Marie-Theres Nadig

Marie -Theres " Maite " Nadig ( born March 8, 1954 in Flums ) is a former Swiss ski racer. She was particularly successful in the disciplines of downhill, giant slalom and combined in the 1970s and early 1980s. However, they do often stood in the shadow of its rival Austrian Annemarie Moser- Pröll. In total, she won 24 World Cup races; in the season 1980/81 she decided also the Appreciation for themselves. Her greatest success was winning the downhill and giant slalom gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games 1972 in Sapporo. A downhill bronze was added in Lake Placid at the Olympic Winter Games in 1980. After her retirement from professional racing in 1981 it was two decades working as a trainer, first in Liechtenstein, later in Switzerland.

Skiing career

The daughter of an architect grew up with four siblings in Flumserberg, where she learned to ski. For the first time she made a stir in 1970 when she won the title in the giant slalom, slalom, and in combination with the Swiss Junior Championships. In the winter of 1970/71 she was accepted into the national team and contested the first race in the World Cup. On 3 December 1971, she took in sixth departure in St. Moritz first World Cup points. Six weeks later, the giant slalom in Grindelwald, the first podium finish, which they qualified for the 1972 Winter Olympics secured.

In Sapporo Nadig won a complete surprise the Olympic gold medal in the downhill and giant slalom, while she let each of the current as a favorite Annemarie Moser -Pröll behind. The Olympic victories were regarded as a world title. Their first World Cup season ended Nadig in fifth overall. Because of these achievements, she was elected Athlete of the Year.

Nadig was unable to repeat their previous performance in the winter of 1972 /73, the best result was a third place at the end of the season in Mont Sainte -Anne. In the winter of 1973/74 she went much more consistent, with a second place at the departure of Silberkrug race in Bad Gastein best result. But a World Cup victory remained out. Disappointing the 1974 World Cup in St. Moritz, when she went on the descent to fifth place and was eliminated in the giant slalom.

The first World Cup win was Nadig on January 24, 1975, when she won the downhill in the Axamer Lizum at Innsbruck - it was the dress rehearsal for the Olympic race the following year. End of the season was followed by another victory in Jackson Hole. The 1975/76 season began still promising with two third places, but then Nadig fell behind their usual level of performance and could not benefit from the fact that their biggest competitor Moser -Pröll was missing all winter. At the Olympic Winter Games in 1976 she missed the exit because of high fever. Well again, she finished fifth in the giant slalom.

Much better was the 1976/77 season with several podium finishes and the first victory in a combined score. The winter of 1977/78 began with a promising downhill victory in Val d'Isere, but then again followed rather mediocre results. Again, no medal she won at the 1978 World Cup in Garmisch -Partenkirchen: In the descent she went up to fourth place in the Giant Slalom they did not reach the goal. In winter 1978/79 Nadig reach two World Cup victories, with those in the giant slalom in Furano was particularly impressive at the end of the season: Giving you the edge of 5.20 seconds for the runner- Moser -Pröll is the largest in a World Cup race at all and remained unsurpassed.

During the 1979/80 season Nadig dominated the runs almost at will. She won six of seven races and finished second once, making them the first time decided in a superior manner a World Cup discipline rating for themselves. There were two victories in the giant slalom and a combination of victory, which was enough in the standings for the third place. Because of their dominance was Nadig as the favorite for downhill victory at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, but it was behind Annemarie Moser -Pröll and Hanni Wenzel only third parties.; it was their worst result of the season in this discipline.

Nadigs dominance continued in the 1980/81 season after Moser- Pröll resignation continued. She won four runs, three giant slaloms and two combinations. Thus they secured superior to the victory in the overall standings in the giant slalom standings and in the combined score. From the International Association of Ski Journalists bullet was later awarded the Skieur d'Or. After the end of their most successful season ever Nadig lacked the motivation for the summer training, they finally declared in July 1981 her retirement from professional racing.

Trainer

Even after that remained Nadig to skiing together. As Active During her time, she had opened a shop in Flumserberg, they transformed from a sole proprietorship into a corporation in 1979. Even today, it is their Nadig Sport AG ago as President. The store they set up in the hotel of the former Skirennfahrers Edmund Brugg man. In addition, they continued their education for a ski instructor and ran his own racing school, which they later integrated into the local ski school.

Following the example of her seven- year-older brother Theo following, who was successful as a coach, Nadig also acquired a manager license. In 1986, she took over the care of the offspring Liechtenstein, where they practically had to start from scratch after the resignation of many world-class athletes. She led several athletes, including Marco Büchel, Birgit Heeb and Markus Foser at the top. After ten years, she moved to the Swiss Ski Association and oversaw the Abfahrerinnen the B squad.

1999 Nadig was finally determined as coach of the A- squad. Their main task was to Corinne Rey- Bellet build a successful team departure, which, however, only partially successful because the association had previously neglected work of young people over the years. In March 2004, Nadig took over the position of head coach of the national team. Again, they had to deal with the missing base. The season 2004/ 05 was for the Swiss ski racers the worst season ever since the introduction of the World Cup. After the team had remained at the 2005 World Series without winning a medal, Nadig was released in March 2005. In October 2005, she ended her coaching career final.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Sapporo 1972 1st exit, 1 giant slalom
  • Innsbruck 1976: 5 Giant Slalom
  • Lake Placid 1980: 3rd exit

World Championships

  • Sapporo 1972: 1 combination
  • St. Moritz 1974: 5th exit
  • Innsbruck 1976: 5 Giant Slalom
  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 1978: 4th exit
  • Lake Placid 1980: 3rd exit

Note: The Olympic competitions in 1972, 1976 and 1980 listed as World Championships.

World Cup ratings

Nadig won the 1981 World Cup, added three more victories in discipline ratings.

  • 1971/72 season: 5th overall World Cup, 3rd exit, 6 Giant Slalom
  • 1972/73 season: 9, Giant Slalom, Downhill 10
  • 1973/ 74: 6 Overall World Cup, 2nd exit, 9 Giant Slalom
  • Season 1974/75: 4th overall World Cup, 3rd exit, 10 Giant Slalom
  • 1975/76 season: 10 Downhill, Giant Slalom 10
  • 1976/ 77: 6 Overall World Cup, 3rd exit
  • 1977/ 78: 10th overall World Cup, 3rd exit
  • 1978/79 season: 5th overall World Cup, 3rd exit, 4 Giant Slalom
  • 1979/ 80: 3 Overall World Cup, 1st exit, 2nd Giant Slalom, 6 combination
  • 1980/81 season: 1 World Cup, 1 exit, 1 combination, 2nd Giant Slalom

World Cup wins

Nadig won 24 World Cup races ( 13 runs, six giant slaloms, 5 combinations ). In addition, 12 second places, 21 third places and 55 additional placements in the top ten.

Departure

Giant Slalom

Combination

Swiss Championship

Nadig was four times Swiss champion:

Awards

Source

  • World Sports Archives, Issue 46 /2001 ( Munzinger archive)
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