Maria Riesch

Maria Höfl-Riesch

— Alpine skier —
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, 2007–13)
Medals	6 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	13 – (2002–2014)
Wins	27
Podiums	81
Overall titles	1 – (2011)
Discipline titles	5 – (1 DH, 1 SG, 2 SL, 1 SC)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  Germany International alpine ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 1 0 World Championships 2 0 4 Total 5 1 4 Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Combined 2010 Vancouver Slalom 2014 Sochi Combined 2014 Sochi Super-G World Championships 2009 Val d'Isère Slalom 2013 Schladming Combined 2011 Garmisch Super-G 2011 Garmisch Downhill 2013 Schladming Downhill 2013 Schladming Team event Junior World Ski Championships 2001 Verbier Combined 2002 Tarvisio Super-G 2003 Briançonnais Combined 2004 Maribor Downhill 2004 Maribor Giant slalom 2001 Verbier Super-G 2002 Tarvisio Slalom 2001 Verbier Downhill 2003 Briançonnais Giant slalom

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.