Tina Weirather

Christina "Tina" Weirather (born 24 May 1989) is a retired Liechtensteiner World Cup alpine ski racer. She won a bronze medal in Super-G for Liechtenstein at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Tina Weirather

Alpine skier
Weirather in January 2017
Disciplines	Super-G, Downhill, Giant slalom
Club	Ski Club Schaan
Born	24 May 1989 Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
World Cup debut	22 October 2005 (age 16)
Retired	25 March 2020 (age 30)
Website	tina-weirather.com
Olympics
Teams	3 – (2006, 2014, 2018)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	6 – (2005–07, 2013–19)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	13 – (2006–2008, 2010,          2012–2020)
Wins	9 – (1 DH, 7 SG, 1 GS)
Podiums	41 – (14 DH, 21 SG, 6 GS)
Overall titles	0 – (4th in 2016)
Discipline titles	2 – (2 SG, 2017, 2018)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  Liechtenstein International alpine ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 0 1 0 Total 0 1 1 Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Super-G World Championships 2017 St. Moritz Super-G Junior World Championships 2007 Altenmarkt Downhill 2006 Mont Sainte-Anne Giant slalom 2009 Garmisch Giant slalom 2007 Altenmarkt Super-G 2007 Altenmarkt Giant slalom

Racing career

Weirather made her World Cup debut at age 16 in October 2005 and has nine victories and forty podiums through December 2018.

Weirather competed in two events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and finished 33rd in the super-G, but did not finish in the downhill. She had qualified to ski in four events at the 2010 Winter Olympics: downhill, super-G, giant slalom, and the combined. Just weeks before the Olympics on 23 January, while competing in a World Cup downhill at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Weirather suffered another anterior cruciate ligament injury to her right knee and missed the Olympics,[1] as well as the following World Cup season of 2011.[2]

Following years of training alongside her compatriots on the Liechtenstein Alpine Ski team, Weirather now trains with the Swiss team.[3]

During the fourth training run for the downhill at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Weirather crashed at Rosa Khutor on 9 February and injured her lower right leg.[4] The bone contusion caused her to miss her starts in the Olympics and the remainder of the 2014 World Cup season. At the time, she was second in the World Cup overall, downhill and super-G standings and third in the giant slalom.[5]

On 25 March 2020 she announced her retirement.[6]

Personal life

Born in Vaduz, Weirather is the daughter of former World Cup ski racers Harti Weirather of Austria and Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein (and the niece of Andreas Wenzel).[1] Her mother Hanni won two overall World Cup titles (1978, 1980) and two Olympic gold medals (1980), four Olympic medals overall; uncle Andreas won the men's overall World Cup title in 1980 and 2 Olympic medals. Her father Harti won the season title in downhill in 1981 and was world champion in 1982.[7][8]

Weirather currently resides in Gamprin and has dual citizenship in Liechtenstein and Austria.

She is a keen fan of Liechtenstein football club Vaduz.

World Cup results

Season titles

Season
	Discipline
2017	Super-G
2018	Super-G

Season standings

Season
	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2007	17	56	—	23	51	43	16
2008	18	109	—	39	—	—	—
2009	19	injured: out for season
2010	20	58	—	41	25	38	32
2011	21	injured: out for season
2012	22	9	—	30	7		33
2013	23	18	—	37	9	6	—
2014	24	5	—	10		4	17
2015	25	10	—	10	8	7	—
2016	26	4	43	5		8	—
2017	27	7	—	13		5	—
2018	28	6	—	31			—
2019	29	17	—	56		15	—
2020	30	24	—	—	16	23	—

Race podiums

• 9 wins (1 DH, 7 SG, 1 GS)
• 41 podiums (14 DH, 21 SG, 6 GS)

Season
	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2012	2 Dec 2011	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill	2nd
	28 Jan 2012	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Downhill	3rd
	4 Feb 2012	Garmisch, Germany	Downhill	3rd
	5 Feb 2012		Super-G	3rd
	26 Feb 2012	Bansko, Bulgaria	Super-G	2nd
2013	30 Nov 2012	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill	3rd
	1 Mar 2013	Garmisch, Germany	Super-G	1st
2014	29 Nov 2013	Beaver Creek, USA	Downhill	2nd
	1 Dec 2013		Giant slalom	3rd
	7 Dec 2013	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill	2nd
	8 Dec 2013		Super-G	2nd
	14 Dec 2013	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Super-G	1st
	22 Dec 2013	Val-d'Isère, France	Giant slalom	1st
	24 Jan 2014	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Downhill	2nd
	25 Jan 2014		Downhill	3rd
	26 Jan 2014		Super-G	2nd
2015	5 Dec 2014	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill	3rd
	19 Jan 2015	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Super-G	3rd
	21 Feb 2015	Maribor, Slovenia	Giant slalom	3rd
	7 Mar 2015	Garmisch, Germany	Downhill	1st
2016	24 Oct 2015	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom	3rd
	28 Dec 2015	Lienz, Austria	Giant slalom	2nd
	24 Jan 2016	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Super-G	2nd
	30 Jan 2016	Maribor, Slovenia	Giant slalom	3rd
	21 Feb 2016	La Thuile, Italy	Super-G	1st
	17 Mar 2016	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Super-G	1st
2017	4 Dec 2016	Lake Louise, Canada	Super-G	2nd
	18 Dec 2016	Val-d'Isère, France	Super-G	2nd
	15 Jan 2017	Altenmarkt, Austria	Downhill	2nd
	22 Jan 2017	Garmisch, Germany	Super-G	3rd
	16 Mar 2017	Aspen, USA	Super-G	1st
2018	1 Dec 2017	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill	2nd
	3 Dec 2017		Super-G	1st
	9 Dec 2017	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Super-G	3rd
	17 Dec 2017	Val-d'Isère, France	Super-G	2nd
	20 Jan 2018	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Downhill	2nd
	4 Feb 2018	Garmisch, Germany	Downhill	3rd
	3 Mar 2018	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	Super-G	1st
2019	8 Dec 2018	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Super-G	3rd
	19 Dec 2018	Val Gardena, Italy	Super-G	2nd
	20 Jan 2019	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Super-G	2nd

World Championship results

Year
	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2005	15	—	—	31	—	—
2007	17	—	DNF2	DNF	—	DNS2
2009	19	injured, did not compete
2011	21
2013	23	—	27	DNF	13	DNS2
2015	25	—	4	6	11	—
2017	27	—	19	2	10	DNS1
2019	29	—	—	DNF	18	DNS2

Olympic results

Year
	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2006	16	—	—	33	DNF	—
2010	20	injured: did not compete
2014	24	—	—	DNS^	DNS^	—
2018	28	—	22	3	4	—

^ injured during downhill training run

Other honours

Alpine Skiing Junior World championships

• 2009 Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany)
  • Giant slalom
• 2007 Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships in Altenmarkt (Austria)
  • Downhill
  • Super-G
  • Giant slalom
• 2006 Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships in Mont Sainte-Anne (Canada)
  • Giant slalom

Swiss Alpine Skiing championships

• 2005 Swiss Alpine Skiing Championships in Veysonnaz (Switzerland)
  • Giant slalom
• 2006 Swiss Alpine Skiing Championships in St. Moritz (Switzerland)
  • Giant slalom
• 2009 Swiss Alpine Skiing Championships in St. Moritz (Switzerland)
  • Giant slalom

German Alpine Skiing championships

• 2009 German Alpine Skiing Championships in Oberjoch (Germany)
  • Giant slalom

Liechtenstein Alpine Skiing championships

• 2006 Liechtenstein Alpine Skiing Championships in Malbun (Liechtenstein)
  • Giant slalom

References

1. Dunbar, Graham (23 December 2013). "Liechtenstein skier Tina Weirather follows in her family's rich Olympic tradition". Courier Islander. Campbell River, British Columbia. Associated Press. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
2. Battaglia, Joe (1 February 2014). "Perseverance has Tina Weirather on cusp of own Olympic Alpine greatness". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
3. "Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather is on the fast track".
4. Battaglia, Joe (11 February 2014). "Injury knocks medal contender Tina Weirather from Sochi downhill". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
5. "Season ends early for Tina Weirather". Ski Racing. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
6. https://www.liechtenstein.li/en/sport/international-sporting-success/tina-weirather/
7. "COMPETITORS HAVING MORE THAN ONE PODIUM". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
8. "COMPETITORS HAVING MORE THAN ONE TOP 10 POSITION". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 4 February 2018.

External links

• Tina Weirather at the International Ski Federation
• Tina Weirather World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
• Tina Weirather at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Tina Weirather at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Liechtenstein Ski Team (LSV) – Tina Weirather – (in German)
• Atomic Skis – athletes – Tina Weirather
• Official website – (in German and English)