Sabine Egger
Sabine Egger ( born April 22, 1977 in Klagenfurt ) is an Austrian former alpine skier from Globasnitz in Carinthia. She specializes in slalom races and celebrated their biggest success by winning the World Cup discipline Score 1998 /99. These were followed by two World Cup victories and three state championship titles in slalom.
Career
Sabine Egger was included in the squad of the Austrian Ski Federation ( Austrians ) 1993. She came first start in the European Cup in January 1994 at the slalom in Maribor for the first time in the World Cup for use in the same year and took part in the Junior World Championships in Lake Placid. In the following season, the then 17 -year-old already reached its first peak in the World Cup. It was on 18 December 1994 at the slalom in Sestriere fourth and just missed the podium. Shortly thereafter, she was injured and had to miss the remainder of the season. The World Cup Winter 1995/96 was mainly characterized by many failures and so managed Egger only three results, but all. Among the best 16 At the Junior World Championships in 1996 in high -Ybrig she won the bronze medal in the slalom and finished fourth in the giant slalom To this end, they won the 1996 Austrian national champion titles in slalom, which she successfully defended it in 1999 and won for the third time.
The following season 1996/97 brought the final breakthrough to world leaders. Egger reached on 7 March 1997 as second in the slalom at Mammoth Mountain its first podium in the World Cup and finished the season in ninth place of the discipline standings. The World Cup 1997 in Sestriere ended with a loss in the second slalom run. Through constant results in the top ten of the eighth place in the slalom World Cup followed in 1997 /98. In addition to their special discipline she also went in the giant slalom at the start, reaching on 21 November 1997 in Park City with 13th place their best World Cup finish of the discipline. Due to ongoing back problems, she focused throughout their careers just waiting for the slalom. At the season's peak, the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, she finished fifth in the slalom.
1998/99 was their most successful winter. Egger won her first World Cup race, a slalom in Berchtesgaden on January 8, 1999, with only one hundredth of a second ahead of her teammate Ingrid Moser Salve. Through constant rankings among the top nine in all eight races it secured with only ten points clear of Pernilla Wiberg the discipline in the World Cup slalom. The only downer was their failure in the second round at the 1999 World Cup in Vail. On December 29, 1999, she won her second World Cup race, a slalom in Lienz, although it was only in eleventh place after the first run. In addition, there were two third places and in the end finished sixth in the discipline standings.
At the 2001 World Championships in St. Anton she missed in fourth barely a medal. In the World Cup it does not run as desired and then Egger could only rarely classify in the top ten. One reason for this was in addition to their back problems and the transition to the carving ski. The nomination of the Austrian Ski Team for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, the then 21 -year-old Marlies Schild was preferred against Sabine Egger. On November 23, 2002 Egger reached the slalom in Park City their last podium place in the World Cup. They ran the fastest time in the second round of 15 still up to third rank. On her last major event of the 2003 World Cup in St. Moritz, it was ninth. Egger bribed at the end of their careers primarily through resistance. In her last three seasons they reached in 27 slaloms 20 finishes in the top 20 and not only came three times to the finish.
On 27 April 2005 they were 28 years old their retirement from ski racing known. The reason she called race fatigue after eleven seasons in the Ski World Cup.
Achievements
Olympic games
- Nagano 1998: 5th Slalom
World Championships
- St. Anton 2001: 4th Slalom
- St. Moritz 2003: 9 Slalom
Junior World Championships
- Lake Placid 1994: 24 Super -G
- High -Ybrig 1996: 3 Slalom, Giant Slalom 4
World Cup
- Season 1996/ 97: 9 slalom rating
- Season 1997/ 98: 8 slalom rating
- Season 1998/99: first slalom rating
- Season 1999/ 00: 6 slalom rating
- 8 podiums, including two victories:
European Cup
- 1995/ 96: 6 slalom rating
- Season 1998/99: 7 slalom rating
- 4 podiums, including one victory:
Austrian Championships
- 3- time Austrian national champion in slalom: 1996, 1997, 1999