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Michaela Kirchgasser

Alpine skier
Kirchgasser in December 2006
Disciplines	Slalom, giant slalom, combined
Club	Union Sportklub Raika Filzmoos
Born	(1985-03-18) 18 March 1985 (age 39) Schwarzach im Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
World Cup debut	9 December 2001 (age 16)
Retired	10 March 2018 (age 32)
Website	kirchi.com
Olympics
Teams	3 – (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	6 – (2007–17)
Medals	7 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	14 – (2004–2017)
Wins	3 – (1 GS, 2 SL)
Podiums	17
Overall titles	0 – (8th in 2007)
Discipline titles	0 – (2nd in SL, 2012)
Medal record World Championships Gold 2007 Åre Team event Gold 2013 Schladming Team event Gold 2015 Beaver Creek Team event Silver 2011 Garmisch Team event Silver 2013 Schladming Slalom Bronze 2015 Beaver Creek Combined Bronze 2017 St. Moritz Combined Junior World Championships Gold 2003 Briançonnais Slalom Silver 2003 Briançonnais Combined Bronze 2005 Bardonecchia Giant slalom

Kirchgasser at Aspen
in November 2006

Michaela Kirchgasser (born 18 March 1985) is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and also the combined.

Career

On 25 November 2006, Kirchgasser made her first World Cup podium with a third place in the giant slalom at Aspen, Colorado. Her first victory was on 24 February 2007, in a giant slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain.

She has competed in three Olympics and six World Championships. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she finished fifth in the slalom and sixth in the combined, but failed to finish in the giant slalom. At the 2007 World Championships she won the gold medal with the Austrian team in the team event, and finished fourth in the giant slalom and ninth in the slalom. She took a total of seven World Championship medals during her career.

Kirchgasser attained her first World Cup podium in slalom in January 2012 at Zagreb, Croatia. Less than three weeks later, she won her first World Cup slalom at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Kirchgasser won again in the slalom at the World Cup finals in Schladming to finish second in the slalom season standings, runner-up to compatriot Marlies Schild.

She retired from competition in 2018, with her final World Cup start being in a slalom in Ofterschwang, which she raced whilst wearing a bright pink dress.

Michaela Kirchgasser married Sebastian Kirchgasser on 7 May 2016 - despite having the same last name they are not related.

World Cup results

Season standings

• Standings through 4 February 2018

Race podiums

• 3 wins – (1 GS, 2 SL)
• 17 podiums – (5 GS, 3 SL, 7 AC, 2 PSL)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2007	25 Nov 2006	Aspen, USA	Giant slalom	3rd
	15 Dec 2006	Reiteralm, Austria	Super combined	2nd
	24 Feb 2007	Sierra Nevada, Spain	Giant slalom	1st
	10 Mar 2007	Zwiesel, Germany	Giant slalom	3rd
	18 Mar 2007	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Giant slalom	3rd
2009	25 Jan 2009	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Giant slalom	2nd
2010	29 Jan 2010	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Super combined	2nd
2012	3 Jan 2012	Zagreb, Croatia	Slalom	3rd
	22 Jan 2012	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Slalom	1st
	21 Feb 2012	Moscow, Russia	Parallel slalom	2nd
	17 Mar 2012	Schladming, Austria	Slalom	1st
2013	1 Jan 2013	Munich, Germany	Parallel slalom	3rd
	24 Feb 2013	Méribel, France	Super combined	3rd
2014	12 Jan 2014	Altenmarkt, Austria	Super combined	2nd
2016	18 Dec 2015	Val d'Isère, France	Super combined	3rd
	13 Mar 2016	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Super combined	2nd
2017	24 Feb 2017	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	Super combined	3rd

World Championship results

Olympic results

See also

In Spanish: Michaela Kirchgasser para niños