Eva Twardokens

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Eva Twardokens
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Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1985 Bormio Giant slalom

Eva Twardokens (born April 28, 1965, in Reno, Nevada) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 1982.

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Two seasons later, Twardokens was the bronze medalist in the giant slalom at the 1985 World Championships, [1] and represented the U.S. in two Winter Olympics (1992, 1994). [2] On the World Cup circuit, she had three podiums and 34 top ten finishes. [3] She retired from international competition following the 1995 season.

In 2007, Twardokens won the Masters National Weightlifting Champion in the 40-45 age group in the 63 kg (139 lb) class, with a 60 kg (132 lb) snatch and a 79 kg (174 lb) clean and jerk for a 139 kg (306 lb) total. [4]

She was inducted to the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame class of 2011 on April 14, 2012.

Her father, Jerzy Twardokens, is an Olympian who fenced for Poland in the 1952 Olympics. He defected to the United States in Philadelphia in 1958. [2] and was a professor at the University of Nevada in Reno. [5]

In February 2019, Twardokens was seriously injured in a private plane crash near Watsonville, California. [5]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
 Slalom 		Super GDownhillCombined
1983 1766————24
1984 1877————30
1985 19161910——23
1986 20242325———
1987 21402325———
1988 22
1989 238037————
1990 24642739———
1991 251417435—19
1992 261618721——
1993 27101—40———
1994 282337960——
1995 2938—1334——

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
1985 26 Jan 1985  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Arosa, Switzerland Super-G 2nd
1991 10 Feb 1991 Flag of Germany.svg Zwiesel, Germany Giant slalom 2nd
1992 20 Jan 1992 Flag of Italy.svg Piancavallo, ItalyGiant slalom3rd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 		Super GDownhillCombined
1985 19103——7
1987 2191314—8
1989 23817———
1991 25—5———

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 		Super GDownhillCombined
1992 26 DNF1 7 8 — —
1994 28 DNF2 6 — — —

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References

  1. ↑ International Ski Federation 1985 results
  2. 1 2 New York Times, February 18, 1992
  3. ↑ "FIS-Ski.com International Ski Federation - Eva Twardokens". Archived from the original on 2007-05-09. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
  4. ↑ "2007 National Masters Weightlifting Championships Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  5. 1 2 "U.S. Ski Team alumna Twardokens injured in plane crash". U.S. Ski & Snowboard. February 15, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.


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