Tina Weirather

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Tina Weirather
2017 Audi FIS Ski Weltcup Garmisch-Partenkirchen Damen - Tina Weirather - by 2eight - 8SC0767.jpg
Weirather in January 2017
Personal information
Born (1989-05-24) 24 May 1989 (age 36)
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Skiing career
Disciplines Super-G, downhill, giant slalom
ClubSki Club Schaan
World Cup debut22 October 2005 (age 16)
Retired25 March 2020 (age 30)
Website tina-weirather.com
Olympics
Teams3 – (2006, 2014, 2018)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams6 – (2005–07, 2013–19)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons13 – (2006–2008, 2010,
          2012–2020)
Wins9 – (1 DH, 7 SG, 1 GS)
Podiums41 – (14 DH, 21 SG, 6 GS)
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2016)
Discipline titles2 – (2 SG, 2017, 2018)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein
International alpine ski competitions
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 001
World Championships 010
Total011
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Super-G
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 St. Moritz Super-G
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Altenmarkt Downhill
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Mont Sainte-Anne Giant slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Giant slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Altenmarkt Super-G
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2007 AltenmarktGiant slalom

Christina Weirather (born 24 May 1989) is a retired Liechtensteiner World Cup alpine ski racer. She won a bronze medal in Super-G for Liechtenstein at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

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Racing career

Weirather made her World Cup debut at age 16 in October 2005 and had nine victories and 41 podiums through her retirement in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Weirather competed in two events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and finished 33rd in the super-G, but did not finish in the downhill. She had qualified to ski in four events at the 2010 Winter Olympics: downhill, super-G, giant slalom, and the combined. Just weeks before the Olympics on 23 January, while competing in a World Cup downhill at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Weirather suffered another anterior cruciate ligament injury to her right knee and missed the Olympics, [1] as well as the following World Cup season of 2011. [2]

Following years of training alongside her compatriots on the Liechtenstein Alpine Ski team, Weirather switched to training with the Swiss team. [3]

During the fourth training run for the downhill at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Weirather crashed at Rosa Khutor on 9 February and injured her lower right leg. [4] The bone contusion caused her to miss her starts in the Olympics and the remainder of the 2014 World Cup season. At the time, she was second in the World Cup overall, downhill and super-G standings and third in the giant slalom. [5]

On 25 March 2020 she announced her retirement. [6]

Personal life

Born in Vaduz, Weirather is the daughter of former World Cup ski racers Harti Weirather of Austria and Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein (and the niece of Andreas Wenzel). [1] Her mother Hanni won two overall World Cup titles (1978, 1980) and two Olympic gold medals (1980), four Olympic medals overall; uncle Andreas won the men's overall World Cup title in 1980 and 2 Olympic medals. Her father Harti won the season title in downhill in 1981 and was world champion in 1982. [7] [8]

Weirather married Swiss radio host Fabio Nay in September 2022. [9] The couple have a son, Lio, born in January 2024. [10]

World Cup results

Season titles

Season
Discipline
2017 Super-G
2018 Super-G

Season standings

Season
AgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super-GDownhillCombined
2007 1756—23514316
2008 18109—39———
2009 19injured: out for season
2010 2058—41253832
2011 21injured: out for season
2012 229—307Silver medal icon.svg33
2013 2318—3796—
2014 245—10Bronze medal icon.svg417
2015 2510—1087—
2016 264435Silver medal icon.svg8—
2017 277—13Gold medal icon.svg5—
2018 286—31Gold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg—
2019 2917—56Bronze medal icon.svg15—
2020 3024——1623—

Race podiums

Season
DateLocationDisciplinePlace
2012 2 Dec 2011 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 2nd
28 Jan 2012  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandDownhill3rd
4 Feb 2012 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyDownhill3rd
5 Feb 2012 Super-G 3rd
26 Feb 2012 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bansko, BulgariaSuper-G2nd
2013 30 Nov 2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill3rd
1 Mar 2013 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanySuper-G1st
2014 29 Nov 2013 Flag of the United States.svg Beaver Creek, USADownhill2nd
1 Dec 2013 Giant slalom 3rd
7 Dec 2013 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill2nd
8 Dec 2013Super-G2nd
14 Dec 2013  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSuper-G1st
22 Dec 2013 Flag of France.svg Val-d'Isère, FranceGiant slalom1st
24 Jan 2014 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy  Downhill2nd
25 Jan 2014Downhill3rd
26 Jan 2014Super-G2nd
2015 5 Dec 2014 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill3rd
19 Jan 2015 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper-G3rd
21 Feb 2015 Flag of Slovenia.svg Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom3rd
7 Mar 2015 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyDownhill1st
2016 24 Oct 2015 Flag of Austria.svg Sölden, Austria  Giant slalom3rd
28 Dec 2015 Flag of Austria.svg Lienz, Austria  Giant slalom2nd
24 Jan 2016 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper-G2nd
30 Jan 2016 Flag of Slovenia.svg Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom3rd
21 Feb 2016 Flag of Italy.svg La Thuile, ItalySuper-G1st
17 Mar 2016  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSuper-G1st
2017 4 Dec 2016 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaSuper-G2nd
18 Dec 2016 Flag of France.svg Val-d'Isère, FranceSuper-G2nd
15 Jan 2017 Flag of Austria.svg Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, AustriaDownhill2nd
22 Jan 2017 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanySuper-G3rd
16 Mar 2017 Flag of the United States.svg Aspen, USASuper-G1st
2018 1 Dec 2017 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill2nd
3 Dec 2017Super-G1st
9 Dec 2017  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSuper-G3rd
17 Dec 2017 Flag of France.svg Val-d'Isère, FranceSuper-G2nd
20 Jan 2018 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill2nd
4 Feb 2018 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyDownhill3rd
3 Mar 2018  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandSuper-G1st
2019 8 Dec 2018  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSuper-G3rd
19 Dec 2018 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalySuper-G2nd
20 Jan 2019 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper-G2nd

World Championship results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super-GDownhillCombined
2005 15——31——
2007 17 — DNF2 DNF — DNS2
2009 19injured, did not compete
2011 21
2013 23 — 27 DNF 13 DNS2
2015 25 — 4 6 11 —
2017 27 — 19 2 10 DNS1
2019 29 — — DNF 18 DNS2

Olympic results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super-GDownhillCombined
2006 16 — — 33 DNF —
2010 20injured: did not compete
2014 24 — — DNS^ DNS^ —
2018 28 — 22 3 4 —
^ injured during downhill training run

Other honours

Alpine skiing Junior World championships

Swiss Alpine skiing championships

German Alpine skiing championships

Liechtenstein Alpine skiing championships

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Dunbar, Graham (23 December 2013). "Liechtenstein skier Tina Weirather follows in her family's rich Olympic tradition". Courier Islander. Campbell River, British Columbia. Associated Press. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Battaglia, Joe (1 February 2014). "Perseverance has Tina Weirather on cusp of own Olympic Alpine greatness". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather is on the fast track".
  4. ↑ Battaglia, Joe (11 February 2014). "Injury knocks medal contender Tina Weirather from Sochi downhill". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Season ends early for Tina Weirather". Ski Racing. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Tina Weirather – Fürstentum Liechtenstein". www.liechtenstein.li. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "COMPETITORS HAVING MORE THAN ONE PODIUM". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "COMPETITORS HAVING MORE THAN ONE TOP 10 POSITION". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Hochzeitsglocken! Ex-Ski-Star hat geheiratet" (in German). heute.at. 21 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Lio Weirather ist auf der Welt" (in German). Liechtensteiner Vaterland. 29 January 2024.
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