Hanni Wenzel
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Downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, Slalom, Combined |
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| Born |
14 December 1956 Straubing, West Germany |
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| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 1 March 1972 (age 15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | March 1984 (age 27) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | wwp-group.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 2 – (1976, 1980) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 4 (2 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 5 – (1974–82) includes two Olympics |
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| Medals | 9 (4 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 13 – (1972–84) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 2 – (1978, 1980) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 5 – (2 GS, 1 SL, 2 K) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hannelore (Hanni) Wenzel (born 14 December 1956) is a former alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein, an Olympic, World Cup, and world champion. She won the country's first Olympic medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
Born in Straubing, West Germany, Wenzel moved to Liechtenstein at an early age. After she and her younger brother Andreas had success in ski racing – Hanni won the gold medal in slalom and silver in the combined at the 1974 World Championships – the family was granted Liechtenstein citizenship. At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, she won the country's first Olympic medal, a bronze in the slalom at Axamer Lizum, and also picked up another world championship medal in the combined.
After winning the World Cup overall title in 1978, Wenzel's best year came in 1980. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, she won gold medals in the slalom and giant slalom, and just missed out on a sweep by taking the silver in the downhill at Whiteface Mountain. She also easily won the world championship gold medal in the combined event, its final edition as a "paper race" and her fourth world championship medal in that event. At the same Olympics, her brother also won a silver medal, placing Liechtenstein high in the medal ranking of the games. In addition to her Olympic success, she won nine World Cup races in 1980 and captured the overall, giant slalom, and combined season titles, and brother Andreas won the men's overall for a Wenzel family sweep of the overall titles.
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