Diann Roffe

— Alpine skier —

Disciplines

Giant Slalom, Slalom
Super G

Born

March 24, 1967 (age 49)
Warsaw, New York, U.S.

Height

5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)

World Cup debut

March 7, 1984 (age 16)

Retired

April 1994 (age 27)

Olympics

Teams

3 – (1988, '92, '94)

Medals

2 (1 gold)

World Championships

Teams

3 – (1985, '89, '93)

Medals

1 (0 gold)

World Cup

Seasons

10 – (1985–94)

Wins

2 – (1 SG, 1 GS)

Podiums

8 – (1 SG, 7 GS)

Overall titles

0 – (10th in 1990, '92)

Discipline titles

0 – (3rd in GS, 1992)

Medal record

Women's alpine skiing
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1994 Lillehammer	Super-G
	1992 Albertville	Giant slalom
World Championships
	1985 Bormio	Giant slalom

Diann Roffe (born March 24, 1967), also known as Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from the United States. Born in Warsaw, New York, she won the Super G at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Roffe also won the silver medal in the giant slalom at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France and a gold medal in the GS at the 1985 World Championships in Bormio, Italy at age 17. Though she did gain place 8 in the World Cup Giant Slalom Race on March 7th, 1984, at Lake Placid (and place 9 in the same discipline on December 15th, 1984, at Madonna di Campiglio), she was unknown more or less, when she did compete in that race on February 6th (bib-number 19 is significant for not one of the best racers in that discipline). In the progress of the race she finished 5th after the first leg (but only 0.27 sec. behind leading team-mate Eva Twardokens who finished 3rd at last). In the second leg, Diann was outclass - clocked in 1:09.35 she had a margin of 0.77 second in that leg (and altogether 0.60 sec.) to the second placed Elisabeth Kirchler.

Roffe learned to ski at tiny Brantling Ski Center near Rochester, New York.

She had season-ending knee injuries in 1986 and 1991.

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