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Disciplines | Polyvalent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Egg, Switzerland | 10 June 1962||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seasons | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brigitte Oertli (born 10 June 1962) is a former Swiss alpine skier. [1]
During her career she has achieved 31 results among the top 3 in the World Cup. [1] In Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics, Oertli won silver medals in Downhill and Alpine Combined.
season | Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant slalom | Slalom | Combined | ||||||
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Place | Points | Place | Points | Place | Points | Place | Points | Place | Points | Place | Points | |
1981/82 | 59. | 10 | 35. | 2 | – | – | – | – | 32. | 4 | 23. | 4 |
1982/83 | 35. | 38 | 26. | 11 | – | – | – | – | 29. | 5 | 11. | 22 |
1983/84 | 16. | 89 | 16. | 23 | – | – | 26. | 11 | 16. | 34 | 13. | 24 |
1984/85 | 2. | 218 | 3. | 76 | – | – | 17. | 36 | 10. | 58 | 1. | 74 |
1985/86 | 5. | 181 | 4. | 82 | – | – | 35. | 6 | 5. | 52 | 4. | 41 |
1986/87 | 3. | 206 | 7. | 33 | 4. | 49 | 8. | 42 | 5. | 77 | 1. | 25 |
1987/88 | 2. | 226 | 2. | 119 | 17. | 12 | 27. | 4 | 12. | 41 | 1. | 50 |
1988/89 | 19. | 60 | 26. | 9 | 22. | 8 | – | – | 27. | 7 | 1. | 36 |
1989/90 | 40. | 35 | 27. | 5 | – | – | – | – | 28. | 5 | 3. | 25 |
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