Marina Kiehl Explained

Birth Place:Munich, West Germany
Height:1.64m (05.38feet)
Weight:62kg (137lb)
Sport:Alpine skiing
Club:TSV 1860 München
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Marina Kiehl (born 12 January 1965) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Germany.

Career

Competing for West Germany in the 1980s, Kiehl gained her first World Cup victory in a Super-G competition in March 1984 in Quebec.[1] She won season titles in giant slalom In 1985 and in Super-G in 1986. The major highlight in Kiehl's career came at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, when she won a gold medal in the downhill, ahead of Brigitte Oertli and Karen Percy.[2]

Kiehl retired from competitions after the Calgary Olympics, aged 23.

World Cup results

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
Giant slalom
Super-G

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
17 81 not run 30
18 66 not
awarded
(w/ GS)
24
19 9 4 14 9
20 4 1 7 7
21 8 11 1 10 10
22 10 8 3 6
23 18 13 20 8

Race victories

SeasonDateLocationRace
19844 March 1984 Mont Sainte-Anne, Canada Super-G
198515 December 1984 Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Giant slalom
26 January 1985   Arosa, Switzerland Super-G
10 March 1985 Banff, Canada Super-G
19867 December 1985 Sestriere, Italy Super-G
16 March 1986align=left rowspan=2 Vail, USA Super-G
198715 March 1987<-- Vail-->Super-G

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
20 not run 11 10
22 4

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
19 not runnot run
23

Notes and References

  1. News: West German takes super Giant Slalom . Montreal Gazette . Brooks . Janet . March 5, 1984 . C8.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417120437/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/marina-kiehl-1.html Marina Kiehl