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Maria Riesch

Maria Höfl-Riesch
— Alpine skier —
Maria Riesch Altenmarkt-Zauchensee 2009.jpg
Riesch in January 2009
Disciplines Downhill, super-G, slalom, combined, giant slalom
Club SC Partenkirchen
Born (1984-11-24) 24 November 1984 (age 32)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
World Cup debut 16 February 2001  (age 16)
Retired 20 March 2014  (age 29)
Website maria.com.de
Olympics
Teams 2 – (2010, 2014)
Medals 4 (3 gold)
World Championships
Teams 5 – (2003, 200713)
Medals 6 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 13 – (20022014)
Wins 27
Podiums 81
Overall titles 1 – (2011)
Discipline titles 5 – (1 DH, 1 SG, 2 SL, 1 SC)

Maria Höfl-Riesch (German pronunciation: [maʁiːaː høːfl ʁiːʃ]; née Riesch, born 24 November 1984) is a former German World Cup alpine ski racer. She is a three-time Olympic champion, two-time world champion, and an overall World Cup champion.

Höfl-Riesch made her World Cup debut in February 2001 and won gold medals in slalom and super combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She won the World Cup overall title in 2011. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she defended her super combined title to win her third Olympic gold medal, and also won a silver medal in the super-G.

Born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Höfl-Riesch was a prodigious talent as a junior and won seven medals in all of the disciplines at four Junior World Championships, including three gold medals in combined and super-G.

As the racing careers of Martina Ertl-Renz and Hilde Gerg concluded, Höfl-Riesch rose as the leading female racer on the German national team. Injuries cut short her seasons in 2005 and 2006, causing her to miss the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 Winter Olympics.


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