Katja Seizinger

Katja Seizinger (born 10 May 1972) is a former World Cup alpine ski racing champion, Germany's most successful alpine skier.

Katja Seizinger

Alpine skier
Seizinger on a stamp from Azerbaijan
Disciplines	Downhill, Super-G, Giant slalom, Slalom, Combined
Club	Ski Club Halblech
Born	10 May 1972 Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
World Cup debut	10 December 1989 (age 17)
Retired	April 1999 – (age 26)[1]
Olympics
Teams	3 – (1992, 1994, 1998)
Medals	5 (3 gold)
World Championships
Teams	4 – (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997)
Medals	4 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	9 – (1990–1998)
Wins	36 – (16 DH, 16 SG, 4 GS)
Podiums	76
Overall titles	2 – (1996, 1998)
Discipline titles	9 – (4 DH, 5 SG)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing Germany Olympic Games 1994 Lillehammer Downhill 1998 Nagano Downhill 1998 Nagano Combined 1992 Albertville Super G 1998 Nagano Giant Slalom World Championships 1993 Morioka Super-G 1996 Sierra Nevada Downhill 1997 Sestriere Super-G 1997 Sestriere Combined Junior World Ski Championships 1990 Zinal Super G 1989 Alyeska Super G 1990 Zinal Downhill 1990 Zinal Giant Slalom 1990 Zinal Combined 1989 Alyeska Giant Slalom

Born in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Seizinger won three Olympic gold and two bronze medals, and won eleven World Cup season titles: two overall, four downhill, and five Super-G. She was a three-time winner of Germany's sportswoman of the year award.

With Olympic downhill victories in 1994 and 1998, she was the first to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the same alpine speed event, and also the first woman to successfully defend an Olympic alpine title.[2][3]

Seizinger injured both knees while training in June 1998,[4] missed the entire 1999 season,[5] then retired in April.[1]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
1990	17	44	–	39	12	–	21
1991	18	15	–	29	3	13	12
1992	19	3	–	10	4	1	—
1993	20	2	58	7	1	1	7
1994	21	3	49	6	1	1	19
1995	22	2	19	9	1	3	4
1996	23	1	39	2	1	2	—
1997	24	2	19	2	2	5	—
1998	25	1	12	6	1	1	2
1999	26	injured, did not compete

Season titles

• 11 titles – (2 overall, 4 DH, 5 SG)

Season	Discipline
1992	Downhill
1993	Downhill
	Super-G
1994	Downhill
	Super-G
1995	Super-G
1996	Overall
	Super-G
1998	Overall
	Downhill
	Super-G

Race victories

• 36 wins – (16 DH, 16 SG, 4 GS)

Season	Date	Location	Race
1992	7 Dec 1991	Santa Caterina, Italy	Super-G
	11 Jan 1992	Schruns, Austria	Downhill
	25 Jan 1992	Morzine, France	Downhill
	7 Mar 1992	Vail, CO, USA	Downhill
1993	20 Dec 1992	Lake Louise, AB, Canada	Super G
	15 Jan 1993	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Downhill
	26 Feb 1993	Veysonnaz, Switzerland	Downhill
	3 Mar 1993	Morzine, France	Downhill
	20 Mar 1993	Vemdalen, Sweden	Giant slalom
	20 Mar 1993	Åre, Sweden	Super-G
1994	14 Jan 1994	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Downhill
	15 Jan 1994		Super-G
	6 Mar 1994	Whistler, BC, Canada	Downhill
	9 Mar 1994	Mammoth Mountain, CA, USA	Super G
	16 Mar 1994	Vail, CO, USA	Downhill
1995	11 Dec 1994	Lake Louise, AB, Canada	Super-G
	9 Mar 1995	Bormio, Italy	Super-G
1996	5 Dec 1995	St. Anton, Austria	Downhill
	6 Jan 1996	Maribor, Slovenia	Giant slalom
	13 Jan 1996	Garmisch, Germany	Super-G
	2 Feb 1996	Val-d'Isère, France	Super-G
	3 Feb 1996		Downhill
	4 Feb 1996		Super-G
	9 Mar 1996	Hafjell, Norway	Giant slalom
1997	26 Oct 1996	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom
	30 Nov 1996	Lake Louise, AB, Canada	Downhill
	7 Mar 1997	Mammoth Mountain, CA, USA	Super-G
	13 Mar 1997	Vail, Colorado, USA	Super-G
1998	29 Nov 1997	Mammoth Mountain, CA, USA	Super G
	4 Dec 1997	Lake Louise, AB, Canada	Downhill
	5 Dec 1997		Downhill
	6 Dec 1997		Super-G
	17 Dec 1997	Val d'Isère, France	Downhill
	18 Dec 1997		Super G
	24 Jan 1998	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Super-G
	31 Jan 1998	Åre, Sweden	Downhill

World Championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
1991	18	—	—	20	5	5
1993	20	—	12	1	4	DNF DH
1996	23	—	5	DNF	2	5
1997	24	—	5	2	5	2
1999	26	injured, did not compete

Olympic results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
1992	19	—	8	3	4	DNF SL2
1994	21	—	DNF2	DNF	1	DNF SL1
1998	25	—	3	6	1	1

References

1. "Past Olympic athletes: Katja Seizinger". ESPN. Agence France-Presse. 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
2. "Street denied in downhill". Sun Journal. (Lewiston, Maine). Associated Press. 16 February 1998. p. C1.
3. "Women's downhill skiing". Spokesman-Review. wire services. 16 February 1998. p. C2.
4. "Knee injury sidelines Seizinger". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. (South Carolina). 25 October 1998. p. D9.
5. "Katja Seizinger: injured downhill skier is mum on retirement". The Ledger. (Lakeland, Florida). 8 December 1998. p. C2.

External links

• Katja Seizinger at the International Ski Federation
• Katja Seizinger – 1990–98 World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
• Katja Seizinger at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Katja Seizinger at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Katja Seizinger at the International Olympic Committee