Blanca Fernández Ochoa
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Blanca Fernández Ochoa (22 April 1963 – August 2019)[1] was a World Cup alpine ski racer from Spain. Born in Madrid, she competed in four Winter Olympics, from 1980 through 1992.
Career
Her four siblings all competed in alpine ski racing for Spain in the Winter Olympics: Dolores, Francisco, Juan Manuel, and Luis. Francisco (1950-2006) won the gold medal in slalom at the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.[citation needed]
She received the Premio Reina Sofía for best athlete in 1983 and 1988 by
]During her
On July 18, 1991, she married Italian Daniel Fioretto in the Monastery of El Escorial. They ended up divorcing and she contracted a second marriage with David Fresneda, with whom she had two children, David (born 2000) and Olivia (born 1999), although this marriage also ended in divorce.[5] The children live with their father.[1]
She was reported as missing on 23 August 2019
World Cup results
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Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1982 |
18 | 55 | — | 28 | not run | — | — |
1983 |
19 | 27 | 26 | — | not awarded |
— | — |
1984 |
20 | 36 | 27 | 19 | — | — | |
1985 |
21 | 10 | 16 | 7 | — | 8 | |
1986 |
22 | 31 | — | 10 | 31 | — | 19 |
1987 |
23 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 9 | — | — |
1988 |
24 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | — | 9 |
1989 |
25 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 26 | — | — |
1990 |
26 | injured, did not compete | |||||
1991 |
27 | 10 | 3 | 17 | — | — | — |
1992 |
28 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 53 | — | — |
Points were only awarded for top ten finishes thru 1979, top 15 thru 1991 (see scoring system).
Race victories
- 4 wins (1 GS, 3 SL)
- 20 podiums (12 GS, 8 SL), 69 top tens
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
1985 |
3 March 1985 |  Vail, USA |
Giant slalom |
1988 |
26 November 1987 |  Sestriere, Italy |
Slalom |
1991 |
22 December 1990 |  Morzine, France |
Slalom |
1992 |
1 December 1991 | Lech , Austria |
Slalom |
World Championship results
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| Year | Location | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1980 |
Lake Placid, United States | 16 | 18 | ||||
| 1982 | Schladming, Austria | 18 | |||||
| 1985 | Bormio, Italy | 21 | 14 | 9 | DNF | ||
| 1987 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | 23 | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 1989 | Vail, United States | 25 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 1991 | Saalbach, Austria | 27 | DNF |
From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.
At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).
Olympic results
|
| Year | Location | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Lake Placid, United States | 16 | — | 18 | not run |
— | not run |
| 1984 | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia | 20 | DNF2 | 6 | — | ||
| 1988 | Calgary, Canada | 24 | 5 | DNF2 | 21 | — | — |
| 1992 | Albertville, France | 28 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — |
See also
- List of solved missing person cases
- List of Olympic medalist families
References
- ^ a b La Policía descarta la muerte accidental y violenta de Blanca Fernández Ochoa , elconfidencial.com, 4 September 2019
- Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. Archived from the originalon 8 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- mundodeportivo.com. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ Pacor, Matteo (15 March 2008). "Blanca Fernández-Ochoa". ski-db.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ Verdades, mentiras y muchas incógnitas en la desaparición de Blanca Fernández Ochoa, elcierredigital.com 3. September 2019
- . 1 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ Durán, Luis F.; Alsedo, Quico (4 September 2019). "Hallan muerta a Blanca Fernández Ochoa". El Mundo.
- Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A.4 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- Unidad Editorial Información General, S.L.U. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- Vocento. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A.4 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
External links
- Blanca Fernandez-Ochoa at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Blanca Fernandez-Ochoa World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Blanca Fernandez Ochoa at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Blanca Fernández Ochoa at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)