Christa Zechmeister
Christa Zechmeister | |
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Full name | Christa Zechmeister |
Born | (1957-12-04) 4 December 1957 (age 66) Berchtesgaden, West Germany |
World Cup career | |
Seasons | 8 - (1972-80) |
Podiums | 14 |
Wins | 7 |
Updated on 2013-12-07. |
Christa Zechmeister (born 4 December 1957 in Berchtesgaden) is a German former alpine skier and the youngest person ever to win a World Cup race, as well as the youngest to stand on the podium.[1] A slalom specialist, she won seven World Cup races, taking the slalom title for the 1973-74 World Cup season.[2]
World Cup career
Zechmeister made her World Cup debut in the 1972-73 season, scoring her first podium finish at Heavenly Valley, California on March 22, 1973 at the age of 15 years, 3 months, 18 days. The following season, she won the opening slalom race, held at Val d'Isere on December 8, 1973 — four days after her 16th birthday. Zechmeister was dominant that season, winning four slalom races en route to the discipline title.[2]
Major championships
Zechmeister competed in two World Championships (1974 and 1978) and one Winter Olympic Games (1976). Her best result was a 7th-place finish in the slalom at Innsbruck in 1976.[2]
External links
- sports-reference.com
- ^ Pacor, Matteo. "Women's World Cup: Youngest on the Podium". Ski-DB. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ a b c Pacor, Matteo. "www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/christa_zechmeister_ger_wzchch.asp". Ski-DB. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
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Annie Famose - 1968: Marielle Goitschel
- 1969: Gertrud Gabl
- 1970: Ingrid Lafforgue
- 1971: Britt Lafforgue
Betsy Clifford - 1972: Britt Lafforgue
- 1973: Patricia Emonet
- 1974: Christa Zechmeister
- 1975: Lise-Marie Morerod
- 1976: Rosi Mittermaier
- 1977: Lise-Marie Morerod
- 1978: Hanni Wenzel
- 1979: Regina Sackl
- 1980: Perrine Pelen
- 1981: Erika Hess
- 1982: Erika Hess
- 1983: Erika Hess
- 1984: Tamara McKinney
- 1985: Erika Hess
- 1986: Roswitha Steiner
- 1987: Corinne Schmidhauser
- 1988: Roswitha Steiner
- 1989: Vreni Schneider
- 1990: Vreni Schneider
- 1991: Petra Kronberger
- 1992: Vreni Schneider
- 1993: Vreni Schneider
- 1994: Vreni Schneider
- 1995: Vreni Schneider
- 1996: Elfi Eder
- 1997: Pernilla Wiberg
- 1998: Ylva Nowén
- 1999: Sabine Egger
- 2000: Špela Pretnar
- 2001: Janica Kostelić
- 2002: Laure Pequegnot
- 2003: Janica Kostelić
- 2004: Anja Pärson
- 2005: Tanja Poutiainen
- 2006: Janica Kostelić
- 2007: Marlies Schild
- 2008: Marlies Schild
- 2009: Maria Riesch
- 2010: Maria Riesch
- 2011: Marlies Schild
- 2012: Marlies Schild
- 2013: Mikaela Shiffrin
- 2014: Mikaela Shiffrin
- 2015: Mikaela Shiffrin
- 2016: Frida Hansdotter
- 2017: Mikaela Shiffrin
- 2018: Mikaela Shiffrin
- 2019: Mikaela Shiffrin
- 2020: Petra Vlhová
- 2021: Katharina Liensberger
- 2022: Petra Vlhová
- 2023: Mikaela Shiffrin
- 2024: Mikaela Shiffrin
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