Marina Kiehl

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Marina Kiehl
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Marina Kiehl in 2015
Personal information
Born12 January 1965 (1965-01-12) (age 56)
Munich, West Germany
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportAlpine skiing
ClubTSV 1860 München
Medal record

Marina Kiehl (born 12 January 1965) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Germany.

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Competing for West Germany in the 1980s, Kiehl gained her first World Cup victory in a Super-G competition in March 1984 in Quebec. [1] She won season titles in Giant slalom In 1985 and in Super-G in 1986. The major highlight in Kiehl's career came at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, when she won a gold medal in the downhill, ahead of Brigitte Oertli and Karen Percy. [2]

Kiehl retired from competitions after the Calgary Olympics, aged 23.

World Cup results

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
1985 Giant Slalom
1986 Super-G

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
1982 1781not run30
1983 1866not
awarded
(w/ GS)
24
1984 1994149
1985 204177
1986 2181111010
1987 2210836
1988 231813208

Race victories

SeasonDateLocationRace
1984 4 March 1984 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mont Sainte-Anne, Canada Super-G
1985 15 December 1984 Flag of Italy.svg Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Giant Slalom
26 January 1985  Flag of Switzerland.svg   Arosa, SwitzerlandSuper-G
10 March 1985 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Banff, CanadaSuper-G
1986 7 December 1985 Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere, ItalySuper-G
16 March 1986 Flag of the United States.svg Vail, USASuper-G
1987 15 March 1987Super-G

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
1985 20 5 not run1110
1987 22 6 4

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
1984 19 5 not run 6 not run
1988 23 13 1

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References

  1. Brooks, Janet (5 March 1984). "West German takes super giant slalom". Montreal Gazette. p. C8.
  2. Marina Kiehl. sports-reference.com