Diann Roffe

Diann Roffe

Personal information
Born	(1967-03-24) March 24, 1967 (age 58) Warsaw, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Sport
Skiing career
Disciplines	Slalom, Giant slalom, Super-G
World Cup debut	March 7, 1984 (age 16)
Retired	April 1994 (age 27)
Olympics
Teams	3 –( 1988 , 1992 , 1994 )
Medals	2 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	3 –( 1985 , 1989 , 1993 )
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	10 –(1985–1994)
Wins	2 –(1 SG, 1 GS)
Podiums	8 –(1 SG, 7 GS)
Overall titles	0 –(10th in 1990 , 1992 )
Discipline titles	0 –(3rd in GS , 1992 )
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing the   United States Winter Olympic Games 1994 Lillehammer Super-G 1992 Albertville Giant slalom World Championships 1985 Bormio Giant slalom Winter Pan American Games 1990 Las Leñas Giant slalom

Diann Roffe (born March 24, 1967), also known as Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, is a former World Cup-winning alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from the United States. ^[1]

Early life

Roffe was born in Warsaw, New York, and learned to ski at Brantling Ski Center near Rochester, New York. ^[2]

Career

Roffe placed 8th in the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup giant slalom (GS) race on March 7, 1984, at Lake Placid, and placed 9th in the same discipline on December 15, 1984, at Madonna di Campiglio. She won a gold medal in the GS event at the 1985 World Championships in Bormio, Italy at age 17.

Roffe also won the silver medal (tying with Anita Wachter) in the GS event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Roffe won the Super-G (SG) event at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. She took first place in the SG event at the 1994 World Cup Finals in Vail, Colorado. ^[3]

She had season-ending knee injuries in 1986 and 1991. ^[2]

Roffe was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 2003. ^[4]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G
1984	16	68	—	30	—
1985	17	25	47	9	—
1986	18	—	—	—	—
1987	19	—	—	—	—
1988	20	91	—	29	—
1989	21	66	34	29	—
1990	22	10	20	4	11
1991	23	44	21	24	21
1992	24	10	48	3	6
1993	25	42	43	19	19
1994	26	39	—	30	13

Race podiums

• 2 wins –(1 SG, 1 GS)
• 8 podiums –(1 SG, 7 GS)

Season	Date	Location	Race	Place
1985	Mar 13, 1985	Lake Placid, US	Giant slalom	1st
	Mar 17, 1985	Waterville Valley, US	Giant slalom	2nd
1990	Nov 24, 1989	Park City, US	Giant slalom	2nd
	Dec 3, 1989	Vail, US	Giant slalom	2nd
	Feb 5, 1990	Veysonnaz, Switzerland	Giant slalom	3rd
1992	Dec 8, 1991	Santa Caterina, Italy	Giant slalom	3rd
	Jan 27, 1992	Morzine, France	Giant slalom	3rd
1994	Mar 17, 1994	Vail, US	Super-G	1st

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diann Roffe-Steinrotter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016.
2. Sports Illustrated – Zone of their own – February 28, 1994
3. Sports Illustrated – A happy ending – March 28, 1994
4. "Diann Roffe". U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 13, 2023.

External links

• Diann Roffe Steinrotter at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Diann Roffe Steinrotter at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Diann Roffe-Steinrotter at Olympedia
• Diann Roffe-Steinrotter at InterSportStats
• Diann Roffe at Olympics.com
• Diann Roffe at SpotlightPortfolios.com at the Wayback Machine (archived March 23, 2012)