Eva Twardokens

Eva Twardokens
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Bormio Giant slalom

Eva Twardokens (born April 28, 1965, in Reno, Nevada) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 1982.

Two seasons later, Twardokens was the bronze medalist in the giant slalom at the 1985 World Championships,[1] and represented the U.S. in two Winter Olympics (1992, 1994).[2] On the World Cup circuit, she had three podiums and 34 top ten finishes.[3] She retired from international competition following the 1995 season.

In 2007, Twardokens won the Masters National Weightlifting Champion in the 40-45 age group in the 63 kg (139 lb) class, with a 60 kg (132 lb) snatch and a 79 kg (174 lb) clean and jerk for a 139 kg (306 lb) total. [4]

She was inducted to the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame class of 2011 on April 14, 2012.

Her father, Jerzy Twardokens, is an Olympian who fenced for Poland in the 1952 Olympics. He defected to the United States in Philadelphia in 1958.[2] and was a professor at the University of Nevada in Reno.[5]

In February 2019, Twardokens was seriously injured in a private plane crash near Watsonville, California.[5]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
 Slalom 		 Super G Downhill Combined
1983 17 66 — — — — 24
1984 18 77 — — — — 30
1985 19 16 19 10 — — 23
1986 20 24 23 25 — — —
1987 21 40 23 25 — — —
1988 22
1989 23 80 37 — — — —
1990 24 64 27 39 — — —
1991 25 14 17 4 35 — 19
1992 26 16 18 7 21 — —
1993 27 101 — 40 — — —
1994 28 23 37 9 60 — —
1995 29 38 — 13 34 — —

Race podiums

  • 3 podiums – (2 GS, 1 SG), 34 top tens
Season Date Location Discipline Place
1985 26 Jan 1985  Switzerland  Arosa, Switzerland Super-G 2nd
1991 10 Feb 1991 Germany Zwiesel, Germany Giant slalom 2nd
1992 20 Jan 1992 Italy Piancavallo, Italy Giant slalom 3rd

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom 		 Super G Downhill Combined
1985 19 10 3 — — 7
1987 21 9 13 14 — 8
1989 23 8 17 — — —
1991 25 — 5 — — —

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom 		 Super G Downhill Combined
1992 26 DNF1 7 8 — —
1994 28 DNF2 6 — — —

References

  1. ^ International Ski Federation 1985 results
  2. ^ a b New York Times, February 18, 1992
  3. ^ "FIS-Ski.com International Ski Federation - Eva Twardokens". Archived from the original on 2007-05-09. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
  4. ^ "2007 National Masters Weightlifting Championships Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  5. ^ a b "U.S. Ski Team alumna Twardokens injured in plane crash". U.S. Ski & Snowboard. February 15, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.


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