Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden Explained

Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden
Disciplines:Downhill, Super-G, Combined
Club:SSC Toggenburg
Birth Date:1 April 1986
Birth Place:Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height:1.77 m
Wcdebut:15 March 2006 (age 19)
Retired:7 March 2015 (age 28)[1]
Olympicteams:1 – (2014)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:2 – (2013, 2015)
Worldsmedals:0
Wcseasons:7 – (20092015)
Wcwins:1 – (1 DH)
Wcpodiums:5 – (5 DH)
Wcoveralls:0 – (16th in 2014)
Wctitles:0 – (5th in DH, 2014)
Show-Medals:yes

Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden (born 1 April 1986) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.[2]

Born in Grabs, St. Gallen, she made her World Cup debut in Åre, Sweden, in March 2006. She won the gold medal in the downhill at the 2006 Junior World Ski Championships. Kaufmann-Abderhalden has attained five World Cup podiums, all in downhill. Her first was in March 2010 at Crans Montana and her sole victory came at Val-d'Isère in December 2013. She announced her retirement from competition in March 2015, due to her training and race performances being hampered by severe pain in her right knee.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
21 113 33
22 126 59
23 74 28 39
24 44 40 17 27
25 107 45
26 51 40 21 18
27 16 44 5
28 76 30

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2010 align=right 6 Mar 2010 align=left Crans-Montana, Switzerland 3rd
2013 align=right 1 Dec 2012 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 3rd
2014 align=right 6 Dec 2013 Downhill 2nd
21 Dec 2013 align=left Val-d'Isère, France Downhill 1st
align=right 25 Jan 2014 align=left Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 2nd

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
26 14
28

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marianne Abderhalden announces retirement . . 6 March 2015 . . 7 March 2015.
  2. Web site: FIS-Ski - biographie . www.fis-ski.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080319081842/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?competitorid=70206&sector=AL&type=st-WC . 2008-03-19.