Maria Walliser

Maria Walliser

Personal information
Born	(1963-05-27) 27 May 1963 (age 62) Mosnang, Switzerland
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Speed events, giant slalom
Club	SC Libingen
World Cup debut	1983
Retired	1990
Olympics
Teams	2
Medals	3
World Championships
Teams	4
Medals	4 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	8
Wins	25
Podiums	72
Overall titles	2
Discipline titles	5
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing   Switzerland World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 0 0 1 Giant slalom 6 5 6 Downhill 14 10 13 Super-G 3 3 3 Combined 2 3 3 Total 25 21 26 Olympic Games 1984 Sarajevo Downhill 1988 Calgary Alpine Combined 1988 Calgary Giant slalom World Championships 1987 Crans-Montana Downhill 1987 Crans-Montana Super-G 1989 Vail Downhill 1987 Crans-Montana Giant slalom

Maria Walliser (born 27 May 1963) is a Swiss former alpine skier. ^[1]

Career

Walliser grew up in Mosnang, the daughter of a wealthy cattle breeder. She made her World Cup debut in 1980. ^[2] Together with her fellow Swiss Erika Hess, Michela Figini and Vreni Schneider she dominated female alpine skiing during the 1980s. Among her many successes, she won two overall World Cups (1986 and 1987). Walliser also won three world titles in 1987 and 1989, as well as three Olympic medals at 1988 Calgary and 1984 Sarajevo. ^[3]

Walliser retired in 1990^{[ citation needed ]} with a World Cup tally of 72 podium finishes, including 25 victories. In 2000, she became president of "Die Stiftung Folsäure Offensive Schweiz", a Swiss health organization fighting folate deficiency. ^[3]

World Cup results

Season titles

• 7 titles – (2 Overall, 2 DH, 1 GS, 1 AC, 1 SG)

	Season
		Discipline
	1984	Downhill
	1986	Overall
		Downhill
		Combined
	1987	Overall
		Super-G
		Giant slalom

Season standings

Season	Overall		Downhill		Super G		Giant slalom		Slalom		Combined
	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
1981	12.	112	11.	41	–	–	18.	14	19.	22	8.	35
1982	17.	75	8.	59	–	–	25.	12	32.	4	–	–
1983	5.	135	2.	97	–	–	10.	40	–	–	18.	11
1984	8.	131	1.	95	–	–	18.	24	–	–	8.	43
1985	3.	197	2.	81	–	–	4.	87	41.	2	3.	50
1986	1.	287	1.	115	10.	24	4.	76	40.	2	1.	70
1987	1.	269	2.	90	1.	82	1.	120	–	–	4.	12
1988	7.	143	3.	82	24.	5	8.	40	–	–	6.	16
1989	2.	261	2.	142	6.	27	3.	87	–	–	18.	5
1990	4.	227	5.	99	5.	56	6.	55	–	–	7.	17

Race victories

25 race victories (14 downhill, 3 super G, 6 giant slalom, 2 combined)

Date	Location	Discipline
21 January 1983	Megève	Downhill
5 February 1983	Sarajevo	Downhill
8 December 1983	Val-d'Isère	Downhill
21 January 1984	Verbier	Downhill
8 March 1985	Sunshine Village	Downhill
11 January 1986	Bad Gastein	Downhill
12 January 1986	Bad Gastein	Combined
5 February 1986	Val Zoldana  [ it ]	Giant slalom
1 March 1986	Furano	Downhill
8 March 1986	Sunshine Village	Downhill
9 March 1986	Sunshine Village	Combined
14 December 1986	Val d'Isère	Super-G
20 December 1986	Val Zoldana	Giant slalom
6 January 1987	Saalbach-Hinterglemm	Super-G
18 January 1987	Bischofswiesen	Giant slalom
27 February 1987	Zwiesel	Giant slalom
15 March 1987	Vail	Super-G
22 March 1987	Sarajevo	Giant slalom
4 December 1987	Val-d'Isère	Downhill
16 January 1988	Zinal	Downhill
15 December 1988	Altenmarkt	Downhill
19 January 1989	Tignes	Downhill
4 March 1989	Furano	Giant slalom
9 December 1989	Steamboat Springs	Downhill
13 January 1990	Haus	Downhill

World Championships results

Edition	Downhill	Super-G	Giant slalom	Combined
1982 Schladming	12	-	-	11
1985 Bormio	6	-	8	-
1987 Crans-Montana	1	1	3	-
1989 Vail	1	4	4	-

Olympic results

Edition	Downhill	Super-G	Giant slalom	Combined
1984 Sarajevo	2	-	-	-
1988 Calgary	4	6	3	3

See also

• List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's race winners

References

1. "Maria Walliser profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
2. Johnson, William Oscar (27 January 1988). "Smooth as Clockwork". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved 10 March 2016.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maria Walliser". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

External links

• Maria Walliser at FIS (alpine)
• Maria Walliser at Olympics.com
• Maria Walliser at Olympedia
• Maria Walliser at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database