Katja Seizinger

Katja Seizinger

— Alpine skier —
Disciplines	Downhill, Super-G, Giant slalom, Slalom, Combined
Club	Ski Club Halblech
Born	(1972-05-10) 10 May 1972 (age 44) Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
World Cup debut	10 December 1989 (age 17)
Retired	April 1999 – (age 26)
Olympics
Teams	3 – (1992–98)
Medals	5 (3 gold)
World Championships
Teams	4 – (1991–97)
Medals	4 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	9 – (1990–98)
Wins	36 – (16 DH, 16 SG, 4 GS)
Podiums	76
Overall titles	2 – (1996, 1998)
Discipline titles	9 – (4 DH, 5 SG)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing Germany Olympic Games 1994 Lillehammer Downhill 1998 Nagano Downhill 1998 Nagano Combined 1992 Albertville Super G 1998 Nagano Giant Slalom World Championships 1993 Morioka Super-G 1996 Sierra Nevada Downhill 1997 Sestriere Super-G 1997 Sestriere Combined Junior World Ski Championships 1990 Zinal Super G 1989 Alyeska Super G 1990 Zinal Downhill 1990 Zinal Giant Slalom 1990 Zinal Combined 1989 Alyeska Giant Slalom

Katja Seizinger (born 10 May 1972) is a former alpine ski racer, the most successful alpine racer from Germany.

Born in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Seizinger won three Olympic gold and two bronze medals, and won eleven World Cup season titles: two overall, four downhill and five Super-G. She was a three-time winner of Germany's sportswoman of the year award.

With Olympic downhill victories in 1994 and 1998, she became the first to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the same alpine speed event, and also the first woman to successfully defend an Olympic alpine title.

Seizinger injured both knees while training in June 1998, sat out the entire 1999 season, then retired in April.

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