| Anita Wachter | |
| Gender: | f |
| Disciplines: | Giant slalom, slalom, combined, super-G, downhill |
| Club: | WSV Tschagguns |
| Birth Date: | 12 February 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Bartholomäberg, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria |
| Height: | 1.64 m |
| Wcdebut: | 17 March 1985 (age 18) (first top 15) |
| Retired: | March 2001 (age 34) |
| Olympicteams: | 3 – (1988, 1992, 1994) |
| Olympicmedals: | 3 |
| Olympicgolds: | 1 |
| Worldsteams: | 8 – (1987–2001) |
| Worldsmedals: | 5 |
| Worldsgolds: | 0 |
| Wcseasons: | 16 – (1986–2001) |
| Wcwins: | 19 – (14 GS, 2 SG, 1 SL, 2 K) |
| Wcpodiums: | 76 |
| Wcoveralls: | 1 – (1993) |
| Wctitles: | 2 – (2 SG; 1990, 1994) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Anita Wachter (born 12 February 1967) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. She focused on the technical events and specialized in giant slalom.[1]
Born in Bartholomäberg, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Wachter won the World Cup overall title in 1993,[2] and the giant slalom title twice (1990 and 1994). She was the gold medalist in the combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics,[3] and won two silver medals in 1992 (combined and giant slalom). Wachter also won five medals at the World Championships; she represented Austria in three Olympics, twice also as flag bearer (1992 and 1994)[4] and eight World Championships.
Wachter retired from competition after the 2001 season with 19 World Cup wins (14 Giant slalom, 2 Super G, 1 Slalom, 2 Combined), attained 76 podiums, and had 175 top ten finishes. She is living together with her longtime companion Rainer Salzgeber; they have two daughters.
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 89 | — | 44 | — | — | — | ||
| 19 | 17 | 40 | 8 | 7 | — | 15 | ||
| 20 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 23 | — | ||
| 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 2 | ||
| 22 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | — | — | ||
| 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | — | 1 | ||
| 24 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 11 | — | 9 | ||
| 25 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 27 | 52 | 3 | ||
| 26 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 1 | ||
| 27 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | — | 7 | ||
| 28 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 31 | — | ||
| 29 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 30 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 32 | 3 | ||
| 31 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 39 | — | 12 | ||
| 32 | 8 | 18 | 2 | — | — | — | ||
| 33 | 16 | 26 | 3 | — | — | — | ||
| 34 | 51 | 26 | 29 | — | — | — |
| Season | Discipline | |
|---|---|---|
| Giant slalom | ||
| Overall | ||
| Giant slalom |
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | align=right | 30 Nov 1987 | align=center | Slalom | ||
| 1990 | align=right | 9 Aug 1989 | align=center | Super G | ||
| align=right | 3 Dec 1989 | align=center | Giant slalom | |||
| 1991 | align=right | 10 Feb 1991 | align=center | Giant slalom | ||
| 1993 | align=right | 5 Dec 1992 |  Steamboat Springs, USA | align=center | Giant slalom | |
| align=right | 17 Jan 1993 |  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | align=center | Combined | ||
| 1994 | align=right | 31 Oct 1993 | align=center | Giant slalom | ||
| align=right | 26 Nov 1993 | Santa Caterina, Italy | align=center | Giant slalom | ||
| align=right | 16 Jan 1994 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | align=center | Giant slalom | ||
| 1995 | align=right | 7 Jan 1995 |  Haus im Ennstal, Austria | align=center | Super G | |
| align=right | 23 Jan 1995 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | align=center | Giant slalom | ||
| align=right | 18 Feb 1995 | align=center | Giant slalom | |||
| 1996 | align=right | 17 Dec 1995 | St. Anton, Austria | align=center | Combined | |
| align=right | 31 Jan 1996 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | align=center | Giant slalom | ||
| 1999 | align=right | 27 Dec 1998 | Semmering, Austria | align=center | Giant slalom | |
| align=right | 2 Jan 1999 | align=center | Giant slalom | |||
| align=right | 24 Feb 1999 |  Åre, Sweden | align=center | Giant slalom | ||
| align=right | 13 Mar 1999 | align=center | Giant slalom | |||
| 2000 | align=right | 28 Dec 1999 | Lienz, Austria | align=center | Giant slalom |
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | — | — | — | — | 5 | ||
| 22 | — | 13 | 9 | — | 5 | ||
| 24 | 12 | 11 | 3 | — | — | ||
| 26 | — | 2 | 6 | — | 3 | ||
| 29 | DNF1 | 4 | 16 | — | 2 | ||
| 30 | 22 | 4 | — | — | 10 | ||
| 32 | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | ||
| 34 | — | DNF1 | — | — | — |
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1 | ||||||
| 24 | 2 | ||||||
| 26 | — | ||||||
| 30 | — |