Denise Feierabend

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Denise Feierabend
2017 Audi FIS Ski Weltcup Garmisch-Partenkirchen Damen - Denise Feierabend - by 2eight - 8SC8501.jpg
Feierabend in 2017
Personal information
Born (1989-04-15) 15 April 1989 (age 35)
Engelberg, Obwalden, Switzerland
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Slalom, Combined,
Downhill, Super-G
ClubEngelberg
World Cup debut5 February 2008 (age 18)
Website denisefeierabend.ch
Olympics
Teams2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 – (2009, 2011, 2017)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons11 – (20082018)
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (43rd in 2014)
Discipline titles0 – (8th in AC, 2016)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Team event

Denise Feierabend (born 15 April 1989) is a Swiss former World Cup alpine ski racer. [1] Born in Engelberg, Obwalden, [2] she competed for Switzerland at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.

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At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Feierabend won the gold medal in the team competition, which was held for the first time, on 24 February as part of the Swiss team (with Wendy Holdener, Luca Aerni, Daniel Yule and Ramon Zenhäusern). Three weeks after the end of the season, she announced her retirement from top-level sport on 8 April 2018. [3]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAge Overall  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2008 1810848
2009 19793134
2010 2010321
2011 21612423
2012 225628497
2013 23
2014 24431710
2015 25673111
2016 26502835338
2017 275622534416
2018 28231139438

Race podiums

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2009 19 6
2011 21 21 35 6
2013 23
2015 25
2017 27 9 4

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedMixed team
2014 24 17 12
2018 28 14 9 1

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References

  1. "FEIERABEND Denise - Biographie". data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  2. "Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics - results & video highlights". www.sochi2014.com. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. "Mehr Zeit für Familie - Feierabend beendet ihre Karriere". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 8 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2022.