Resi Stiegler Explained

Resi Stiegler
Disciplines:Slalom, giant slalom, combined
Club:Jackson Hole SSC
Skis:rossignol previously w/ Dynastar
Boots:Lange
Bindings:Rossignol previously w/ LOOK
Sponsor:Ski Racing magazine -->
Birth Date:14 November 1985
Birth Place:Jackson, Wyoming, U.S.
Height:5 ft 8 in
Weight:65 kg -->
Wcdebut:December 22, 2002
(age 17)
Website:resi-stiegler.com
Olympicteams:3 – (2006, 2014, 2018)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:8 – (200317)
Worldsmedals:0
Wcseasons:13th – (200308, '1117)
Wcwins:0
Wcpodiums:1 – (1 SL)
Wcoveralls:0 – (25th in 2007)
Wctitles:0 – (5th in K, 2007)
Show-Medals:yes

Resi Stiegler ([1] (born November 14, 1985) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She primarily raced in the technical events and specialized in slalom.

Born and raised in Jackson, Wyoming, Stiegler is the daughter of Olympic champion Josef "Pepi" Stiegler of Austria. She began skiing at age two and racing at six at Jackson Hole. Junior Olympic and Nor-Am success while still a teenager led to a berth on the U.S. Ski Team;[2] she made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2002 at a slalom in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, where she finished a remarkable eleventh. At the 2003 Junior World Championships in France, she won bronze medals in slalom and combined, to which she added a tenth-place finish in combined at the "grown-up" World Championships that year in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Through March 2016, Stiegler has 21 World Cup top-ten finishes, with one podium. She finished sixth in combined at the 2005 World Championships in Santa Caterina, Italy. Stiegler made her Olympic debut at the 2006 Torino games at age 20, placing eleventh in the combined and twelfth in the slalom.

Stiegler's trademark is the tiger ears she usually wears atop her helmet. She won a well-publicized battle with the International Olympic Committee, allowing her to compete with the ears at the Torino Olympics.[3]

After a series of injuries,[4] [5] [6] [7] Stiegler made her first World Cup podium in March 2012, a runner-up finish at a slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany.[8] [9] It was her first top ten finish in over four years. In a November, 2012 interview, Stiegler had recovered on schedule and was set to compete in the season as planned.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
17 92 39
18 23
19 45 19 49 8
20 42 15 51 24
21 25 17 31 51 5
22 40 18 26 48
23
24
25 98 36
26 57 23 38
27 77 31
28 80 29
29 65 22
30 48 13
31 61 20 56
32 65 23

Top tens

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2004 8 Feb 2004 Zwiesel, Germany Slalom8th
2005 29 Dec 2004 Semmering, Austria Slalom8th
20 Jan 2005 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom10th
27 Feb 2005 San Sicario, Italy Super combined8th
2006 5 Jan 2006 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom10th
10 Mar 2006 Levi, Finland Slalom 9th
17 Mar 2006 Åre, Sweden Slalom 4th
2007 11 Nov 2006 Levi, Finland Slalom10th
21 Dec 2006 Val-d'Isère, France Slalom 6th
4 Jan 2007 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 5th
14 Jan 2007 Altenmarkt, Austria Super Combined 4th
24 Feb 2007 Sierra Nevada, Spain 10th
2 Mar 2007 Tarvisio, Italy Super Combined 5th
2008 10 Nov 2007 Reiteralm, Austria Slalom4th
25 Nov 2007 Panorama, Canada Slalom 9th
9 Dec 2007 Aspen, USA Slalom 8th
2012 4 Mar 2012 Ofterschwang, Germany Slalom 2nd
2013 4 Jan 2013 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 9th
2016 29 Nov 2015 Aspen, USA Slalom 10th
15 Feb 2016 Crans-Montana, Switzerland Slalom 8th
23 Feb 2016 Stockholm, Sweden Parallel slalom 9th
2017 3 Jan 2017 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 7th
31 Jan 2017 Stockholm, Sweden Parallel slalom 9th

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
17 19 10
19 6 21
21 DNF2
23
25
27
29
31

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
20 11
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28
32

Video

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://alpine.usskiteam.com/athletes/resi-stiegler U.S. Ski Team
  2. News: Future U.S. stars sparkle at Hunter . Daily Gazette . Schenectady, New York . Rice . Bill . January 11, 2002 . C6 .
  3. News: Resi Stiegler cleared to compete with tiger ears . Ski Racing . February 16, 2006 . March 24, 2016 .
  4. News: Stiegler seriously injured in GS . Lewiston Sun Journal . Maine . Associated Press . December 29, 2007 . C6 .
  5. News: Still smiling: Resi Stiegler keeps getting up when knocked down . Denver Post . Meyer . John . November 24, 2013 . March 24, 2016.
  6. Stiegler takes free-spirited approach to 2015 . Ski Racing . September 25, 2014 . March 24, 2016 .
  7. News: Aspen a fresh start for Resi Stiegler after knee injury . Aspen Public Radio . Colorado . Krivonen . Marci . November 26, 2015 . March 24, 2016 .
  8. Canadian Mielzynski wins first World Cup in Ofterschwang slalom, Stiegler second . Ski Racing . Williams . Eric . March 4, 2012 . April 21, 2014.
  9. http://alpine.usskiteam.com/news/heroic-world-cup-podium-stiegler U.S. Ski Team