| Blanca Fernández Ochoa | |
| Disciplines: | Giant slalom, slalom, combined, super-G |
| Birth Date: | 22 April 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Madrid, Spain |
| Death Date: | 23 August 2019 |
| Death Place: | La Peñota, Cercedilla, Spain |
| Height: | 168 cm |
| Retired: | March 1992 - (age 28) |
| Olympicteams: | 4 – (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992) |
| Olympicmedals: | 1 (bronze) |
| Worldsteams: | 6 – (1980–1991) |
| Worldsmedals: | 0 |
| Wcseasons: | 10 – (1982–1992) |
| Wcwins: | 4 – (1 GS, 3 SL) |
| Wcpodiums: | 20 – (12 GS, 8 SL) |
| Wcoveralls: | 0 – (4th in 1988) |
| Wctitles: | 0 – (3rd, three times) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Blanca Fernández Ochoa (22 April 1963 – 23 August 2019)[1] was a World Cup alpine ski racer from Spain. Born in Madrid, she competed in four Winter Olympics, from 1980 through 1992.
Her four siblings all competed in alpine ski racing for Spain in the Winter Olympics: Dolores, Francisco, Juan Manuel, and Luis. Francisco (1950-2006) won the gold medal in slalom at the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
She received the Premio Reina Sofía for best athlete in 1983 and 1988 by Consejo Superior de Deportes at Premios Nacionales del Deporte.[2] She also received the Real Orden del Mérito Deportivo in 1994.[3] At the 1992 Olympics at Albertville, France, Blanca won the bronze medal in slalom.
During her World Cup career, she had 4 victories, 20 podiums, and 69 top ten finishes.[4]
On July 18, 1991, she married Italian Daniel Fioretto in the Monastery of El Escorial. They ended up divorcing and she contracted a second marriage with David Fresneda, with whom she had two children, David (born 2000) and Olivia (born 1999), although this marriage also ended in divorce.[5] The children live with their father.
She was reported as missing on 23 August 2019[6] and found dead by a police officer on 4 September 2019 near La Peñota, in the Guadarrama Mountains.[7] [8] Policía Nacional believed it was not an accidental death in a safe area and there were not traumas.[9] On 5 September 2019 it was declared she died from a suicide because lithium tablets and a bottle of wine were found near her body.[10] She died the same day of the disappearance at the age of 56.[11]
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 55 | — | 28 | not run | — | — | |||||||
| 19 | 27 | 26 | — | not awarded | — | — | |||||||
| 20 | 36 | 27 | 19 | — | — | ||||||||
| 21 | 10 | 16 | 7 | — | 8 | ||||||||
| 22 | 31 | — | 10 | 31 | — | 19 | |||||||
| 23 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 9 | — | — | |||||||
| 24 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | — | 9 | |||||||
| 25 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 26 | — | — | |||||||
| 26 | injured, did not compete < | -- — | — | — | — | — | — --> | ||||||
| 27 | 10 | 3 | 17 | — | — | — | |||||||
| 28 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 53 | — | — | |||||||
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 March 1985 |  Vail, USA | Giant slalom | ||
| 26 November 1987 |  Sestriere, Italy | Slalom | ||
| 22 December 1990 |  Morzine, France | Slalom | ||
| 1 December 1991 |  Lech, Austria | Slalom |
| Year | Location | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 18 | |||||||
| 18 | ||||||||
| 21 | 14 | 9 | DNF | |||||
| 23 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||||
| 25 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
| 27 | DNF |
| Year | Location | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | not run | not run | ||||||
| 20 | ||||||||
| Calgary, Canada | 24 | — | ||||||
| 28 | — |