Sonja Nef

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Sonja Nef
Personal information
Born (1972-04-19) 19 April 1972 (age 53)
Heiden, Switzerland
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Giant slalom, Slalom
ClubSC Grub-Eggersriet
World Cup debut20 March 1993 (age 20)
Retired21 February 2006 (age 33)
Olympics
Teams2 – (1998, 2002)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams6 – (19962005)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons14 – (19932006)
Wins15 – (13 GS, 2 SL)
Podiums32 – (24 GS, 8 SL)
Overall titles0 – (3rd in 2002)
Discipline titles2 – (GS: 2001, 2002)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
World Cup race podiums
Event1st2nd3rd
Slalom233
Giant slalom1365
Total1598
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Salt Lake City Giant slalom
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 St. Anton Giant slalom

Sonja Nef (born 19 April 1972) is a Swiss former alpine skier. Nef was women's World Champion in giant slalom in 2001. She won the 2001 and 2002 World Cup in Giant slalom. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, she finished third in giant slalom. [1]

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Career

The injury made itself felt in the following winter of 2003/04 in a declining level of performance. Although Nef was able to achieve a podium finish in the slalom for the last time, further good results became rarer. This trend continued in the winter of 2004/05. Her best placings were two fifth places. In the 2005/06 season, an inflammation of her hip gave her a hard time. Nef was never ranked better than 20th and was unable to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics. [2]

World Cup results

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
2001 Giant slalom
2002 Giant slalom

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
1995 2248 15   
1996 2315115   
1997 24232013   
1998 2516264   
1999 2615214   
2000 276142   
2001 28421   
2002 29341   
2003 3013145   
2004 31291916   
2005 32241417   
2006 33823838   

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
1996 6 Jan 1996 Flag of Slovenia.svg Maribor, Slovenia Giant slalom 2nd
26 Jan 1996 Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere, Italy Slalom 1st
1997 26 Jan 1997 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d’Ampezzo, ItalyGiant slalom3rd
1998 28 Jan 1998 Flag of Sweden.svg Åre, SwedenGiant slalom2nd
1999 02 Jan 1999 Flag of Slovenia.svg Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom2nd
24 Feb 1999 Flag of Sweden.svg Åre, SwedenGiant slalom3rd
2000 31 Oct 1999 Flag of France.svg Tignes, FranceGiant slalom1st
5 Jan 2000 Flag of Slovenia.svg Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom2nd
17 Feb 2000 Flag of Sweden.svg Åre, SwedenGiant slalom1st
11 Mar 2000 Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere, ItalyGiant slalom1st
2001 16 Nov 2000 Flag of the United States.svg Park City, USAGiant slalom1st
9 Dec 2000 Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere, ItalyGiant slalom3rd
19 Dec 2000 Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere, ItalyGiant slalom1st
28 Dec 2000 Flag of Austria.svg Semmering, AustriaSlalom2nd
30 Dec 2000Giant slalom1st
6 Jan 2001 Flag of Slovenia.svg Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom1st
21 Jan 2001 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d’Ampezzo, ItalyGiant slalom1st
26 Jan 2001 Flag of Germany.svg Ofterschwang, GermanySlalom3rd
10 Mar 2001 Flag of Sweden.svg Åre, SwedenSlalom1st
11 Mar 2001Giant slalom1st
2002 27 Oct 2001 Flag of Austria.svg Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom2nd
21 Nov 2001 Flag of the United States.svg Copper Mountain, USAGiant slalom3rd
9 Dec 2001 Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere, ItalySlalom3rd
16 Dec 2001 Flag of France.svg Val-d’Isère, FranceGiant slalom1st
4 Jan 2002 Flag of Slovenia.svg Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom1st
6 Jan 2002Slalom3rd
13 Jan 2002 Flag of Austria.svg Saalbach, AustriaSlalom2nd
31 Feb 2002 Flag of Sweden.svg Åre, SwedenGiant slalom3rd
9 Mar 2002 Flag of Austria.svg Altenmarkt, AustriaGiant slalom1st
2003 12 Dec 2002 Flag of France.svg Val-d’Isère, FranceGiant slalom2nd
4 Jan 2003 Flag of Italy.svg Bormio, ItalyGiant slalom1st
2004 29 Nov 2003 Flag of the United States.svg Park City, USASlalom2nd

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
1998 25 DNF1 DNF1
2002 29 DNF2 3

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
1996 23DNF1DNF2
1997 24DNF18
1999 26DNF211
2001 2871
2003 3068
2005 32DNF1DNF2

References

  1. "Sonja Nef profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  2. "archive.ph". archive.ph. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Awards
Preceded by Swiss Sportswoman of the Year
2001
Succeeded by