Roswitha Steiner

Roswitha Steiner

Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1987 Crans Montana Slalom

Roswitha Stadlober (née Steiner)[1] (born 14 June 1963 in Radstadt, Salzburg) is an Austrian former alpine skier.

Career

She concluded her career at the end of the 1987/1988 season by clinching her second Slalom World Cup title, also winning her last race in Aspen. She is married to Alois Stadlober, a former Austrian cross-country skier and world champion at the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Their son Luis Stadlober and daughter Teresa Stadlober are also competitive cross-country skiers.[2] Roswitha has served as a member of the executive committee of the Austrian Ski Federation since 2011.[3] In October 2021, she became the first female president of the Federation, after having served as senior vice-president.[4]

Achievements

1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo:

1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary:

Alpine skiing World Championship 1982 in Schladming:

Alpine skiing World Championship 1987 in Crans-Montana:

1984 Austrian Alpine Ski Championships

  • first place at Slalom skiing

8 World Cup race victories at Slalom

Two time Slalom World Cup winner 1985/86 and 1987/88 (There are statistics, that she would have shared first title with Erika Hess; she and Erika did gain 110 points, but Roswitha did achieve four victories, therefore she is the sole winner.)

References

  1. ^ "Roswitha Stadlober wird ÖSV-Präsidentin" [Roswitha Stadlober becomes ÖSV President]. orf.at (in German). 13 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Family Business". Australian Olympic Committee (in German). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Erstmals Frau an der Spitze des ÖSV" [Woman at the head of the ÖSV for the first time]. sport1.de (in German). 15 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  4. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (14 October 2021). "Austrian Ski Federation appoints Stadlober as President after Schmidhofer exit". Inside the Games. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
Awards
Preceded by Austrian Sportswoman of the year
1986 		Succeeded by