Nina Waidacher

Nina Waidacher (born 23 August 1992 Chur ) is a Swiss ice hockey player from Arosa who currently plays for the College of St. Scholastica (CSS ) in the USA.

Life and career

Nina Waidacher is the second oldest of eight children in a closely connected to the Hockey family. Even her grandfather Ludwig Waidacher senior played in the 1940s and 1950s as a defender for the EHC Arosa, with whom he was Swiss champion five times in a row. Also father Ludwig Waidacher junior gained with the EHC Arosa 1980 a league title before he moved on to study sake Zürcher SC on the 1981/82 season.

Like her seven siblings plays Nina Waidacher not only hockey, she is also a talented skier. So she went first ski race before as her older sister Monika expressed the wish to bet on the sport of ice hockey. Since the EHC Arosa had no women's team, they played with their male classmates. Because they quickly made ​​progress in this environment, it was soon appointed to the Swiss junior national squad. In 2008, she played with sister Monika at the U-18 World Cup in Calgary.

After compulsory education Waidacher completed a commercial apprenticeship in Arosa and attended business school in KV Chur. To continue to make progress sporty, she played in the episode for the women's team of the ZSC Lions, with whom she won the Swiss Championship 2010/11. Since 2011 she is member of the Swiss national team of women. Since 2011 Nina Waidacher plays for the team, College of St. Scholastica (CSS ) in Duluth, where she was appointed, together with sister Monika All-Star team of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association ( NCHA ), 2012. In the same year she chose the American Hockey Coaches Association ( AHCA ), due to their exceptional qualities scorer in choosing the best two West Region CCM Women 's Hockey All-American teams. In the years 2011 and 2012, she represented Switzerland at the IIHF World Women's Championship, where she reached the third place in 2012. 2014 Nina won Waidacher at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, the bronze medal.

Varia

In the U -18 national team Nina Waidacher had in 2009 and 2010 held the position of assistant captains. The eldest brother Thomas Waidacher (* 1996) is in the squad of the U- 17 national team (2012 /13).

Nina Waidacher belongs with her ​​grandfather and father as well as the younger sister Isabel to the few family members of the ice hockey that could be reached in three consecutive generations at least one national championship.

Awards and achievements

National

  • 2011 Swiss champion with the ZSC Lions

Internationally

  • 2012 bronze medal at the World Championships
  • 2012 Member of the all-star teams in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association ( NCHA )
  • 2012 appointment to the selection of the two best teams in the West Region CCM Women 's Hockey All-American
  • 2014 bronze medal at the Winter Olympics

Career Stats

Nina Waidacher represented Switzerland at:

  • World Cup 2011
  • World Cup 2012
  • 2014 Winter Olympics
August 23 Defender (association football) Switzerland women's national ice hockey team Duluth (Minnesota) Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship
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