Michaela Dorfmeister (born 25 March 1973) is an Austrian former alpine ski racer who competed in the Olympic Games and World Cup. Her specialities were both the downhill and the super-G disciplines, although she skied in and had success in giant slalom.
Biography Born in Vienna, Dorfmeister is the only daughter of a butcher by trade, and lived in Vienna until she was age six. She later studied at the Schladming ski academy, which has produced many of Austria's skiing greats.
Dorfmeister raced her first international season in 1983 and entered her first World Cup race in 1991 at Serre Chevalier coming 26. Her first podium place was in 1995 at the St. Anton downhill which she won. This was followed by a total of 25 victories (7 in downhill, 10 in super-G and 8 in giant slalom)
In 2000, she won the giant slalom World Cup, and in 2002 the overall World Cup. She won two more speciality World Cups, in 2003 (downhill) and 2005 (super-G). At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the downhill and super-G races.
Dorfmeister's win in the Hafjell super-G on 3 March 2006 made her the oldest woman to win a World Cup race.
World Cup results Season titles SeasonDiscipline2000Giant slalom2002Overall2003Downhill2005Super-G2006DownhillSuper-G
Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1992 18 103 — — 55 47 — 1993 19 117 — — — 49 — 1994 20 95 — — 44 52 — 1995 21 18 — 23 16 13 9 1996 22 9 — 12 6 8 7 1997 23 39 — 27 20 29 — 1998 24 33 — — 16 16 20 1999 25 6 47 — 2 3 4 2000 26 2 — 1 7 7 5 2001 27 5 — 3 5 9 6 2002 281 — 2 3 2 2 2003 29 4 — 9 5 1 7 2004 30 6 — 10 3 5 — 2005 31 4 — 12 1 3 15 2006 323 — 12 1 1 14
Race victories 25 wins (7 DH, 10 SG, 8 GS) 64 podiums Date Location Discipline16 December 1995 St. Anton Downhill6 March 1999 St. Moritz Super-G4 December 1999 Serre-Chevalier Giant slalom9 December 1999 Val-d'Isère Giant slalom5 January 2000 Maribor Giant slalom8 January 2000Berchtesgaden Giant slalom11 February 2000 Santa Caterina Super-G24 November 2000 Aspen Super-G9 December 2000 Sestriere Giant slalom27 October 2001 Sölden Giant slalom19 January 2002 Berchtesgaden Giant slalom31 January 2002 Åre Giant slalom6 March 2002 Altenmarkt Downhill7 March 2002 Altenmarkt Super-G21 December 2002 Lenzerheide Downhill1 March 2003 Innsbruck Downhill5 December 2004 Lake Louise Super-G6 January 2005 Santa Caterina Downhill16 January 2005 Cortina d'Ampezzo Downhill19 February 2005 Åre Super-G11 March 2005 Lenzerheide Super-G18 December 2005 Val-d'Isère Super-G20 January 2006 St. Moritz Super-G21 January 2006 St. Moritz Downhill3 March 2006 Hafjell Super-G
World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1996 22 — 9 29 11 12 1997 23 — 17 8 16 12 1999 25 — — 3 2 6 2001 27 — 8 24 1 — 2003 29 — 4 1 12 — 2005 31 — DNF1 DNF DNF —
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1998 24 — — 2 18 — 2002 28 — 4 6 9 5 2006 32 — — 1 1 —
References
External links
Michaela Dorfmeister World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation