 Stuffer at the 2020 Youth Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 June 1984 (age 39) Bolzano, Italy |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Sport | Alpine skiing |
Verena Stuffer (born 23 June 1984 [1] in Bozen, Italy [2] ) is a South Tyrolean former alpine skier from Italy.
She competed for Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events. She also made a total of 148 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup starts and competed at the 2009, 2011 and 2017 World Championships. She retired at the end of the 2017-18 season, making her final World Cup start in a super-G at Crans-Montana in March 2018. [3]
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