Andrea Fischbacher Explained

Andrea Fischbacher
Disciplines:Super-G, downhill, giant slalom, combined
Club:Union Skiklub Eben i.P.
Birth Date:14 October 1985
Birth Place:Schwarzach im Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
Height:164 cm
Wcdebut:11 March 2004 (age 18)
Retired:10 June 2015 (age 29)
Website:andrea-fischbacher.at
Olympicteams:2 – (2006, 2010)
Olympicmedals:1
Olympicgolds:1
Worldsteams:4 – (2005, 200913)
Worldsmedals:1
Worldsgolds:0
Wcseasons:11 – (200515)
Wcwins:3 – (2 DH, 1 SG)
Wcpodiums:10 – (2 DH, 6 SG, 1 GS)
Wcoveralls:0 – (10th in 2009, 2010)
Wctitles:0 – (2nd in DH, 2009)
Show-Medals:yes

Andrea Fischbacher (born 14 October 1985)[1] is a retired alpine ski racer from Austria.

Career

Born in Schwarzach im Pongau, Salzburg, Fischbacher now lives in Eben im Pongau. She made her World Cup debut in March 2004 in Sestriere, Italy, where she would claim her first World Cup victory four years later in a dead-heat tie with Fabienne Suter. Fischbacher competed for Austria at the Winter Olympics in 2006 and again in 2010, where she won the gold medal in the Super-G, ahead of Tina Maze and Lindsey Vonn.[2] [3] In the Downhill on February 17, she finished 4th, missing the bronze medal by 0.03 seconds.

Left off the Austrian team for the 2014 Winter Olympics, Fischbacher responded with a victory in the first race after the games, her first World Cup podium in over four years.[4]

World Cup results

Race podiums

Season DateLocationDisciplinePlace
2006 4 Dec 2005 Lake Louise, Canada 2nd
9 Dec 2005 Aspen, USA Super-G 3rd
2007 15 Mar 2007 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Super-G 2nd
2008 align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6" 10 Feb 2008 Sestriere, Italy Super-G 1st^
2009 25 Oct 2008 Sölden, Austria 3rd
7 Dec 2008 Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 2nd
27 Feb 2009 Bansko, Bulgaria Downhill2nd
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"28 Feb 2009 Downhill 1st
2010 31 Jan 2010 St. Moritz, Switzerland Super-G2nd
2014 align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"2 Mar 2014 Crans-Montana, Switzerland Downhill1st
^ Tie for first with Fabienne Suter.

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
19 68 50 29 47
20 15 34 14 7 36 19
21 13 39 18 8 11 35
22 20 52 27 12 25 21
23 10 14 8 2 20
24 10 17 5 15 20
25 14 13 13 11 15
26 31 34 15 17
27 60 21 33
28 21 33 38 8
29 63 31 40 31

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
19 7
21
23
25
27
29

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
16
20
24
28

Personal

Fischbacher is a second cousin of Hermann Maier, a multiple Olympic, World Cup, and world champion.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ski2b.com/2200-Portrait__Andrea_Fischbacher_AUT-,e_109351,r_11717.htm Portrait – Andrea Fischbacher (AUT) – WC Gesamtwertung 06/07 – Ergebnisse – Aktuelles – Ski, Snow, Skiing, Wintersport, Skigebiete, Telemark, Schneehöhen, Skireisen, Skiweltcup, Ski Alpin – ski2b.com
  2. http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-alpine-skiing/schedule-and-results/ladies-super-g_asw040101gR.html "Ladies Super-G Results."
  3. Web site: Andrea Fischbacher is victorious in Olympic super-G . 20 February 2010 . BBC Sport . BBC . 21 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100221054318/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/alpine_skiing/8524864.stm. 21 February 2010 . live.
  4. From bib 29, Fischbacher takes the win in Crans Montana . Ski Racing . Mintz . Geoff . 2 March 2014 . 2 March 2014.
  5. Web site: The Herminator's cousin races to Super-G gold. 21 February 2010. Bild. 11 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100224014638/http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/sport-news/vancouver-olympics-2010/02/21/andrea-fischbacher-sees-off-lindsey-vonn/herminator-cousin-races-to-super-g-gold.html. 24 February 2010 . live. .