Resi Stiegler

Resi Stiegler ( born November 14, 1985 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming) is an American alpine skier. Your strongest disciplines are the slalom and the combination. Stiegler is considered decidedly extrovert and has the image of a bird of paradise. So they drove to the example in the slalom race with a helmet, were glued to the tiger ears of cloth, according to their nickname Tiger. Stiegler's career was repeatedly interrupted by serious injury.

Biography

Resi Stiegler is the daughter of former Austrian Skirennläufers and Olympic champion Josef Stiegler and grew up in Jackson Hole in the U.S. state of Wyoming and in Lienz in East Tyrol. She speaks several languages ​​, but no German. Even as a two year old she started skiing and drove at the age of six years first race. After successes in the field of youth she had her first start in the Nor- Am Cup in December 2000, and since November 2001 she has also repeatedly in the European Cup at the start.

Already in its second season in the Nor- Am Cup she won her first race and finished second in the slalom scoring the second place. With these services, Stiegler was allowed to start in the World Cup from the season 2002/ 03. In her first race, a slalom in Sestriere KO on December 15, 2002, she could not even qualify for the finals, but in the slalom in Lenzerheide reached a week later eleventh place. At their first World Cup in St. Moritz 2003, reaching number ten in the combination, as well as rank 19 in the slalom and at the Junior World Championship in 2003, she won the slalom and in combination with the bronze medal. In February 2004, she managed the first top- 10 finish in the World Cup and in the 2004/05 season they established themselves permanently in the slalom world leaders. In the World Cup they reached three top - 10 finishes at the 2005 World Championships in Bormio, she took sixth place in the slalom and at the Junior World Championships, she won silver in the combination.

In the World Cup season 2005/ 06 Stiegler's best result was a fourth place in the slalom at Åre and its first Olympic participation in Turin in 2006 ended with an eleventh place in the combination and a twelfth place in the slalom. In the winter of 2006/ 07 she went in the World Cup in two super - combinations and a slalom into the top five and at the 2007 World Championships in Åre she reached eighth place in the slalom. In April 2007, she was U.S. Champion in slalom and giant slalom.

To kick off the World Cup season 2007/ 08 Stiegler was fourth in the slalom at the Reiteralm and then came two more times in the top ten, before 28 December 2007 severely crashed in the giant slalom in Lienz and thereby the left forearm and the right shin broke and is a side-band planar and a teaser of the cruciate ligament in his right knee drew upon. The season was characterized for it to end. In the summer of 2008, she again broke her leg, so she could give her comeback at the World Championships in Val d'Isere in February 2009. Stiegler took it to 19th place in the slalom. Shortly after their return to the ski circuit was interrupted by a foot injury, which is why the start at the World Cup their only appearance this winter remained.

After Stiegler could not qualify for the second round in the first two World Cup races of the season 2009/10, suffered her career on 19 November 2009 the next major setback. During a fall in the giant slalom training in Copper Mountain, she moved to a thighs and tibia fracture in his left leg, which is why this season for Stiegler was prematurely ended. On 28 November 2010 she was in the World Cup slalom in Aspen their renewed comeback, in which they finished in 25th place and thus in three years won the first World Cup points. Her best World Cup result in the 2010/11 season was the 15th place in the slalom in Spindleruv Mlyn March 12. In the Nor- Am Cup it a few days later rode twice on the podium. In the Slalom World Championships 2011 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen she reached the 19th place, which it was best U.S. American.

During the season 2011/12 Stiegler slowly approached again lead the world. A month after winning three races in Nor- Am Cup, she succeeded on March 4, 2012 with the second place in the slalom in Ofterschwang not only the best World Cup result since more than four years, but also the first podium finish at all. Five days later, it achieved 13th place in the giant slalom at Åre its second-best World Cup result of the season 2011/12, but during the World Cup finals in Schladming she was injured in the team competition on March 16 again. She suffered injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Turin 2006: 11 combination, 12 Slalom
  • Sochi 2014: 28 Giant Slalom

World Championships

  • St. Moritz 2003: 10 combination, 19th slalom
  • Bormio 2005: 6 Slalom, 21 combination
  • Åre 2007: 8 Slalom, Giant Slalom 35
  • Val d'Isere 2009: slalom 19
  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2011: 19 Slalom
  • Schladming 2013: 22 Slalom

World Cup

  • 6 placements in the top five, including one podium

Nor- Am Cup

  • Season 2001/ 02: 8th overall, 2nd slalom standings, 7 giant slalom rating
  • Season 2010/ 11: 5 slalom rating
  • Season 2011/12: 8 Rating, 4 giant slalom standings, fifth slalom rating
  • Season 2013/14: 6 slalom rating
  • 14 podiums, including 6 victories:

European Cup

  • 2 podiums, including one victory:

Junior World Championships

  • Briançonnais 2003: 3rd slalom, third combination, 7 Super -G, 7 Downhill, Giant Slalom 11
  • Maribor 2004: 13 Super -G, Giant Slalom 26, 41 departure
  • Bardonecchia 2005: 2 combination, 4th Slalom, Giant Slalom 9, 15 departure

Other successes

  • 3 U.S. Championship titles ( 2007 and 2013 Slalom, Giant Slalom 2007)
  • 5 wins in FIS races (4x Slalom, Giant Slalom 1x )
Slalom skiing Alpine skiing combined Super-G World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2002 Alpine Skiing World Cup FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup Aspen (Colorado) 2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 2012 Alpine Skiing World Cup Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 Nakiska Vail (Colorado) Bischofswiesen
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