Tina Weirather

Tina Weirather
Weirather in January 2017
Personal information
Born (1989-05-24) 24 May 1989 (age 35)
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesSuper-G, downhill, giant slalom
ClubSki Club Schaan
World Cup debut22 October 2005 (age 16)
Retired25 March 2020 (age 30)
Websitetina-weirather.com
Olympics
Teams3 – (2006, 2014, 2018)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams6 – (2005–07, 2013–19)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons13 – (2006–2008, 2010,
         2012–2020)
Wins9 – (1 DH, 7 SG, 1 GS)
Podiums41 – (14 DH, 21 SG, 6 GS)
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2016)
Discipline titles2 – (2 SG, 2017, 2018)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Liechtenstein
International alpine ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships 0 1 0
Total 0 1 1
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Super-G
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 St. Moritz Super-G
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Altenmarkt Downhill
Gold medal – first place 2006 Mont Sainte-Anne Giant slalom
Silver medal – second place 2009 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Giant slalom
Silver medal – second place 2007 Altenmarkt Super-G
Silver medal – second place 2007 Altenmarkt Giant slalom

Christina Weirather (born 24 May 1989) is a retired Liechtensteiner World Cup alpine ski racer. She won a bronze medal in Super-G for Liechtenstein at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Racing career

Weirather made her World Cup debut at age 16 in October 2005 and had nine victories and 41 podiums through her retirement in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Weirather competed in two events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and finished 33rd in the super-G, but did not finish in the downhill. She had qualified to ski in four events at the 2010 Winter Olympics: downhill, super-G, giant slalom, and the combined. Just weeks before the Olympics on 23 January, while competing in a World Cup downhill at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Weirather suffered another anterior cruciate ligament injury to her right knee and missed the Olympics,[1] as well as the following World Cup season of 2011.[2]

Following years of training alongside her compatriots on the Liechtenstein Alpine Ski team, Weirather switched to training with the Swiss team.[3]

During the fourth training run for the downhill at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Weirather crashed at Rosa Khutor on 9 February and injured her lower right leg.[4] The bone contusion caused her to miss her starts in the Olympics and the remainder of the 2014 World Cup season. At the time, she was second in the World Cup overall, downhill and super-G standings and third in the giant slalom.[5]

On 25 March 2020 she announced her retirement.[6]

Personal life

Born in Vaduz, Weirather is the daughter of former World Cup ski racers Harti Weirather of Austria and Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein (and the niece of Andreas Wenzel).[1] Her mother Hanni won two overall World Cup titles (1978, 1980) and two Olympic gold medals (1980), four Olympic medals overall; uncle Andreas won the men's overall World Cup title in 1980 and 2 Olympic medals. Her father Harti won the season title in downhill in 1981 and was world champion in 1982.[7][8]

Weirather married Swiss radio host Fabio Nay in September 2022.[9] The couple have a son, Lio, born in January 2024.[10]

World Cup results

Season titles

Season
Discipline
2017 Super-G
2018 Super-G

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined
2007 17 56 — 23 51 43 16
2008 18 109 — 39 — — —
2009 19 injured: out for season
2010 20 58 — 41 25 38 32
2011 21 injured: out for season
2012 22 9 — 30 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 33
2013 23 18 — 37 9 6 —
2014 24 5 — 10 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 17
2015 25 10 — 10 8 7 —
2016 26 4 43 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 —
2017 27 7 — 13 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 —
2018 28 6 — 31 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) —
2019 29 17 — 56 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 15 —
2020 30 24 — — 16 23 —

Race podiums

Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2012 2 Dec 2011 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 2nd
28 Jan 2012  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 3rd
4 Feb 2012 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Downhill 3rd
5 Feb 2012 Super-G 3rd
26 Feb 2012 Bulgaria Bansko, Bulgaria Super-G 2nd
2013 30 Nov 2012 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 3rd
1 Mar 2013 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Super-G 1st
2014 29 Nov 2013 United States Beaver Creek, USA Downhill 2nd
1 Dec 2013 Giant slalom 3rd
7 Dec 2013 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 2nd
8 Dec 2013 Super-G 2nd
14 Dec 2013  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Super-G 1st
22 Dec 2013 France Val-d'Isère, France Giant slalom 1st
24 Jan 2014 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy   Downhill 2nd
25 Jan 2014 Downhill 3rd
26 Jan 2014 Super-G 2nd
2015 5 Dec 2014 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 3rd
19 Jan 2015 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 3rd
21 Feb 2015 Slovenia Maribor, Slovenia Giant slalom 3rd
7 Mar 2015 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Downhill 1st
2016 24 Oct 2015 Austria Sölden, Austria   Giant slalom 3rd
28 Dec 2015 Austria Lienz, Austria   Giant slalom 2nd
24 Jan 2016 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 2nd
30 Jan 2016 Slovenia Maribor, Slovenia Giant slalom 3rd
21 Feb 2016 Italy La Thuile, Italy Super-G 1st
17 Mar 2016  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Super-G 1st
2017 4 Dec 2016 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 2nd
18 Dec 2016 France Val-d'Isère, France Super-G 2nd
15 Jan 2017 Austria Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria Downhill 2nd
22 Jan 2017 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Super-G 3rd
16 Mar 2017 United States Aspen, USA Super-G 1st
2018 1 Dec 2017 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 2nd
3 Dec 2017 Super-G 1st
9 Dec 2017  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Super-G 3rd
17 Dec 2017 France Val-d'Isère, France Super-G 2nd
20 Jan 2018 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 2nd
4 Feb 2018 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Downhill 3rd
3 Mar 2018  Switzerland  Crans-Montana, Switzerland Super-G 1st
2019 8 Dec 2018  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Super-G 3rd
19 Dec 2018 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Super-G 2nd
20 Jan 2019 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 2nd

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined
2005 15 — — 31 — —
2007 17 — DNF2 DNF — DNS2
2009 19 injured, did not compete
2011 21
2013 23 — 27 DNF 13 DNS2
2015 25 — 4 6 11 —
2017 27 — 19 2 10 DNS1
2019 29 — — DNF 18 DNS2

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined
2006 16 — — 33 DNF —
2010 20 injured: did not compete
2014 24 — — DNS^ DNS^ —
2018 28 — 22 3 4 —
^ injured during downhill training run

Other honours

Alpine skiing Junior World championships

  • 2009 Alpine skiing Junior World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany)
    • Silver Giant slalom
  • 2007 Alpine skiing Junior World Championships in Altenmarkt (Austria)
    • Gold Downhill
    • Silver Super-G
    • Silver Giant slalom
  • 2006 Alpine skiing Junior World Championships in Mont Sainte-Anne (Canada)
    • Gold Giant slalom

Swiss Alpine skiing championships

  • 2005 Swiss Alpine Skiing Championships in Veysonnaz (Switzerland)
    • Silver Giant slalom
  • 2006 Swiss Alpine Skiing Championships in St. Moritz (Switzerland)
    • Gold Giant slalom
  • 2009 Swiss Alpine Skiing Championships in St. Moritz (Switzerland)
    • Silver Giant slalom

German Alpine skiing championships

  • 2009 German Alpine Skiing Championships in Oberjoch (Germany)
    • Bronze Giant slalom

Liechtenstein Alpine skiing championships

  • 2006 Liechtenstein Alpine Skiing Championships in Malbun (Liechtenstein)
    • Gold Giant slalom

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Dunbar, Graham (23 December 2013). "Liechtenstein skier Tina Weirather follows in her family's rich Olympic tradition". Courier Islander. Campbell River, British Columbia. Associated Press. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  2. ^ Battaglia, Joe (1 February 2014). "Perseverance has Tina Weirather on cusp of own Olympic Alpine greatness". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 26 February 2014.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather is on the fast track".
  4. ^ Battaglia, Joe (11 February 2014). "Injury knocks medal contender Tina Weirather from Sochi downhill". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 26 February 2014.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Season ends early for Tina Weirather". Ski Racing. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Tina Weirather – Fürstentum Liechtenstein". www.liechtenstein.li. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020.
  7. ^ "COMPETITORS HAVING MORE THAN ONE PODIUM". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  8. ^ "COMPETITORS HAVING MORE THAN ONE TOP 10 POSITION". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Hochzeitsglocken! Ex-Ski-Star hat geheiratet" (in German). heute.at. 21 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Lio Weirather ist auf der Welt" (in German). Liechtensteiner Vaterland. 29 January 2024.
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