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Medal record
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Anita Wachter (born 12 February 1967) is a former
giant slalom.[1]
Biography
Born in
1994). She was the gold medalist in the combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics,[3] and won two silver medals in 1992 (combined and giant slalom). Wachter also won five medals at the World Championships; she represented Austria in three Olympics, twice also as flag bearer (1992 and 1994)[4]
and eight World Championships.
Wachter retired from competition after the
2001 season with 19 World Cup wins (14 Giant slalom, 2 Super G, 1 Slalom, 2 Combined), attained 76 podiums, and had 175 top ten finishes. She is living together with her longtime companion Rainer Salzgeber
; they have two daughters.
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1985 |
18 | 89 | — | 44 | — | — | — |
1986 |
19 | 17 | 40 | 8 | 7 | — | 15 |
1987 |
20 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 23 | — |
1988 |
21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 2 |
1989 |
22 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | — | — |
1990 |
23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | — | 1 |
1991 |
24 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 11 | — | 9 |
1992 |
25 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 27 | 52 | 3 |
1993 |
26 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 1 |
1994 |
27 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | — | 7 |
1995 |
28 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 31 | — |
1996 |
29 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 1 |
1997 |
30 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 32 | 3 |
1998 |
31 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 39 | — | 12 |
1999 |
32 | 8 | 18 | 2 | — | — | — |
2000 |
33 | 16 | 26 | 3 | — | — | — |
2001 |
34 | 51 | 26 | 29 | — | — | — |
Season titles
- 1 Overall, 2 Giant slalom
| Season | Discipline |
|---|---|
1990 |
Giant slalom |
1993 |
Overall |
1994 |
Giant slalom |
Race victories
- 19 wins: (14 Giant slalom, 2 Super G, 1 Slalom, 2 Combined)
- 76 podiums
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
1988 |
30 Nov 1987 |  Courmayeur, Italy |
Slalom |
1990 |
9 Aug 1989 |  Las Leñas, Argentina |
Super G
|
| 3 Dec 1989 |  Vail, USA |
Giant slalom
| |
1991 |
10 Feb 1991 |  Zwiesel, Germany |
Giant slalom |
1993 |
5 Dec 1992 | Steamboat Springs, USA |
Giant slalom |
| 17 Jan 1993 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
Combined | |
1994 |
31 Oct 1993 |  Sölden, Austria |
Giant slalom |
| 26 Nov 1993 | Santa Caterina, Italy |
Giant slalom | |
| 16 Jan 1994 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
Giant slalom | |
1995 |
7 Jan 1995 | Haus im Ennstal, Austria |
Super G |
| 23 Jan 1995 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
Giant slalom | |
| 18 Feb 1995 | Åre, Sweden |
Giant slalom | |
1996 |
17 Dec 1995 | St. Anton , Austria |
Combined |
| 31 Jan 1996 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
Giant slalom | |
1999 |
27 Dec 1998 | Semmering, Austria |
Giant slalom |
| 2 Jan 1999 | Maribor, Slovenia |
Giant slalom | |
| 24 Feb 1999 |  Åre, Sweden |
Giant slalom | |
| 13 Mar 1999 |  Sierra Nevada, Spain |
Giant slalom | |
2000 |
28 Dec 1999 | Lienz, Austria |
Giant slalom |
World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 20 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| 1989 | 22 | — | 13 | 9 | — | 5 |
| 1991 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 3 | — | — |
| 1993 | 26 | — | 2 | 6 | — | 3 |
| 1996 | 29 | DNF1 | 4 | 16 | — | 2 |
| 1997 | 30 | 22 | 4 | — | — | 10 |
| 1999 | 32 | 9 | 3 | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 34 | — | DNF1 | — | — | — |
Olympic results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 20 | — | 7 | 5 |
— | 1 |
| 1992 | 24 | — | 2 | 9 |
— | 2 |
| 1994 | 26 | — | 4 | 9 |
— | — |
| 1998 | 30 | — | — | — |
— | — |
References
- ^ "Anita Wachter profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Wachter wins World Cup title". Bangor Daily News. Maine. Associated Press. 29 March 1993. p. 11.
- ^ "Men's downhill finds a new star". Milwaukee Journal. (Los Angeles Times). 22 February 1988. p. 4C.
- OlyMADMen. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
External links
- Anita Wachter at FIS (alpine)
- Anita Wachter at Olympedia
- Anita Wachter at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Mountain Zone.com – profile – Anita Wachter
- http://www.montafon.com/Anita-Wachter Archived 2003-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
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