Nicole Schmidhofer

Nicole Schmidhofer
Schmidhofer in November 2017
Personal information
Born (1989-03-15) 15 March 1989 (age 35)
Friesach, Carinthia, Austria
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G
ClubUnion SC
Schönberg-Lachtal
World Cup debut15 March 2007 (age 18)
Websitenici-schmidhofer.at
Olympics
Teams2 – (2010, 2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams4 – (2013–2019)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons17 – (2007–2023)
Wins4 – (3 DH, 1 SG)
Podiums12 – (6 DH, 6 SG)
Overall titles0 – (5th in 2019)
Discipline titles1 – (DH, 2019)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Super-G 1 3 2
Downhill 3 2 1
Total 4 5 3
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 St. Moritz Super-G
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Altenmarkt/Flachau Super-G
Gold medal – first place 2007 Altenmarkt/Flachau Giant slalom
Silver medal – second place 2007 Altenmarkt/Flachau Combined
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Downhill
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Altenmarkt/Flachau Downhill

Nicole "Nici" Schmidhofer (born 15 March 1989) is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer. She specializes in the downhill and super-G events.

Career

Born in Friesach, Carinthia, Schmidhofer made her World Cup debut in March 2007. She competed for Austria at the 2010 Winter Olympics,[1] but did not finish in the super-G, which was her only event at the Olympics.[2] Three years later, Schmidhofer finished in 11th place in the super-G at the 2013 World Championships in Schladming.

At the 2017 World Championships, she became a gold medalist in super-G.

Her breakout World Cup season was in 2019, with three wins and three additional podiums; she won the season title in downhill and was runner-up in super-G. In March 2019, she participated in her first speed skiing world championships in Vars, France She finished 4th with a new Austria national record of 217.590 km/h.[citation needed] She retired after the 2023 World Cup ski season.[3]

World Cup results

At Garmisch-Partenkirchen in January 2017

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2007 17 104 — 57 41 — —
2008 18 124 — — — 51 —
2009 19 70 — — 26 40 —
2010 20 81 — — 28 49 —
2011 21 91 — — 38 36 —
2012 22 86 — — — 35 —
2013 23 45 — — 8 36 —
2014 24 20 — — 12 11 —
2015 25 30 — — 12 20 —
2016 26 49 — — 23 21 —
2017 27 15 — — 7 8 —
2018 28 17 — — 7 9 —
2019 29 5 — — 2 1 —
2020 30 13 — — 3 9 —
2021 31 Injured left knee in December, out for season
2022 32 109 — — 45 — —
2023 33 53 — — 11 35
Standings through 8 January 2023

Race podiums

  • 4 wins – (3 DH, 1 SG)
  • 12 podiums – 6 DH, 6 SG)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2013 20 Jan 2013 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 2nd
2014 24 Jan 2014 Downhill 3rd
2018 3 Dec 2017 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 3rd
21 Jan 2018 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 3rd
2019 30 Nov 2018 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 1st
1 Dec 2018 1st
19 Dec 2018 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Super-G 2nd
19 Jan 2019 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 2nd
26 Jan 2019 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Super-G 1st
23 Feb 2019  Switzerland  Crans-Montana, Switzerland Downhill 2nd
2020 7 Dec 2019 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 1st
09 Feb 2020 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Super-G 2nd

World Championship results

Year Age Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2013 23 — — 11 — —
2015 25 — — — 4 —
2017 27 — — 1 16 —
2019 29 — — 11 9 —

Olympic results

Year Age Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2010 20 — — DNF1 — —
2014 24 — — — — —
2018 28 — — 18 12 —
2022 32 Did not compete

References

  1. ^ "Nicole Schmidhofer". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Ladies' Super-G Results". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Goodbye Champions". fis-ski.com. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
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