| Nicole Schmidhofer | |
| Disciplines: | Downhill, super-G |
| Club: | Union SC Schönberg-Lachtal |
| Birth Date: | 15 March 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Friesach, Carinthia, Austria |
| Height: | 1.58 m |
| Wcdebut: | 15 March 2007 (age 18) |
| Website: | nici-schmidhofer.at |
| Olympicteams: | 2 – (2010, 2018) |
| Olympicmedals: | 0 |
| Worldsteams: | 4 – (2013–2019) |
| Worldsmedals: | 1 |
| Worldsgolds: | 1 |
| Wcseasons: | 17 – (2007–2023) |
| Wcwins: | 4 – (3 DH, 1 SG) |
| Wcpodiums: | 12 – (6 DH, 6 SG) |
| Wcoveralls: | 0 – (5th in 2019) |
| Wctitles: | 1 – (DH, 2019) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Nicole "Nici" Schmidhofer (born 15 March 1989) is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer. She specializes in the downhill and super-G events.
Born in Friesach, Carinthia, Schmidhofer made her World Cup debut in March 2007. She competed for Austria at the 2010 Winter Olympics,[1] but did not finish in the super-G, which was her only event at the Olympics.[2] Three years later, Schmidhofer finished in 11th place in the super-G at the 2013 World Championships in Schladming.
At the 2017 World Championships, she became a gold medalist in super-G.
Her breakout World Cup season was in 2019, with three wins and three additional podiums; she won the season title in downhill and was runner-up in super-G. In March 2019, she participated in her first speed skiing world championships in Vars, France She finished 4th with a new Austria national record of 217.590 km/h.She retired after the 2023 World Cup ski season.[3]
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 104 | — | 57 | 41 | — | — | |
| 18 | 124 | — | — | — | 51 | — | |
| 19 | 70 | — | — | 26 | 40 | — | |
| 20 | 81 | — | — | 28 | 49 | — | |
| 21 | 91 | — | — | 38 | 36 | — | |
| 22 | 86 | — | — | — | 35 | — | |
| 23 | 45 | — | — | 8 | 36 | — | |
| 24 | 20 | — | — | 12 | 11 | — | |
| 25 | 30 | — | — | 12 | 20 | — | |
| 26 | 49 | — | — | 23 | 21 | — | |
| 27 | 15 | — | — | 7 | 8 | — | |
| 28 | 17 | — | — | 7 | 9 | — | |
| 29 | 5 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | |
| 30 | — | — | — | ||||
| 31 | |||||||
| 32 | 109 | — | — | 45 | — | rowspan=2 | |
| 33 | 53 | — | — | 11 | 35 | ||
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 20 Jan 2013 |  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | 2nd | ||
| 2014 | 24 Jan 2014 | 3rd | |||
| 2018 | 3 Dec 2017 |  Lake Louise, Canada | Super-G | 3rd | |
| 21 Jan 2018 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Super-G | 3rd | ||
| 2019 | align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 30 Nov 2018 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 1st |
| align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 1 Dec 2018 | 1st | |||
| 19 Dec 2018 | Val Gardena, Italy | Super-G | 2nd | ||
| 19 Jan 2019 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Downhill | 2nd | ||
| align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 26 Jan 2019 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Super-G | 1st | |
| 23 Feb 2019 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Downhill | 2nd | ||
| 2020 | align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 7 Dec 2019 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 1st |
| 09 Feb 2020 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Super-G | 2nd |
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | — | ||||||
| 19 | 16 | ||||||
| 21 | — | ||||||
| 2013 | 23 | — | — | 11 | — | — | |
| 2015 | 25 | — | — | — | 4 | — | |
| 2017 | 27 | — | — | 1 | 16 | — | |
| 29 | 11 | 9 | — |
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | — | ||||||
| 20 | — | — | DNF1 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2018 | 28 | — | — | 18 | 12 | — | |
| 32 | Did not compete | ||||||