Brigitte Gadient

Brigitte Gadient
Personal information
Born9 October 1963 (1963-10-09) (age 61)
Flums-Grossberg [de], Switzerland
OccupationAlpine skier
Skiing career
DisciplinesTechnical events
World Cup debut1981
Retired1990
World Cup
Seasons10
Podiums4
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Switzerland
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Slalom 0 3 1

Brigitte Gadient (born 9 October 1963) is a former Swiss ski racer. Her career was as a slalom specialist. She did not win a World Cup race, but finished in second place three times.[1]

Career

During the 1980s, she was teamed with a slalom team of Swiss competitors which included Erika Hess, Vreni Schneider, Brigitte Oertli, Corinne Schmidhauser and Christine von Grünigen.[2]

She was placed ninth at the 1985 Alpine Ski World Championships,[3] but did not qualify for the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary. Gadient retired from skiing following the 1990/91 season.

World Cup results

Seasons Position Location Country
1983/84 2nd Waterville Valley USA
1984/85 2nd Madonna di Campiglio ITA
1984/85 3rd Maribor SLO
1985/86 2nd Savognin SUI

References

  1. ^ "Brigitte Gadient profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Statistics 1987 World Cup SUI". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Brigitte Gadient". Ski DB. Retrieved 4 August 2013.