Monika Bader

Monika Bader ( born March 9, 1959 in Trauchgau ) is a former German ski racer. It belonged to the late 1970s, briefly the strongest Abfahrerinnen the German Ski Association.

Bader grew up in the Allgäu. Skiing she learned on a ski hill in the immediate vicinity of their parents' house. At the age of ten she played her first race. After some successes at junior level she succeeded in 1975 at the age of 16 made ​​it into the German national ski team. At the Junior European Championships 1976 in Kranjska Gora, she won the bronze medal in the downhill.

In the World Cup Bader managed the only place their career on the podium in December 1977 Downhill skiing in Val d'Isere, in which they drove to third place. Until 1980 she was also placed at the World Cup race three more times in the top ten. In addition, she won in 1978 at the World Ski Championships in Garmisch -Partenkirchen, ranked 10 in the downhill, was the European Cup winner and German Vice-Champion in their specialized discipline. In 1980 she took part in the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. She was injured in the winter of 1980 so severely that she had to end her career prematurely.