Nicole Schmidhofer
Nicole " Nici " Schmidhofer ( born March 15, 1989 in Friesach) is an Austrian alpine skier from Schoenberg Lachtal in Styria. She drives for the Ski Club Union SC Schoenberg Lachtal and starts in the World Cup mainly in the disciplines of downhill and Super -G.
Biography
At the Junior World Championships 2007 in Altenmarkt and Flachau Schmidhofer was two -time junior world champion in super-G and giant slalom, won the silver medal in the combination and the bronze medal in the downhill. Then she could mid-March 2007 at the season finale in Lenzerheide their first two races in the World Cup contest and get to 14th place in the Super G their first World Cup points. On 28 and 29 March 2007, she won the Austrian Championships in Downhill and Super -G.
In the 2007 /08 season Schmidhofer went in two World Cup downhill at the start and took it to No. 28 in St. Anton their only World Cup points. Things went better, however, in the European Cup, where Schmidhofer with the downhill at Tarvisio won her first race and also each third in the downhill and super-G in Caspoggio was. Result, it obtained in the 2007/08 season ranked third in the downhill standings and fourth in the super-G standings. In the 2008 /09 season she came in the World Cup except at the season finale in all Downhill and Super - G for use and could be in the Super- G classify four times among the fastest 20. In March 2009, she was the second time Austrian Champion in the Super -G.
Your best for over three years World Cup result reached Schmidhofer on 20 December 2009 at the Super G in Val d'Isere, which she finished at the same time Kathrin Zettel and Anna Fenninger in twelfth place. In the 2009/10 season, this was their only place in the top 20 at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010, she started in the Super- G, but did not finish. In the season 2010/11, Schmid Hofer's best World Cup results, the locations 14 and 15 in downhill and super -G of Altenmarkt, while only rarely went into the top 30. From mid- January to mid-February, it was because of an inner band snag in his right knee, which she had suffered in downhill training in Cortina d' Ampezzo, participate in any race. After the 2011 season Schmidhofer rose after five years in the A-team in the B-team of the Austrian Ski Federation from.
Because of a fall during downhill training in Zermatt end of September 2011 ( undisplaced fracture of the left ankle bone and hamstring on the right hamstring ) was sidelined until the new year Schmidhofer in the season 2011 /12. Then she reached the 13th place in the World Cup downhill in St. Moritz 19 and Sochi ( Krasnaya Polyana ). However, she was released in spring 2012 from the cadres of the Austrian Ski Federation, which is why she had to prepare at its own expense for the next season in summer 2012.
After good performances in training Schmidhofer got in the 2012/13 season also the possibility to take part in World Cup races. She ran until mid- January twice into the top 20, before her second place in the Super G in Cortina d' Ampezzo surprisingly succeeded in her first World Cup podium place on 20 January 2013.
Achievements
World Championships
- Schladming 2013: 11 Super -G
Junior World Championships
- Flachau / Altenmarkt 2007: 1 Super -G, Giant Slalom 1st, 2nd combination, 3rd exit, 29 Slalom
- Formigal 2008: 9 Super -G, Giant Slalom 11
- Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2009: 3rd exit, 9 Super -G
World Cup
- 7 placings in the top ten, including two podiums
European Cup
- Season 2007/ 08: 3rd exit rating, 4 Super -G standings
- 4 podiums, including one victory:
Other successes
- Austrian Champion in Downhill and Super- G 2007 2007 and 2009
- 7 wins in FIS races