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Hanni Wenzel

Hanni Wenzel
Personal information
Born (1956-12-14) 14 December 1956 (age 68)
Straubing, Bavaria,
West Germany
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesGiant slalom, slalom, combined, downhill, super-G
World Cup debut1 March 1972 (age 15)
RetiredMarch 1984 (age 27)
Websitewwp-group.com
Olympics
Teams2 – (1976, 1980)
Medals4 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams5 – (197482)
includes two Olympics
Medals9 (4 gold)
World Cup
Seasons13 – (197284)
Wins33
Podiums89
Overall titles2 – (1978, 1980)
Discipline titles5 – (2 GS, 1 SL, 2 K)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Liechtenstein
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Slalom 11 11 10
Giant slalom 12 9 9
Downhill 2 0 3
Super-G 0 1 0
Combined 8 4 9
Total 33 25 31
International competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 1 1
World Championships 4 3 2
Total 6 4 3
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Lake Placid Giant slalom
Gold medal – first place 1980 Lake Placid Slalom
Silver medal – second place 1980 Lake Placid Downhill
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Innsbruck Slalom
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1974 St. Moritz Slalom
Gold medal – first place 1980 Lake Placid Combined
Silver medal – second place 1974 St. Moritz Combined
Silver medal – second place 1978 Garmisch Combined
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Innsbruck Combined

Hannelore (Hanni) Wenzel[1] (born 14 December 1956) is a retired Liechtensteiner alpine ski racer. Wenzel is a former Olympic, World Cup, and world champion. She won Liechtenstein's first-ever Olympic medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, and its first two Olympic gold medals four years later in Lake Placid, New York.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Alpine skiing: Weirather to miss Olympic Games through injury". Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). vancouver2010.com. 23 January 2010
  2. ^ Steamboat Today: Olympic history: Winter games in the 1980s. steamboatpilot.com/ 13 February 2010
  3. ^ Hanni Wenzel Archived 28 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine. The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games]
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hanni Wenzel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 27 January 2011.

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