Anita Wachter

Anita Wachter

— Alpine skier ♀ —
Wachter in December 1996
Disciplines	Giant slalom, Slalom, Combined, Super-G, Downhill
Club	WSV Tschagguns
Born	(1967-02-12) 12 February 1967 (age 50) Bartholomäberg, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
World Cup debut	17 March 1985 (age 18) (first top 15)
Retired	March 2001 (age 34)
Olympics
Teams	3 – (1988, 1992, 1994)
Medals	3 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	8 – (1987–2001)
Medals	5 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	16 – (1986–2001)
Wins	19 – (14 GS, 2 SG, 1 SL, 2 K)
Podiums	76
Overall titles	1 – (1993)
Discipline titles	2 – (2 SG; 1990, 1994)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  Austria Olympic Games 1988 Calgary Combined 1992 Albertville Combined 1992 Albertville Giant Slalom World Championships 1993 Morioka Giant Slalom 1996 Sierra Nevada Combined 1991 Saalbach Super G 1993 Morioka Combined 1999 Vail Giant Slalom Junior World Ski Championships 1985 Jasná Giant Slalom 1985 Jasná Slalom 1985 Jasná Combined

Anita Wachter (born February 12, 1967) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. She focused on the technical events and specialized in giant slalom.

Born in Bartholomäberg, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Wachter won the World Cup overall title in 1993, and the giant slalom title twice (1990 & 1994). She was the gold medalist in the combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics, and won two silver medals in 1992 (combined and giant slalom). Wachter also won five medals at the World Championships; she represented Austria in three Olympics and eight World Championships.

Wachter retired from competition after the 2001 season with 19 World Cup wins (14 Giant Slalom, 2 Super G, 1 Slalom, 2 Combined), attained 76 podiums, and had 175 top ten finishes.

She is living together with her longtime companion Rainer Salzgeber; they have two daughters.