Paula Wiesinger Explained

Paula Wiesinger
Fullname:	Paula (Paola) Rosa Wiesinger, later Steger
Disciplines:	Polyvalent
Birth Date:	27 February 1907
Birth Place:	Bolzano, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:	Seiser Alm, Italy
Retired:	1936
Worldsteams:	4
Worldsmedals:	1
Worldsgolds:	1
Show-Medals:	yes

Paula (Paola) Rosa Wiesinger later Steger (27 February 1907  - 12 June 2001) was a pioneering Italian alpine skier and mountain climber who competed at one edition of Winter Olympics and three editions of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships (1932, 1933, 1934, 1936).^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}

Biography

Wiesinger was born in Bolzano. She won the 1932 women's Downhill world championship in Cortina d'Ampezzo, and competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics, finishing 16th in the alpine skiing combined event. She married Hans Steger.^[13]

In 1935 Wiesinger was invited to view the Trofeo Mezzalama, a competition that was only intended for male ski mountaineers. Due to an injury leave of Giusto Gervasutti, she took his military uniform, covered her face with sunglasses and his cap, and took part instead of him, but the cheat was discovered at a check point of the race.^[14] She died in Seiser Alm. A hotel and a statue in Siusi allo Sciliar are dedicated to Wiesinger.^[15]

World Championship results

Edition	Slalom	Downhill	Combined
1932	13	bgcolor=gold	1	6
1933	19	4	11
1934	5	12	11
1936	-	DNF	-

National titles

Wiesinger won 15 national titles.^{[16] [17]}

• Italian Alpine Ski Championships
  • Downhill: 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 (5)
  • Slalom: 1931, 1933, 1934, 1936 (4)
  • Combined: 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 (6)

See also

• Italy national alpine ski at the World championships

External links

• • Biography
• Profile
• Alpine skiing 1936
• Bio for Hans and Paula Steger
• Paula Wiesinger Apartments & Suites

Notes and References

1. Web site: 04.02.1932. Cortina d'Ampezzo Downhill, women. alpineskiworld.net. 14 February 2021.
2. Web site: 05.02.1932. Cortina d'Ampezzo Slalom, women. alpineskiworld.net. 14 February 2021.
3. Web site: 05.02.1932. Cortina d'Ampezzo Alpine Combined, women. alpineskiworld.net. 14 February 2021.
4. Web site: 08.02.1933. Innsbruck Downhill, women. alpineskiworld.net. 14 February 2021.
5. Web site: 10.02.1933. Innsbruck/Seegrube Slalom, women. alpineskiworld.net. 14 February 2021.
6. Web site: 10.02.1933. Innsbruck Alpine Combined, women. alpineskiworld.net. 14 February 2021.
7. Web site: 15.02.1934. Sankt Moritz Downhill, women. alpineskiworld.net. 14 February 2021.
8. Web site: 16.02.1934. Sankt Moritz Slalom, women. alpineskiworld.net. 14 February 2021.
9. Web site: 16.02.1934. Sankt Moritz Alpine Combined, women. alpineskiworld.net. 14 February 2021.
10. Web site: 22.02.1936. Innsbruck/Seefeld Slalom, women. alpineskiworld.net. 24 February 2021.
11. Web site: 21.02.1936. Innsbruck Downhill, women. alpineskiworld.net. 24 February 2021.
12. Web site: 22.02.1936. Innsbruck Alpine Combined, women. alpineskiworld.net. 24 February 2021.
13. http://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/biographie/paula-wiesinger/ Paula Wiesinger
14. http://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/biographie/paula-wiesinger/ Paula Wiesinger
15. Web site: Paula Wiesinger Apartments & Suites. alpesiusi.it. 28 January 2018.
16. Web site: Campionati italiani assoluti, l'albo d'oro della discesa. fisi.org. it. 16 February 2021. 13 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140113053058/http://www.fisi.org/taxonomy/term/468. dead.
17. Web site: L'albo d'oro della discesa femminile dei Campionati Italiani. fisi.org. it. 16 February 2021.