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Marlies Schild
	Schild in March 2017
Personal information
Born	31 May 1981 (age 43); Admont, Liezen,; Styria, Austria
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Slalom, giant slalom
Club	Skiklub Dienten
World Cup debut	9 December 2001; (age 20)
Retired	September 2014 (age 33)
Website	marlies-schild.com
Olympics
Teams	4 – (2002–14)
Medals	3 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	5 – (2003–07, 2011–13)
Medals	7 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	12 – (2002–2008, 2010–2014)
Wins	37 – (35 SL, 1 SC, 1 GS)
Podiums	68 – (56 SL, 5 SC, 3 GS, 2 SG, 2 DH)
Overall titles	0 – (2nd in 2007)
Discipline titles	5 – (4 SL, 1 K)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Austria
International alpine ski competitions
World Cup race podiums
Olympic Games
World Championships

Marlies Raich (née Schild, born 31 May 1981) is a retired Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. She specializes in the technical disciplines of slalom and giant slalom. Schild won four Olympic medals, with silvers in the combined (2006) and slalom (2010, 2014) and a bronze in slalom (2006). She has seven World Championship medals and has won five World Cup season titles.

Schild completed her World Cup career with 37 wins, all but two in slalom. She retired from international competition at age 33 in September 2014.^[1]

Ski racing career

Born in Admont, Styria, Schild initially preferred the downhill event. However, by the age of 19 she had already undergone five knee surgeries, prompting her to concentrate on the less dangerous slalom and giant slalom competitions.^[2]^[3] Since 2004, she has finished every season (except 2009 when out with injury) among the top 3 in the World Cup slalom standings, and won the slalom trophy in 2007, 2008 and 2011.^[4] Her best result in the overall competition was a second place in 2007, when she lost the overall trophy only in the last two races (slalom and giant slalom) against compatriot Nicole Hosp, after having taken the lead with a second place in downhill and a third place in super-G on the first two days of the World Cup final 2007 in Lenzerheide.

While training for the giant slalom in October 2008, Schild fell and sustained a comminuted fracture in her left tibia and fibula, as well as a fractured tibial head.^[5] This severe injury sidelined Schild for the entire 2009 season. A few weeks after her return to competition in Levi in November 2009, she celebrated her first victory after the injury, winning the slalom in Lienz on 29 December. Starting with this win, Schild reached the podium in all FIS slalom races she finished for over two years,^[6] including the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver (silver medal) and the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (gold medal). Her podium-run ended on 10 March 2012, when she finished 6th at the slalom at Åre. Schild has not competed in downhill or super-G since her injury. (Ref. Bio Patrick Lang)

After Schild tore ligaments in her right knee on 20 December 2012 in Sweden, it was announced that she would miss most of the 2013 season, including the 2013 World Championships in Schladming.^[7] On 13 February, Schild announced her plans to compete in the slalom three days later, only 58 days after the injury.^[8] She managed a top ten result with a ninth-place finish.

With 35 World Cup victories in slalom, Schild lead the career list in that discipline until Mikaela Shiffrin surpassed her on December 29, 2018. She has at least two World Cup podiums in each of the five alpine disciplines, with over fifty in slalom.

World championships

At the 2003 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, she placed second in the slalom behind Janica Kostelić, and in 2005 at Bormio, Italy, she won a bronze medal in the combined, behind Janica Kostelić and Anja Pärson. In 2007 at Åre, Sweden, Schild won silver in the slalom and bronze in the combined. In team events she won gold 2007 in Åre and silver in 2011 at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Olympics

At the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Schild won a silver medal in combined and a bronze medal in the slalom; in the giant slalom, she placed 17th. In 2010 in Vancouver, Schild improved to another silver in the slalom at Whistler and she repeated this in 2014 in the slalom at Sochi. She also competed in 2002 in Salt Lake, but did not finish the slalom at Deer Valley.^[9]

Personal

Schild is married to Austrian ski racer Benjamin Raich.^[10] Her sister Bernadette (b. 1990) is also a World Cup racer; they made the same podium twice during the 2014 season, at Courchevel in December and Kranjska Gora in February.^[11]

World Cup results

Season titles

5 titles – (4 slalom, 1 combined)

Season	Event
2007	Slalom
2007	Combined
2008	Slalom
2011	Slalom
2012	Slalom

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2002	20	53	16	—	—	—	—
2003	21	19	5	—	—	—	—
2004	22	14	2	49	—	—	—
2005	23	8	3	15	25	30	9
2006	24	6	2	17	17	40	4
2007	25	2	1	12	14	12	1
2008	26	5	1	11	25	15	5
2009	27	injured in October 2008, missed entire season
2010	28	15	3	—	—	—	—
2011	29	6	1	17	—	—	—
2012	30	8	1	15	—	—	—
2013	31	57	26	32	—	—	—
2014	32	17	3	—	—	—	—

Race victories

37 wins – (1 giant slalom, 35 slalom, 1 combined)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline
2004	13 Mar 2004	Sestriere, Italy	Slalom
2005	28 Dec 2004	Semmering, Austria	Giant slalom
	29 Dec 2004	Semmering, Austria	Slalom
	9 Jan 2005	Santa Caterina, Italy	Slalom
2006	29 Dec 2005	Lienz, Austria	Slalom
	5 Jan 2006	Zagreb, Croatia	Slalom
	8 Jan 2006	Maribor, Slovenia	Slalom
2007	11 Nov 2006	Levi, Finland	Slalom
	26 Nov 2006	Aspen, USA	Slalom
	15 Dec 2006	Reiteralm, Austria	Super combined
	21 Dec 2006	Val d'Isère, France	Slalom
	4 Jan 2007	Zagreb, Croatia	Slalom
	7 Jan 2007	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Slalom
	25 Feb 2007	Sierra Nevada, Spain	Slalom
	11 Mar 2007	Zwiesel, Germany	Slalom
2008	10 Nov 2007	Reiteralm, Austria	Slalom
	25 Nov 2007	Panorama, Canada	Slalom
	6 Jan 2008	Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Rep.	Slalom
	27 Jan 2008	Ofterschwang, Germany	Slalom
	14 Mar 2008	Bormio, Italy	Slalom
2010	29 Dec 2009	Lienz, Austria	Slalom
	12 Jan 2010	Flachau, Austria	Slalom
	13 Mar 2010	Garmisch, Germany	Slalom
2011	13 Nov 2010	Levi, Finland	Slalom
	21 Dec 2010	Courchevel, France	Slalom
	29 Dec 2010	Semmering, Austria	Slalom
	4 Jan 2011	Zagreb, Croatia	Slalom
	4 Feb 2011	Zwiesel, Germany	Slalom
	12 Mar 2011	Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Rep.	Slalom
2012	27 Nov 2011	Aspen, USA	Slalom
	18 Dec 2011	Courchevel, France	Slalom
	20 Dec 2011	Flachau, Austria	Slalom
	29 Dec 2011	Lienz, Austria	Slalom
	3 Jan 2012	Zagreb, Croatia	Slalom
	11 Feb 2012	Soldeu, Andorra	Slalom
2014	17 Dec 2013	Courchevel, France	Slalom
2014	29 Dec 2013	Lienz, Austria	Slalom

World Championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2003	21	2	–	–	–	4
2005	23	DSQ1	14	–	–	3
2007	25	2	DNF1	—	—	3
2009	27	injured, did not compete
2011	29	1	8	—	—	—
2013	31	9	—	—	—	—

Olympic results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2002	20	DNF1	—	—	—	—
2006	24	3	17	—	—	2
2010	28	2	—	—	—	—
2014	32	2	—	—	—	—

References

^ "Marlies Schild retires with 35 wins". ESPN. Associated Press. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
^ T W Flørenes, T Bere, L Nordsletten, S Heir, R Bahr (13 October 2009), "Injuries among male and female World Cup alpine skiers", British Journal of Sports Medicine 2009;43:973–978. doi:10.1136/bjsm.2009.068759
^ "Alpine Skiing: Marlies Schild". ESPN.com. 2008. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
^ "Schild claims World Cup slalom crown". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 12 March 2011. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
^ "Ski Alpin: WM-Saison für Marlies Schild nach Sturz zu Ende", DiePresse.com. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2012. (in German)
^ "FIS-Ski result list" Archived 14 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine, results for Marlies Schild, slalom, sorted by race date. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
^ "Marlies Schild injured, out for World Champs". Ski Racing. 21 December 2012.
^ "Marlies Schild tritt zur Titelverteidigung an" (in German). derstandard.at. 13 February 2013.
^ "Marlies Schild". Yahoo! Sports. 2006 Winter Olympics profile. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2007.
^ "Schild und Raich verheiratet". Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
^ Mintz, Geoff (2 February 2014). "Hansdotter finally gets a win, as Shiffrin lets one go". Ski Racing. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.