Christina Ackermann

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Christina Ackermann
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Stockholm 2019 Christina Geiger 3.jpg
Geiger in 2019
Born
Christina Geiger

(1990-02-06) 6 February 1990 (age 33)
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Slalom
ClubSC Oberstdorf
World Cup debut29 December 2008 (age 18)
RetiredMarch 2020 (age 30)
Olympics
Teams3 – (2010, 2014, 2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams4 − (201113, 201719)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons12 − (20092020)
Wins0
Podiums2 – (1 SL, 1 PS)
Overall titles0 – (30th in 2019)
Discipline titles0 – (8th in SL, 2019)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Mont Blanc Slalom

Christina Ackermann (born 6 February 1990) is a retired German World Cup alpine ski racer. [1] She specialised in slalom and competed in three Winter Olympics and four World Championships.

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Born Christina Geiger in Oberstdorf, Bavaria, she made her World Cup debut in December 2008 and her first podium was a third place in slalom at Semmering in 2010. In her first Olympics in 2010, she was fourteenth in the slalom.

Christina Geiger in Hammarbybacken World Cup 2018 Christina Geiger in action.jpg
Christina Geiger in Hammarbybacken World Cup 2018

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAge Overall  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2009 199837
2010 203910
2011 215017
2012 224416
2013 235320
2014 245720
2015 258335
2016 266521
2017 274814
2018 284416
2019 29308
2020 30429

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2011 29 December 2010 Flag of Austria.svg Semmering, Austria Slalom 3rd
2019 19 February 2019 Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm, SwedenParallel slalom2nd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedTeam
event
2011 21 DSQ1
2013 23 DNF1
2015 25
2017 27 DNF1 9
2019 29 DNF2 4

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedTeam
event
2010 20 14 not
run
2014 24 DSQ1
2018 28 DNF2

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References

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