Susanne Riesch Explained

Susanne Riesch (born 8 December 1987,[1] in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, West Germany) is a former alpine ski racer. She is the sister of Maria Höfl-Riesch, overall World Cup Champion for season 2010/2011. She is also the niece of Wolfgang Zimmerer who was a bobsledder during the 1960s and 1970s and who with Peter Utzschneider, won gold for West Germany at the Two-man bobsleigh during the 1972 Winter Olympics.[2]

Riesch has won two podiums in the Alpine skiing world cup, both 3rd places in slalom during the 2009-2010 World Cup season (Åre, Sweden and Zagreb, Croatia).

In January 2015, ten months after her sister's retirement, Susanne Riesch announced that she was retiring due to struggling with injuries.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIS-Ski - biographie . www.fis-ski.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050308162929/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&competitorid=78989&type=result . 2005-03-08.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221016/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zi/wolfgang-zimmerer-1.html Wolfgang Zimmerer
  3. Web site: Susanne Riesch beendet ihre Karriere . . 6 January 2015 . WirtschaftsBlatt. German . Susanne Riesch has ended her career. 6 January 2015.