18) (first top 15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | March 2001 (age 34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 3 – (1988, 1992, 1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 3 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 8 – (1987–2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 5 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 16 – (1986–2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 19 – (14 GS, 2 SG, 1 SL, 2 K) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 1 – (1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 2 – (2 SG; 1990, 1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anita Wachter (born 12 February 1967) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. She focused on the technical events and specialized in giant slalom. [1]
Born in Bartholomäberg, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Wachter won the World Cup overall title in 1993, [2] and the giant slalom title twice (1990 and 1994). She was the gold medalist in the combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics, [3] and won two silver medals in 1992 (combined and giant slalom). Wachter also won five medals at the World Championships; she represented Austria in three Olympics, twice also as flag bearer (1992 and 1994) [4] and eight World Championships.
Wachter retired from competition after the 2001 season with 19 World Cup wins (14 Giant slalom, 2 Super G, 1 Slalom, 2 Combined), attained 76 podiums, and had 175 top ten finishes. She is living together with her longtime companion Rainer Salzgeber; they have two daughters.
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined |
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1985 | 18 | 89 | — | 44 | — | — | — |
1986 | 19 | 17 | 40 | 8 | 7 | — | 15 |
1987 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 23 | — |
1988 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 2 |
1989 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | — | — |
1990 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | — | 1 |
1991 | 24 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 11 | — | 9 |
1992 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 27 | 52 | 3 |
1993 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 1 |
1994 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | — | 7 |
1995 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 31 | — |
1996 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 1 |
1997 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 32 | 3 |
1998 | 31 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 39 | — | 12 |
1999 | 32 | 8 | 18 | 2 | — | — | — |
2000 | 33 | 16 | 26 | 3 | — | — | — |
2001 | 34 | 51 | 26 | 29 | — | — | — |
Season | Discipline |
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1990 | Giant slalom |
1993 | Overall |
1994 | Giant slalom |
Season | Date | Location | Discipline |
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1988 | 30 Nov 1987 | Courmayeur, Italy | Slalom |
1990 | 9 Aug 1989 | Las Leñas, Argentina | Super G |
3 Dec 1989 | Vail, USA | Giant slalom | |
1991 | 10 Feb 1991 | Zwiesel, Germany | Giant slalom |
1993 | 5 Dec 1992 | Steamboat Springs, USA | Giant slalom |
17 Jan 1993 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Combined | |
1994 | 31 Oct 1993 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom |
26 Nov 1993 | Santa Caterina, Italy | Giant slalom | |
16 Jan 1994 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Giant slalom | |
1995 | 7 Jan 1995 | Haus im Ennstal, Austria | Super G |
23 Jan 1995 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Giant slalom | |
18 Feb 1995 | Åre, Sweden | Giant slalom | |
1996 | 17 Dec 1995 | St. Anton, Austria | Combined |
31 Jan 1996 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Giant slalom | |
1999 | 27 Dec 1998 | Semmering, Austria | Giant slalom |
2 Jan 1999 | Maribor, Slovenia | Giant slalom | |
24 Feb 1999 | Åre, Sweden | Giant slalom | |
13 Mar 1999 | Sierra Nevada, Spain | Giant slalom | |
2000 | 28 Dec 1999 | Lienz, Austria | Giant slalom |
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined |
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1987 | 20 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
1989 | 22 | — | 13 | 9 | — | 5 |
1991 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 3 | — | — |
1993 | 26 | — | 2 | 6 | — | 3 |
1996 | 29 | DNF1 | 4 | 16 | — | 2 |
1997 | 30 | 22 | 4 | — | — | 10 |
1999 | 32 | 9 | 3 | — | — | — |
2001 | 34 | — | DNF1 | — | — | — |
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined |
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1988 | 20 | — | 7 | 5 | — | 1 |
1992 | 24 | — | 2 | 9 | — | 2 |
1994 | 26 | — | 4 | 9 | — | — |
1998 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |
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