Christa Kinshofer
Christa " Kinsey " Kinshofer, married Christa Kinshofer Rembeck, divorced Christa Kinshofer Güthlein ( born January 24, 1961 in Munich ) is a German former alpine skier. In her career she won three Olympic medals and seven World Cup races.
Biography
Sporting career
Christa Kinshofer was the daughter of Alfred and Mary Kinshofer. She grew up with three siblings in Miesbach in Bavaria, where the parents ran a successful engineering company. As a child she went to also figure skating next to the skiing. In 1966 she became a member of the SC Judgement. As a figure skater Kinshofer was at the age of eight years, " Bambino Champion " in Munich. She gave the sport because of the increasingly tough workout on but. Instead, they focused on alpine ski racing. In 1971 she took part in major races, attended the Skigymnasium in Berchtesgaden and was repeatedly German Youth Champion. Kinshofer left school after GCSEs in order to fully concentrate on their athletic career. The first World Cup points she went with a tenth place in the slalom in the 1976/77 season.
The breakthrough in the Ski World Cup succeeded in the art specialist in the 1978/79 season when they won the second giant slalom in Val d' Isere, on the four followed by other victories and the victory of the World Cup disciplines ago from Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel. 1979 Kinshofer was voted athlete of the year. A year later she won the slalom at the Olympic Games in Lake Placid the silver medal.
On this success Kinshofer could - even injury - no longer build. After problems with the German Ski Association ( DSV) she went for three years for the Netherlands ( 1983/84-1986/87 ) at the start, before returning for season 1987/88 for DSV. At the Olympic Games in Calgary in 1988, she landed again greater success: she won silver in the giant slalom and a day later bronze in slalom, each behind the Swiss double Olympic champion Vreni Schneider. Then Christa Kinshofer ended her career. Contributed to this decision also had a disc injury.
Kinshofer was from the beginning as a "huge talent" who as her team-mates achieved good results despite lower training costs. She was criticized for multiple of their coaches, including head coach DSV Klaus Mayr, her lack of commitment accused. Her talent, in front of the camera " to sell and articulate ", earned her several endorsement deals. Throughout her career, she was by the media as the " Diva ", " Hollywood Christa" or " extroverted, Slalome ' " means.
More career
On 3 March 1988, the six-time German champion was named an honorary citizen of the city of Landshut. After her career as an athlete Kinshofer worked as a TV commentator and opened a sports fashion store in the Munich Residenz road. During her athletic career she had with her sister, the company " Kinsi modes " was founded. Later, she appeared as a book author in appearance ( Fit for Success, 2001, autobiography heroes are not rolled, 2010). To date, she has worked as a motivational trainer and speaker in the field of sports marketing and sponsorship. It organizes golf tournaments and Ski-/Snowevents, they also committed to as an ambassador for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation for Children and Youth.
Kinshofer is married since 2009 to his second wife with the orthopedic surgeon Erich Rembeck. Since then, it the double name Kinshofer Rembeck. From its first, closed in the summer of 1986 marriage to the Rosenheim entrepreneur Reinhard Güthlein she has twin daughters born in 1990. Since November 2012, she operates with her husband in the Atos Klinik München Christa Kinshofer Skiklinik.