Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden

Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden (born 1 April 1986) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.^[2]

Born (1986-04-01) 1 April 1986 (age 40)

Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)

SportAlpine skiing

ClubSSC Toggenburg

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Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden

Kaufmann-Abderhalden in January 2010
Personal information
Born	(1986-04-01) 1 April 1986 (age 40) Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Skiing career
Sport	Alpine skiing
Club	SSC Toggenburg
Retired	7 March 2015 (age 28)[1]
Disciplines	Downhill, Super-G, Combined
World Cup debut	15 March 2006 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams	1 – (2014)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	2 – (2013, 2015)
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	7 – (2009–2015)
Wins	1 – (1 DH)
Podiums	5 – (5 DH)
Overall titles	0 – (16th in 2014)
Discipline titles	0 – (5th in DH, 2014)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  Switzerland Junior World Ski Championships 2006 Quebec Downhill 2006 Quebec Combined

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Born in Grabs, St. Gallen, she made her World Cup debut in Åre, Sweden, in March 2006. She won the gold medal in the downhill at the 2006 Junior World Ski Championships.^[1] Kaufmann-Abderhalden has attained five World Cup podiums, all in downhill. Her first was in March 2010 at Crans Montana and her sole victory came at Val-d'Isère in December 2013. She announced her retirement from competition in March 2015, due to her training and race performances being hampered by severe pain in her right knee.^[1]