Kathrin Zettel

Kathrin Zettel
 Alpine skier 

Zettel in January 2009
Disciplines Giant slalom, Slalom,
Super G, Combined
Club Schiclub Göstling-Hochkar
Born (1986-08-05) 5 August 1986
Scheibbs, Lower Austria, Austria
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
World Cup debut 13 March 2004 (age 17)
Retired 13 July 2015 (age 28)
Website kathrin-zettel.at
Olympics
Teams 3 – (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals 1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams 6 – (200515)
Medals 2 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 11 – (200515)
Wins 9 – (7 GS, 2 SL)
Podiums 50 – (21 GS, 24 SL, 5 SC)
Overall titles 0 – (4th in 2009)
Discipline titles 0 – (2nd: SL, GS, 2010;
2nd SL, 2009)

Kathrin Zettel (born 5 August 1986) is an Austrian retired World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Scheibbs, Lower Austria, and from Göstling, she competed primarily in the technical events of Giant slalom and slalom. Zettel made her World Cup debut in March 2004 and won her first World Cup race in November 2006.

In January 2010, Zettel won both technical events at Maribor, for her first victory in slalom.[1] At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she was the bronze medalist in slalom at Rosa Khutor, her first podium since October and just two days after her grandmother died.[2]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2005 18 36 23 18    
2006 19 7 4 6 30   6
2007 20 11 8 7 31 49 11
2008 21 13 9 6 23   11
2009 22 4 6 2 23  3
2010 23 5 2 2 37   14
2011 24 13 6 10    
2012 25 12 5 19 44  5
2013 26 7 8 5     8
2014 27 14 11 5      
2015 28 7 5 8    3

Race victories

Season Date Location Discipline
2007 25 Nov 2006 Aspen, USA Giant slalom
28 Dec 2006 Semmering, Austria Giant Slalom
2009 25 Oct 2008 Sölden, Austria Giant Slalom
28 Dec 2008 Semmering, Austria Giant Slalom
25 Jan 2009 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Giant Slalom
6 Mar 2009 Ofterschwang, Germany Giant Slalom
2010 16 Jan 2010 Maribor, Slovenia Giant Slalom
17 Jan 2010 Slalom
2013 25 Nov 2012 Aspen, USA Slalom

World championships

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2005 18 4 6
2007 20 5 9 5
2009 22 DNF1 6 1
2011 24 2 12
2013 26 10 4
2015 28 5 7 6

Winter Olympics

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2006 19 DSQ1 7 4
2010 23 13 5 4
2014 27 3 19 13

References

  1. Farnell, Shauna (17 January 2010). "Zettel takes Maribor slalom; U.S. Team out". Ski Racing. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  2. Mintz, Geoff (21 February 2014). "Shiffrin makes good on gold". Ski Racing. Retrieved 21 February 2014.

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