Martina Ertl Explained

Martina Ertl
Disciplines:Technical and speed events
Club:SC Lenggries
Birth Date:12 September 1973
Birth Place:Bad Tölz, Upper Bavaria, West Germany
Height:1.65 m
Wcdebut:1992
Retired:2006
Olympicteams:5
Olympicmedals:3
Olympicgolds:0
Worldsteams:7
Worldsmedals:4
Worldsgolds:2
Wcseasons:15
Wcwins:14
Wcpodiums:57
Wcoveralls:2
Wctitles:17
Show-Medals:yes

Martina Maria Ertl-Renz (born 12 September 1973) is a German former alpine skier. She was two times world champion and also won several medals at Olympic Winter Games and World Championships.[1]

Biography

Martina Ertl is the sister of the German alpine ski Andreas Ertl.[2]

Skiing career

Ertl started skiing at the age of two and a half. At the age of 18 she participated in the Junior World Championship in Hemsedal (Norway) winning a silver medal in Giant slalom and a bronze medal in Combined.

This was the starting point of a long career. Until 2006 she took part in 430 World Cup races winning 14 of them. Ertl won the giant slalom World Cup in 1996 and 1998. She won three Olympic medals and four medals at World Championships (Bronze in giant slalom at Morioka 1993, Bronze medalist in giant slalom at Sierra Nevada 1996, Gold in Combined at St. Anton 2001, Gold in Nation Team Event at Bormio 2005).

She represented Germany at five Winter Olympics between 1992 and 2006, winning silver medals in the giant slalom in 1994 and the combined event in 1998, as well as a bronze medal in the combined event in 2002.[3]

World Cup victories

Overall

Giant slalom
Giant slalom

Individual races

DateLocationRace
19 March 1994 VailGiant slalom
15 January 1995 GarmischSlalom
18 March 1995 MariborGiant slalom
25 November 1995 VailSuper-G
11 December 1995 Val-d'IsèreGiant slalom
21 December 1995 VeysonnazGiant slalom
5 January 1996 MariborGiant slalom
10 January 1998 BormioGiant slalom
15 January 1998 AltenmarktSuper-G
25 January 1998 Cortina d'AmpezzoGiant slalom
28 January 1998 ÅreGiant slalom
1 March 1998 SaalbachSlalom
28 October 2000 SöldenGiant slalom
25 October 2003 SöldenGiant slalom

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Martina Ertl Biography. fis-ski.com. 15 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Fratelli e Sorelle di Coppa. fantaski.it. it. 15 March 2020.
  3. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/er/martina-ertl-renz-1.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417220640/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/er/martina-ertl-renz-1.html. dead. 2020-04-17.