Katharina Gutensohn

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Katharina Gutensohn
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Women's alpine skiing
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Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1985 Bormio Downhill

Katharina Gutensohn (born March 22, 1966, in Kirchberg). Is an Austrian/German skier. She represented Germany from 1989 to the end of her alpine skiing career.

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In 2005, at the age of 39, she made a comeback in the new Olympic discipline of ski cross. She won her first World Cup start at Grindelwald on March 5, 2005. She also finished twice on the podium, the latest a second place at St. Johann in Tirol on January 5, 2009.

She competed for Germany in alpine skiing events at the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics and for Austria in skicross at the 2010 Winter Olympics. [1]

Gutensohn took part in the 8th season of the Austrian dance competition TV show Dancing Stars in 2012, finishing in 12th (last) place.[ citation needed ]

World Cup victories

DateLocationRace
March 2, 1985 Flag of the United States.svg Vail Downhill
January 10, 1986 Flag of Austria.svg Bad Gastein Downhill
January 16, 1986 Flag of France.svg Puy St. Vincent Downhill
February 2, 1986 Flag of Switzerland.svg Crans-Montana Downhill
February 3, 1990 Flag of Switzerland.svg Veysonnaz Downhill
February 4, 1990 Flag of Switzerland.svg VeysonnazDownhill
December 8, 1990 Flag of Austria.svg Altenmarkt Downhill
January 6, 1991 Flag of Austria.svg Bad Kleinkirchheim Downhill
March 5, 2005 Flag of Switzerland.svg Grindelwald Skicross

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Katharina Gutensohn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.