Carina Raich

Stecher Carina Raich ( born March 14, 1979 in Arzl ) is a former Austrian alpine skier. Your special discipline was the slalom. She is the sister of Skirennläufers Benjamin Raich.

Career

Raich showed in collective training as youngsters like talent as her brother Benjamin. She graduated from the Skigymnasium in Stams, after winning the Austrian Youth Championships in slalom she was included in the squad of the Austrian Ski 1996. In the winter of 1996/97 it was first thrown back by an injury and could incur no races throughout the season. After a fourth place finish in the slalom at the Austrian championship in 1998 and a number of good placings in FIS races and European Cup races she gave in December 2000 in Sestriere her debut in the World Cup. With room 24 she took her first points also equal.

Three months later she was at the 2001 World Championships in St. Anton ninth in the slalom. In November 2001, she finally took the third place in the slalom at Copper Mountain one their only podium finish in the World Cup. The last highlight of her career was the participation in the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, where she was eliminated in the slalom by rank 15 in the first round in the second run. After several injury-related disabilities breaks their athletic development. Finally, she explained the beginning of 2005 their retirement from ski racing.

Private

Carina Raich studied since 2006 at the Management Center Innsbruck corporate management in the tourism and leisure industry. June 7, 2008, she is married to Olympic gold medalist in Nordic combined Mario Stecher. They have two sons together.

Sporting successes

World Championships

  • St. Anton 2001: 9 Slalom

World Cup

  • A podium two more times in the top ten

Other successes

  • Three top ten performances at the European
  • Four top ten results in the Nor- Am Cup
  • 3 wins in FIS races
Arzl im Pitztal Slalom skiing FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2001
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