Christiane Mitterwallner

Christiane Mitterwallner - Posch (born 10 July 1974 in Schladming ) is a former Austrian alpine skier. She won a World Cup race and a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships. She advises top athletes and executives to mental self- management topics.

Career as an athlete

Mitterwallner grew up on the Reiteralm near Schladming and therefore began very early with the skiing. In 1990 she was admitted to the junior squad of the Austrian Ski Federation ( Austrians ). After initial successes at the national level - in 1992 it was Austrian Junior Champion in Super G - she celebrated her first major success at the Junior World Championship 1993 in Monte Campione / Colere the bronze medal in the giant slalom. In January 1994, she played in Cortina d' Ampezzo her first World Cup race, but it was soon followed by a fracture of the tibial a two-year injury layoff. After good performances in the European Cup they came from the winter 1995/96 and again in the World Cup often used. Front placements were initially though of, but she could at least in the giant slalom for the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano qualify in 1998, where she finished simultaneously with the Slovenian Nataša Bokal the 20th Place.

The breakthrough to the world class managed Mitterwallner at the beginning of the 1998/99 season, when they surprisingly won on 4 December 1998 with start number 37 the super -G in Mammoth Mountain before Renate Götschl. Repeat this victory, however, could never and also podiums they did not reach in the coming years. As the second- best World Cup results, it recorded two fourth places in the Super G in Maribor on January 2, 1999 and in the giant slalom at Berchtesgaden on January 8, 2000. Overall, they went eight times in the top ten. In the 1999 World Cup in Vail Mitterwallner finished 18th in the giant slalom and the rather disappointing 20th place in the Super -G. For the World Cup 2001, they could not qualify.

In October 2002, Mitter Wallner was due to ongoing health problems in his left knee after several injuries and 14 operations their withdrawal from ski racing known.

After sports

During her sports career Mitterwallner completed an apprenticeship. However, they decided after the completion of the ski career to follow a new path and started catching up with the Matura in the form of the university entrance exam. At the same time she enrolled in the studies communication and sports science. In addition, she worked at a local radio station Salzburg as news anchor. After some time she changed into the study of psychology and moved to Innsbruck. Shortly before graduation, she moved to Vienna in order to gain experience as a business psychologist and complete their thesis.

In addition to training for sports psychologist, she began a second study, a master program for supervision, coaching and organizational consulting, which concludes with the end of 2012. Since 2009, she is independent and advises athletes and business executives.

Sporting successes

Olympic games

  • Nagano 1998: 20 Giant Slalom

World Championships

  • Vail 1999: 18 Giant Slalom, Super -G 20

Junior World Championships

  • Maribor 1992: 5 Giant Slalom, Downhill 18
  • Monte Campione / Colere 1993: 3 Giant Slalom, Super-G, 4, 5 combination, slalom 21

World Cup

  • 8 placings in the top ten, including one victory:

European Cup

  • Season 1993/94: 6 giant slalom rating
  • 5 podiums, including two victories:

Other successes

  • Austrian Junior Champion in the Super- G in 1992
World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 1999 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2000 Alpine Skiing World Cup July 10 Nagano, Nagano FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999 Vail (Colorado) Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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