Quick Facts
| Intro | Austrian Alpine skier | ||||
| Is | Skier Athlete Alpine skier | ||||
| From | Austria | ||||
| Field | Sports | ||||
| Gender | female | ||||
| Birth | 25 March 1973, Vienna, Austria | ||||
| Age | 50 years | ||||
| Star sign | Aries | ||||
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Biography
Michaela Dorfmeister (born 25 March 1973) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Her specialities were both the downhill and the super-G disciplines, although she skied in and had success in giant slalom.
Biography
Born in Vienna, Dorfmeister is the only daughter of a butcher by trade, and lived in Vienna until she was age six. She later studied at the Schladming ski academy, which has produced many of Austria's skiing greats.
Dorfmeister raced her first international season in 1983 and entered her first World Cup race in 1991 at Serre Chevalier coming 26. Her first podium place was in 1995 at the St. Anton downhill which she won. This was followed by a total of 25 victories (7 in downhill, 10 in super-G and 8 in giant slalom)
In 2000, she won the giant slalom World Cup, and in 2002 the overall World Cup. She won two more speciality World Cups, in 2003 (downhill) and 2005 (super-G). At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the downhill and super-G races.
Dorfmeister's win in the Hafjell super-G on 3 March 2006 made her the oldest woman to win an World Cup race.
World Cup results
Season titles
| Season | Discipline |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Giant slalom |
| 2002 | Overall |
| 2003 | Downhill |
| 2005 | Super-G |
| 2006 | Downhill |
| Super-G |
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 18 | 103 | — | — | 55 | 47 | — |
| 1993 | 19 | 117 | — | — | — | 49 | — |
| 1994 | 20 | 95 | — | — | 44 | 52 | — |
| 1995 | 21 | 18 | — | 23 | 16 | 13 | 9 |
| 1996 | 22 | 9 | — | 12 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| 1997 | 23 | 39 | — | 27 | 20 | 29 | — |
| 1998 | 24 | 33 | — | — | 16 | 16 | 20 |
| 1999 | 25 | 6 | 47 | — | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2000 | 26 | 2 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| 2001 | 27 | 5 | — | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
| 2002 | 28 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 29 | 4 | — | 9 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 2004 | 30 | 6 | — | 10 | 3 | 5 | — |
| 2005 | 31 | 4 | — | 12 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| 2006 | 32 | 3 | — | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Race victories
- 25 wins (7 DH, 10 SG, 8 GS)
- 64 podiums
| Date | Location | Discipline |
|---|---|---|
| 16 December 1995 | St. Anton | Downhill |
| 6 March 1999 | St. Moritz | Super-G |
| 4 December 1999 | Serre-Chevalier | Giant slalom |
| 9 December 1999 | Val-d'Isère | Giant slalom |
| 5 January 2000 | Maribor | Giant slalom |
| 8 January 2000 | Berchtesgaden | Giant slalom |
| 11 February 2000 | Santa Caterina | Super-G |
| 24 November 2000 | Aspen | Super-G |
| 9 December 2000 | Sestriere | Giant slalom |
| 27 October 2001 | Sölden | Giant slalom |
| 19 January 2002 | Berchtesgaden | Giant slalom |
| 31 January 2002 | Åre | Giant slalom |
| 6 March 2002 | Altenmarkt | Downhill |
| 7 March 2002 | Altenmarkt | Super-G |
| 21 December 2002 | Lenzerheide | Downhill |
| 1 March 2003 | Innsbruck | Downhill |
| 5 December 2004 | Lake Louise | Super-G |
| 6 January 2005 | Santa Caterina | Downhill |
| 16 January 2005 | Cortina d'Ampezzo | Downhill |
| 19 February 2005 | Åre | Super-G |
| 11 March 2005 | Lenzerheide | Super-G |
| 18 December 2005 | Val-d'Isère | Super-G |
| 20 January 2006 | St. Moritz | Super-G |
| 21 January 2006 | St. Moritz | Downhill |
| 3 March 2006 | Hafjell | Super-G |
World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 22 | — | 9 | 29 | 11 | 12 |
| 1997 | 23 | — | 17 | 8 | 16 | 12 |
| 1999 | 25 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 2001 | 27 | — | 8 | 24 | 1 | — |
| 2003 | 29 | — | 4 | 1 | 12 | — |
| 2005 | 31 | — | DNF1 | DNF | DNF | — |
Olympic results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 24 | — | — | 2 | 18 | — |
| 2002 | 28 | — | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| 2006 | 32 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
