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Anna Veith (née Fenninger; born 18 June 1989) is an Austrian former
Born in
Ski racing
2006–2010: World Cup Debut and first success
In the 2006 Junior World Championships, Veith (née Fenninger) won the gold in the super-G, silver in the downhill, and finished fifth in the slalom.
On 11 November
After another top 20 placing, she improved again on 22 December 2007 in
In the
In the next season, Veith had three top 10 finishes. At the 2010 Winter Olympics she placed 16th in the super-G and the super combined events, and 25th in the downhill.
2011: World Champion
The
2012–2013: first World Cup victories, bronze medal in Schladming
In late December
At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Veith won bronze in the giant slalom.
In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished third behind Tina Maze and Maria Höfl-Riesch.
2014: Sochi Olympics and World Cup overall title
The
In the next three races after the Olympics, Veith had a runner-up finish and two wins, which gave her 280 more points and temporary lead over Höfl-Riesch. in the World Cup overall standings. Höfl-Riesch. regained the lead after the slalom at Åre, but was injured in the downhill at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide. The next day, Veith secured her first World Cup overall title with a runner-up finish in the super-G.[8] She won the season-ending giant slalom to clinch the crystal globe for that discipline as well. Veith was runner-up for the season in both speed events, downhill and super-G and finished with four World Cup victories and eleven podiums. Including the Olympics, she had five wins and thirteen podiums during the 2014 season.
2015: World Championships and World Cup titles
Veith had her most successful World Championships to date winning gold medals in the Super-G and GS and a silver in the downhill. Following the World Championships she continued her form in the World Cup. On 19 January she had trailed
Three days before the opening race of the 2015–16 season (Giant slalom at
In January 2016 she announced former tennis player Florian Krumrey as her new manager.[11]
2018: Pyeongchang Olympics
Veith attempted to defend her 2014 Super-G gold medal, ultimately winning the silver medal in PyeongChang behind Czech skier Ester Ledecká in a major upset.
2019: Another injury
On 12 January 2019 she suffered another cruciate ligament tear during training in Pozza di Fassa (Trentino), although she had not even fallen. She had to cancel the season and thereby also missed the World Championships.[12]
Retirement
Veith announced her retirement from the sport on 13 May 2020.[13]
Conservation efforts
Veith supports the non-profit organisation Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), whose mission is to be the world's resource charged with protecting the cheetahs and ultimately ensuring its future on our planet. Her racehelmet has a cheetah design, and as an ambassador of this organisation she was publishing several videos and photographs with herself in cheetah design,[14][15] with the aim of raising awareness that they are almost extinct.
From 2013 to 2015, Veith was also a partner of the Austrian non-profit organisation Build an Ark - engaged in wildlife conservation for many years - in order to create a long-term effect for the Cheetah project. The cooperation of a top-athlete and a wildlife conservation association, themed "top-class sports meets wildlife conservation" was intended to raise awareness of the cheetah's plight and of society's role in its long-term survival.[16]
Personal life
She was born in Hallein, Austria, to parents Peter and Martina Fenninger, and later settled in Salzburg. On 16 April 2016, she married her longtime boyfriend, former snowboarder Manuel Veith.[17] In February 2021 Veith announced that the couple is expecting their first child together.
In early November 2016 she published her autobiography, Zwischenzeit ("meantime"). The book primarily covers her career through the years and her experience of being unable to compete due to a prolonged injury.[18]
World Cup results
Season titles
- 4 titles – (2 overall, 2 Giant slalom) + 1 Combined (unofficial)
Season | |
Discipline | |
2014 |
Overall |
Giant slalom | |
2015 |
Overall |
Giant slalom | |
Combined A |
A Unofficial, combined was not awarded from seasons 2013 to 2015.
Season standings
Season | |||||||
Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
2007 |
17 | 108 | — | 40 | — | — | — |
2008 |
18 | 60 | — | 52 | 32 | — | 14 |
2009 |
19 | 20 | 39 | 52 | 15 | 21 | 7 |
2010 |
20 | 26 | — | — | 13 | 26 | 6 |
2011 |
21 | 12 | 59 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
2012 |
22 | 5 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 8 |
2013 |
23 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
2014 |
24 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
2015 |
25 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
2016 |
26 | knee injury in October: out for season | |||||
2017 |
27 | 74 | — | 48 | 26 | 45 | — |
2018 |
28 | 15 | — | 33 | 3 | 12 | — |
2019 |
29 | 39 | — | 18 | 26 | 34 | — |
Race victories
Season | |||
Date | Location | Discipline | |
2012 |
28 Dec 2011 | Lienz, Austria | Giant slalom |
2013 |
28 Dec 2012 | Semmering, Austria | Giant slalom |
3 Mar 2013 | Garmsich-Partenkirchen, Germany | Super-G | |
9 Mar 2013 | Ofterschwang, Germany | Giant slalom | |
2014 |
28 Dec 2013 | Lienz, Austria | Giant slalom |
6 Mar 2014 | Åre , Sweden |
Giant slalom | |
7 Mar 2014 | Giant slalom | ||
16 Mar 2014 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Giant slalom | |
2015 |
25 Oct 2014 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom |
21 Feb 2015 | Maribor , Slovenia |
Giant slalom | |
1 Mar 2015 | Bansko, Bulgaria | Super combined | |
2 Mar 2015 | Super-G | ||
13 Mar 2015 | Åre, Sweden | Giant slalom | |
22 Mar 2015 | Méribel, France | Giant slalom | |
2018 |
17 Dec 2017 | Val d'Isere , France |
Super-G |
World Championship results
Year | ||||||
Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
2009 | 19 | 32 | — | 4 | DNF | 7 |
2011 | 21 | — | — | 5 | 17 | 1 |
2013 | 23 | — | 3 | DNF | 11 | DNF2 |
2015 | 25 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
2017 | 27 | — | 22 | DNF | — | — |
Olympic results
Year | ||||||
Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
2010 | 20 | — | — | 16 | 25 | 16 |
2014 | 24 | — | 2 | 1 | DNF | 8 |
2018 | 28 | — | 12 | 2 | — | — |
Awards
- Austrian Sportswoman of the Year, Newcomer of the Year — 2011
- Austrian Sportswoman of the Year — 2013, 2014, 2015
- Skieur d'Or — 2014, 2015
- Laureus Award, Sportswoman of the Year — 2015 (Nominated)
- Women's Sports Foundation, Sportswoman of the Year — 2015 (Nominated)[19]
- Polish Press Agency, European Sportswoman of the Year — 2015 (Nominated)[20]
- Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria — 2016[21]
References
- ^ Williams, Eric (11 February 2011). "Fenninger takes World Champs gold in Super Combined". Ski Racing. Archived from the original on 14 February 2011.
- ^ Williams, Eric (28 December 2011). "Fenninger takes first career World Cup win at home in Lienz GS, Vonn fifth". Ski Racing. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014.
- ^ Mintz, Geoff (28 December 2012). "Fenninger earns first win of season on home snow, Shiffrin her career best GS". Ski Racing. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014.
- ^ Mintz, Geoff (3 March 2013). "Mancuso third in Garmsich-Partenkirchen, as Fenninger knocks the German into runner-up position". Ski Racing. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014.
- ^ Mintz, Geoff (15 February 2014). "Fenninger, Höfl-Riesch. and Hosp survive DNFs for medals in SG". Ski Racing. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ "Austrian Anna Fenninger wins women's Super-G Gold at Sochi". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ Mintz, Geoff (18 February 2014). "Maze shines in rainy Russia". Ski Racing. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ Dunbar, Graham (13 March 2014). "Austrian skier Anna Fenninger wins overall World Cup title; Lara Gut wins super-G". U.S. News. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "Fenninger wins again, surges to lead in overall standings". Ski Racing.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ "Fenninger shines in winner-takes-all showdown with Maze". Ski Racing.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ "Fenninger: Neustart mit Wulff-Manager" (in German). oe24.at. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Veith erleidet wieder Kreuzbandriss" (in German). orf.at. 12 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ Raffeiner, Andreas (13 May 2020). "Rücktritt: Olympiasiegerin Anna Veith beendet ihre Karriere". SkiWeltCup.tv (in German). Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Super-G gold medalist Anna Fenninger wants to help cheetahs (Video)". 15 February 2014. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Anna Fenninger im Skiweltcup.TV Interview: "Geparden und ich haben viel gemeinsam!"" (in German). 15 June 2014. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Anna Fenninger at Build-an-Ark" (in German). Archived from the original on 21 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ "Anna Fenninger weds in private, changes last name to Veith". SkiRacing.com. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Anna Veith spricht über ihr "Baby"". kleinezeitung.at. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Anna Fenninger für "Sportswoman of the year" nominiert". diepresse.com. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Djokovic ist "Europas Sportler des Jahres" - Fenninger und Hirscher in Top 10". nachrichten.at. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Kanzleramtsminister Ostermayer überreicht Anna Veith das Große Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich". ots.at. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
External links
- Anna Veith at FIS (alpine)
- Anna Veith at Olympics.com
- Anna Veith at Olympedia
- Anna Veith at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Official website (in German)
- Anna Veith fan club (in German)
- Austrian Ski team (ÖSV) – official site – Anna Veith (in German)
- Head Skis – athletes – Anna Veith