Jessica Depauli (born 1991) is a retired Austrian alpine skier.
She competed at the 2010 and 2011 Junior World Championships. In 2010 she won the silver medal in the downhill and bronze in the combined, and in 2011 she won the gold medal in the slalom. [1]
She made her World Cup debut in November 2010 in Levi. She collected her first World Cup points with a 23rd place in March 2011 in Lenzerheide. She managed seven more World Cup placements in the 20s range before improving to 18th in her very last World Cup outing, in March 2013 in Ofterschwang. [1]
She represented the sports club SK Kirchberg. [1]
Hannelore (Hanni) Wenzel is a retired Liechtensteiner alpine ski racer. Wenzel is a former Olympic, World Cup, and world champion. She won Liechtenstein's first-ever Olympic medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, and its first two Olympic gold medals four years later in Lake Placid, New York.
Pernilla Wiberg is a Swedish former alpine ski racer and businesswoman. She competed on the World Cup circuit between 1990 and 2002, where she became one of the few all-event winners. Having won two Olympic gold medals, four World Championships and one World Cup overall title, she is one of the most successful alpine ski racers of the 1990s. On club level, she represented Norrköpings SK. She was born in Norrköping.
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