Denise Feierabend

Denise Feierabend
Feierabend in 2017
Personal information
Born (1989-04-15) 15 April 1989 (age 35)
Engelberg, Obwalden, Switzerland
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom, Combined,
Downhill, Super-G
ClubEngelberg
World Cup debut5 February 2008 (age 18)
Websitedenisefeierabend.ch
Olympics
Teams2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 – (2009, 2011, 2017)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons11 – (2008–2018)
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (43rd in 2014)
Discipline titles0 – (8th in AC, 2016)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Switzerland
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Team event

Denise Feierabend (born 15 April 1989) is a Swiss former World Cup alpine ski racer.[1] Born in Engelberg, Obwalden,[2] she competed for Switzerland at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Feierabend won the gold medal in the team competition, which was held for the first time, on 24 February as part of the Swiss team (with Wendy Holdener, Luca Aerni, Daniel Yule and Ramon Zenhäusern). Three weeks after the end of the season, she announced her retirement from top-level sport on 8 April 2018.[3]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age  Overall   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2008 18 108 48 — — — —
2009 19 79 31 — — — 34
2010 20 103 — — — — 21
2011 21 61 24 — — — 23
2012 22 56 28 — — 49 7
2013 23
2014 24 43 17 — — — 10
2015 25 67 31 — — — 11
2016 26 50 28 — 35 33 8
2017 27 56 22 — 53 44 16
2018 28 23 11 — 39 43 8
  • Standings through 4 February 2018

Race podiums

  • 0 podiums
  • 9 top tens (best finishes - fourth in slalom and combined)

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2009 19 6 — — — —
2011 21 21 35 — — 6
2013 23 — — — — —
2015 25 — — — — —
2017 27 9 — — — 4

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined Mixed team
2014 24 17 — — — 12 —
2018 28 14 — — — 9 1

References

  1. ^ "FEIERABEND Denise - Biographie". data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics - results & video highlights". www.sochi2014.com. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Mehr Zeit für Familie - Feierabend beendet ihre Karriere". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 8 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
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