Katharina Gutensohn

Katharina Gutensohn
Personal information
Born (1966-03-22) 22 March 1966 (age 58)
Kirchberg, Austria
OccupationAlpine skier
Skiing career
DisciplinesSpeed events
World Cup debut1983
Retired1998
Olympics
Teams3
World Championships
Teams3
Medals1
World Cup
Seasons16
Wins8
Podiums15
Discipline titles1
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Downhill 8 5 3
Super-G 0 0 2
Total 8 5 5
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1985 Bormio Downhill

Katharina Gutensohn (born 22 March 1966). Is an Austrian/German skier. She represented Germany from 1989 to the end of her alpine skiing career.[1]

Biography

In 2005, at the age of 39, she made a comeback in the new Olympic discipline of ski cross. She won her first World Cup start at Grindelwald on March 5, 2005. She also finished twice on the podium, the latest a second place at St. Johann in Tirol on January 5, 2009.

She competed for Germany in alpine skiing events at the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics and for Austria in skicross at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[2]

Gutensohn took part in the 8th season of the Austrian dance competition TV show Dancing Stars in 2012, finishing in 12th (last) place.[citation needed]

World Cup victories

Date Location Race
March 2, 1985 United States Vail Downhill
January 10, 1986 Austria Bad Gastein Downhill
January 16, 1986 France Puy St. Vincent Downhill
February 2, 1986 Switzerland Crans-Montana Downhill
February 3, 1990 Switzerland Veysonnaz Downhill
February 4, 1990 Switzerland Veysonnaz Downhill
December 8, 1990 Austria Altenmarkt Downhill
January 6, 1991 Austria Bad Kleinkirchheim Downhill
March 5, 2005 Switzerland Grindelwald Skicross

References

  1. ^ "Katharina Gutensohn profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Katharina Gutensohn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.