Elisabeth Görgl
Austrian alpine skier
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Elisabeth Görgl (born 20 February 1981) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.
Görgl in January 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 February 1981 |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Website | lizz.at |
| Skiing career | |
| Sport | Alpine skiing |
| Club | Kapfenberger Sportvereinigung |
| Retired | 16 March 2017 (age 36) |
| Disciplines | Downhill, super-G giant slalom, slalom, combined |
World Cup debut | 10 March 2000 (age 19) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 2 – (2006, 2010) |
| Medals | 2 (0 gold) |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 7 – (2003–15) |
| Medals | 3 (2 gold) |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 17 – (2000–2001, 2003–2017) |
| Wins | 7 – (2 DH, 3 SG, 2 GS) |
| Podiums | 42 |
Overall titles | 0 – (4th in 2008, '11) |
Discipline titles | 0 – (2nd in SG & GS: '08) |
Born in Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Görgl made her World Cup debut in March 2000 and has reached World Cup podiums in all five alpine disciplines, with multiple victories in giant slalom, super-G, and downhill. In January 2008, she won her first World Cup race in the giant slalom at Maribor, Slovenia.
At the 2009 World Championships at Val d'Isère, Görgl won a bronze medal in super combined. In 2011 at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, she won two gold medals, the first in the Super-G[1] and a second in the downhill five days later.[2] Her sweep of the two women's speed events marked the third consecutive occurrence at the World Championships – preceded by Lindsey Vonn in 2009 at Val d'Isere and Anja Pärson in 2007 at Åre.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Görgl won the bronze medal in the downhill – the same medal in the same event as her mother half a century earlier at the 1960 and the 1964 Winter Olympics.[3][4] A week later she also won bronze in the giant slalom. Görgl also participated in 4 disciplines in the 2014 Winter Olympics (Downhill, giant slalom, super-G, combined).
On 12 June 2017 she announced her retirement from active skiing. Her last race was a Super-G in Aspen in March the same year.[5]
Personal
Görgl is the daughter of Traudl Hecher (born 1943), an alpine racer for Austria in the early 1960s. She won Olympic bronze medals in the downhill in 1960 (at age 16) and 1964, and remains the youngest Olympic medalist in alpine skiing. Görgl's older brother Stephan (born 1978) is a former World Cup alpine racer; he competed in the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[6]
World Cup results
Season standings
- Ranking and points
| Season | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 41 (178) | 18 (112) | 27 (66) | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 10 (654) | 5 (339) | 4 (293) | 38 (22) | — | — |
| 2005 | 12 (511) | 22 (99) | 10 (225) | 12 (137) | 34 (26) | 11 (24) |
| 2006 | 10 (602) | 36 (19) | 16 (155) | 11 (172) | 8 (227) | 15 (29) |
| 2007 | 11 (568) | 35 (39) | 11 (171) | 23 (96) | 14 (184) | 8 (78) |
| 2008 | 4 (1137) | 42 (22) | 2 (479) | 2 (326) | 11 (215) | 8 (95) |
| 2009 | 8 (755) | — | 4 (333) | 14 (133) | 10 (176) | 5 (113) |
| 2010 | 6 (591) | 29 (49) | 20 (67) | 2 (300) | 26 (65) | 4 (110) |
| 2011 | 4 (992) | 33 (41) | 4 (236) | 9 (137) | 4 (333) | 4 (185) |
| 2012 | 6 (987) | — | 7 (333) | 9 (205) | 3 (384) | 10 (50) |
| 2013 | 19 (381) | — | 15 (160) | 14 (101) | 24 (84) | 13 (36) |
| 2014 | 8 (640) | — | 31 (42) | 4 (240) | 7 (334) | 11 (24) |
| 2015 | 8 (638) | — | 25 (69) | 7 (214) | 4 (337) | 14 (18) |
| 2016 | 28 (363) | — | — | 14 (154) | 13 (209) | — |
| 2017 | 54 (145) | — | — | 16 (116) | 39 (29) | — |
Race victories
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 12 Jan 2008 | Maribor, Slovenia | Giant slalom |
| 15 Mar 2008 | Bormio, Italy | Giant slalom | |
| 2010 | 6 Dec 2009 | Lake Louise, Canada | Super-G |
| 2012 | 7 Jan 2012 | Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria | Downhill |
| 2014 | 11 Jan 2014 | Altenmarkt, Austria | Downhill |
| 23 Jan 2014 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Super-G | |
| 2015 | 21 Dec 2014 | Val-d'Isère, France | Super-G |
