Wendy Holdener Explained

Wendy Holdener
Disciplines:Slalom, combined, giant slalom, super-G
Club:SC Drusberg
Birth Date:12 May 1993
Birth Place:Unteriberg, Schwyz, Switzerland
Height:1.67 m
Wcdebut:23 October 2010 (age 17)
Website:wendyholdener.ch
Olympicteams:3 – (2014, 2018, 2022)
Olympicmedals:5
Olympicgolds:1
Worldsteams:7 – (20112023)
Worldsmedals:6
Worldsgolds:3
Wcseasons:14 – (20112024)
Wcwins:5 – (2 SL, 1 PSL, 2 AC)
Wcpodiums:49 – (35 SL, 5 PSL, 5 AC, 2 SG, 2 GS)
Wcoveralls:0 – (2nd in 2018)
Wctitles:2 – (AC, 2016 and 2018)
Show-Medals:yes

Wendy Holdener (born 12 May 1993) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in slalom and combined.[1] She is a two-time World champion in combined and a five-time Olympic medalist,[2] four individual with one gold medal in the team event at Pyeongchang in 2018.[3] Four years later in 2022, she won a silver medal in the combined.[4] [5]

Career

Holdener made her World Cup debut in Sölden in October 2010, and attained her first podium in March 2013, a second place in slalom at Ofterschwang. In 2016, she gained her first two World Cup victories and won the crystal globe title in the combined discipline.[6]

Holdener's first win in a World Cup slalom came in November 2022 at Killington, shared with Anna Swenn-Larsson, after thirty previous podiums in the discipline without a victory. Another win came two weeks later at Sestriere, Italy.

Holdener finished the season in seventh place overall in the 2023 season[7] and second in Slalom.[8]

World Cup results

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
2016Combined
2018Combined

Season standings

thumb|Holdener celebrates podium finish in Slalom in 2023 with Shiffrin & Vlhová.

Season
AgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
DownhillCombinedParallel
1789 38 49 27 rowspan="9"
1867 31 19
1920 6 42 33
2029 10 35 12
2122 8 46 52 7
223301
233533
242822391
253
2613
27rowspan=4 20
2846
29721724rowspan=2
3020729

Race podiums

thumb|Holdener skiing in 2023.

Season
DateLocationDisciplinePlace
2013 10 March 2013 Ofterschwang, Germany 2nd
2015 29 December 2014 Kühtai, Austria Slalom 3rd
2016 29 December 2015 Lienz, Austria Slalom 2nd
23 February 2016 Stockholm, Sweden 1st
28 February 2016 Soldeu, Andorra Combined2nd
6 March 2016 Jasná, Slovakia Slalom 2nd
13 March 2016    Lenzerheide, Switzerland Combined 1st
2017 12 November 2016 Levi, Finland Slalom 2nd
27 November 2016 Killington, USA Slalom 3rd
11 December 2016 Sestriere, Italy Slalom 3rd
29 December 2016 Semmering, Austria Slalom 3rd
8 January 2017 Maribor, Slovenia Slalom 2nd
10 January 2017 Flachau, Austria Slalom 3rd
2018 12 November 2017 Levi, Finland Slalom 3rd
28 December 2017 Lienz, Austria Slalom 2nd
1 January 2018 Oslo, Norway City event 2nd
3 January 2018 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 2nd
7 January 2018 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom 3rd
26 January 2018 align=left rowspan=2   Lenzerheide, Switzerland Combined 1st
28 January 2018 Slalom 3rd
30 January 2018 Stockholm, Sweden City event 2nd
3 March 2018 3rd
10 March 2018 Ofterschwang, Germany Slalom 2nd
17 March 2018 Åre, Sweden Slalom 2nd
2019 9 December 2018    St. Moritz, Switzerland 3rd
Semmering, Austria Slalom 3rd
1 January 2019 Oslo, Norway City event 3rd
5 January 2019 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 3rd
2 February 2019 Maribor, Slovenia Slalom 3rd
24 February 2019    Crans-Montana, Switzerland Combined 3rd
9 March 2019 Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic Slalom 2nd
16 March 2019 Soldeu, Andorra Slalom 2nd
2020 23 November 2019 Levi, Finland Slalom 2nd
17 December 2019 Courchevel, France 3rd
12 January 2020 Altenmarkt, Austria Combined 2nd
9 February 2020 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Super-G 3rd
15 February 2020 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 3rd
16 February 2020 Slalom 2nd
2021 12 January 2021 Flachau, Austria Slalom 3rd
6 March 2021 Jasná, Slovakia Slalom 3rd
13 March 2021 Åre, Sweden Slalom 3rd
2022 28 November 2021 Killington, USA Slalom3rd
9 January 2022 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom 2nd
202320 November 2022 Levi, Finland Slalom 2nd
27 November 2022 Killington, USA Slalom 1st
11 December 2022 Sestriere, Italy Slalom 1st
28 January 2023 Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic Slalom 3rd
11 March 2023 Åre, Sweden Slalom 2nd
202426 November 2023 Killington, USA Slalom 3rd

World Championship results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
slalom
DownhillCombinedParallelTeam Event
17rowspan="5" 5
199
214
234
251
274
295

Olympic results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombinedTeam event
20
24 1
28

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wendy Holdener Biography. fis-ski.com. 7 March 2022.
  2. Web site: Wendy Holdener Profile. olympics.com. 7 March 2022.
  3. Web site: Team, Mixed - Date 24 February 2018. olympedia.org. 7 March 2022.
  4. Web site: Wendy Holdener Olympic Profile NBC Olympics . 2022-04-09 . www.nbcolympics.com . en.
  5. Web site: Associated Press . 2021-03-19 . Wendy Holdener, Olympic medalist Alpine skier, out of World Cup Finals . 2022-04-09 . OlympicTalk NBC Sports . en-US.
  6. Web site: Hometown hero Wendy Holdener takes combined globe in Lenzerheide. skiracing.com. 13 March 2016. 7 March 2022.
  7. Web site: CUP STANDINGS WORLD CUP Season 2023 Women Overall. fis-ski.com. 11 March 2023.
  8. Web site: CUP STANDINGS WORLD CUP Season 2023 Women Slalom. fis-ski.com. 7 April 2024.