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Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden

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Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden
Kaufmann-Abderhalden in January 2010
Personal information
Born (1986-04-01) 1 April 1986 (age 38)
Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G, Combined
ClubSSC Toggenburg
World Cup debut15 March 2006 (age 19)
Retired7 March 2015 (age 28)[1]
Olympics
Teams1 – (2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams2 – (2013, 2015)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons7 – (20092015)
Wins1 – (1 DH)
Podiums5 – (5 DH)
Overall titles0 – (16th in 2014)
Discipline titles0 – (5th in DH, 2014)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Switzerland
Junior World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Quebec Downhill
Silver medal – second place 2006 Quebec Combined

Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden (born 1 April 1986) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.[2]

Born in Grabs, St. Gallen, she made her World Cup debut in Åre, Sweden, in March 2006. She won the gold medal in the downhill at the 2006 Junior World Ski Championships.[1] Kaufmann-Abderhalden has attained five World Cup podiums, all in downhill. Her first was in March 2010 at Crans Montana and her sole victory came at Val-d'Isère in December 2013. She announced her retirement from competition in March 2015, due to her training and race performances being hampered by severe pain in her right knee.[1]

World Cup results

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Season standings

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Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2008 21 113 33
2009 22 126 59
2010 23 74 28 39
2011 24 44 40 17 27
2012 25 107 45
2013 26 51 40 21 18
2014 27 16 44 5
2015 28 76 30

Race podiums

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  • 1 win – (1 DH)
  • 5 podiums – (5 DH)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2010 6 Mar 2010 Crans-Montana, Switzerland Downhill 3rd
2013 1 Dec 2012 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 3rd
2014 6 Dec 2013 Downhill 2nd
21 Dec 2013 Val-d'Isère, France Downhill 1st
25 Jan 2014 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 2nd

World Championship results

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  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2013 26 20 14
2015 28 29

Olympic results

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  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2014 27 DNF DNF1

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Marianne Abderhalden announces retirement". Federation Internationale de Ski. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. ^ "FIS-Ski - biographie". www.fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2008.
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