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Blanca Fernández Ochoa

Blanca Fernández Ochoa
— Alpine skier —
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Fernández Ochoa in October 2006
Disciplines Giant Slalom, Slalom, Combined, Super-G
Born (1963-04-22) April 22, 1963 (age 54)
Madrid, Spain
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Retired March 1992 - (age 28)
Olympics
Teams 4 – (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980)
Medals 1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams 6 – (19801991)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 10 – (19821992)
Wins 4 – (1 GS, 3 SL)
Podiums 20 – (12 GS, 8 SL)
Overall titles 0 – (4th in 1988)
Discipline titles 0 – (3rd, three times)

Blanca Fernández Ochoa (born April 22, 1963) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Spain. Born in Madrid, she competed in four Winter Olympics, from 1980 through 1992.

Her four older siblings all competed in alpine ski racing for Spain in the Winter Olympics: Dolores, Francisco, Juan Manuel, and Luis. Francisco won the gold medal in slalom at the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

At the 1992 Olympics at Albertville, France, Blanca won the bronze medal in slalom.

During her Alpine Skiing World Cup|World Cup career, she had 4 victories, 20 podiums, and 69 top ten finishes.

Points were only awarded for top ten finishes thru 1979, top 15 thru 1991 (see scoring system).


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