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Born | Friesach, Carinthia, Austria | 15 March 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skiing career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disciplines | Downhill, super-G | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Union SC Schönberg-Lachtal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 15 March 2007 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | nici-schmidhofer.at | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams | 2 – (2010, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 4 – (2013–2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 17 – (2007–2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 4 – (3 DH, 1 SG) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 12 – (6 DH, 6 SG) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (5th in 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 1 – (DH, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicole "Nici" Schmidhofer (born 15 March 1989) is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer. She specializes in the downhill and super-G events.
Born in Friesach, Carinthia, Schmidhofer made her World Cup debut in March 2007. She competed for Austria at the 2010 Winter Olympics, [1] but did not finish in the super-G, which was her only event at the Olympics. [2] Three years later, Schmidhofer finished in 11th place in the super-G at the 2013 World Championships in Schladming.
At the 2017 World Championships, she became a gold medalist in super-G.
Her breakout World Cup season was in 2019, with three wins and three additional podiums; she won the season title in downhill and was runner-up in super-G. In March 2019, she participated in her first speed skiing world championships in Vars, France She finished 4th with a new Austria national record of 217.590 km/h.[ citation needed ] She retired after the 2023 World Cup ski season. [3]
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2007 | 17 | 104 | — | 57 | 41 | — | — |
2008 | 18 | 124 | — | — | — | 51 | — |
2009 | 19 | 70 | — | — | 26 | 40 | — |
2010 | 20 | 81 | — | — | 28 | 49 | — |
2011 | 21 | 91 | — | — | 38 | 36 | — |
2012 | 22 | 86 | — | — | — | 35 | — |
2013 | 23 | 45 | — | — | 8 | 36 | — |
2014 | 24 | 20 | — | — | 12 | 11 | — |
2015 | 25 | 30 | — | — | 12 | 20 | — |
2016 | 26 | 49 | — | — | 23 | 21 | — |
2017 | 27 | 15 | — | — | 7 | 8 | — |
2018 | 28 | 17 | — | — | 7 | 9 | — |
2019 | 29 | 5 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — |
2020 | 30 | 13 | — | — | 3 | 9 | — |
2021 | 31 | Injured left knee in December, out for season | |||||
2022 | 32 | 109 | — | — | 45 | — | — |
2023 | 33 | 53 | — | — | 11 | 35 |
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2013 | 20 Jan 2013 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Super-G | 2nd |
2014 | 24 Jan 2014 | Downhill | 3rd | |
2018 | 3 Dec 2017 | Lake Louise, Canada | Super-G | 3rd |
21 Jan 2018 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Super-G | 3rd | |
2019 | 30 Nov 2018 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 1st |
1 Dec 2018 | 1st | |||
19 Dec 2018 | Val Gardena, Italy | Super-G | 2nd | |
19 Jan 2019 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Downhill | 2nd | |
26 Jan 2019 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Super-G | 1st | |
23 Feb 2019 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Downhill | 2nd | |
2020 | 7 Dec 2019 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 1st |
09 Feb 2020 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Super-G | 2nd |
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2013 | 23 | — | — | 11 | — | — |
2015 | 25 | — | — | — | 4 | — |
2017 | 27 | — | — | 1 | 16 | — |
2019 | 29 | — | — | 11 | 9 | — |
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2010 | 20 | — | — | DNF1 | — | — |
2014 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
2018 | 28 | — | — | 18 | 12 | — |
2022 | 32 | Did not compete |
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