Jeanette Kessler

Jeanette Anne Kessler ( born October 4, 1908 in Aberdeenshire, † 1972) was a British alpine skier. She is two-time medal winner at the World Ski Championships.

Biography

A native of Scotland Kessler was a member of the Ladies' Ski Club in the Swiss ski resort of Mürren. In the early days of Damenskirennsports at the beginning of the 1930s she was one of the defining athletes. At the first World Ski Championships in 1931, she won the bronze medal in the slalom. This success could be repeated at the World Championships in 1933 in Innsbruck with a third place in the combined score two years later.

In 1934 she won the Arlberg - Kandahar race in St. Anton the departure and the combination. At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch -Partenkirchen, where for the first time alpine competitions were on the program, it was the eighth combination rating.

In 1959 she married the former presidents of different skiers and ski clubs James Riddell. With him, she published the Guide Ski Holidays in the Alps.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 1936: 8 combination

World Championships

  • Murren 1931: 3rd Slalom, 4th exit
  • Innsbruck 1933: 3 combination, 4th slalom, downhill 5
  • St. Moritz 1934: 5th exit, 5 combination, 9 slalom
  • Murren 1935: 9 Slalom
  • Innsbruck 1936: 7 Departure, 7 combination, 8 Slalom
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