Mirjam Puchner (born 18 May 1992) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer from St Johann im Pongau in Salzburg.[1] She made her World Cup debut on 12 January 2013 in St. Anton, Austria. Puchner attained her first World Cup podium in March 2016 at St. Moritz, Switzerland, where she won the downhill event at the season finals.
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 May 1992 Schwarzach im Pongau, Salzburg, Austria | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G, Combined | ||||||||||||||
| Club | WSV St. Johann - Salzburg[1] | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 12 January 2013 (age 20) | ||||||||||||||
| Website | mirjam-puchner.at | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 – (2021, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 10 – (2013–2017, 2019–2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 2 – (2 DH) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 8 – (5 DH, 3 SG) | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (15th in 2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (5th in DH, 2022) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Born in Schwarzach im Pongau, she is the sister of alpine ski racer Joachim Puchner (born 1987).[2]
World Cup results
editSeason standings
edit| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 21 | 94 | — | — | — | 43 | 22 |
| 2015 | 22 | 47 | — | — | 26 | 26 | 21 |
| 2016 | 23 | 33 | — | — | 28 | 12 | 23 |
| 2017 | 24 | 49 | — | — | 27 | 24 | 44 |
| 2018 | 25 | injured | |||||
| 2019 | 26 | 37 | — | — | 36 | 11 | — |
| 2020 | 27 | 59 | — | — | 25 | 33 | — |
| 2021 | 28 | 41 | — | — | 25 | 18 | — |
| 2022 | 29 | 16 | — | — | 11 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 30 | 19 | — | — | 10 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 31 | 15 | — | — | 7 | 7 | |
Race podiums
edit| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 16 March 2016 |  St. Moritz, Switzerland |
Downhill | 1st |
| 2019 | 13 March 2019 |  Soldeu, Andorra |
Downhill | 1st |
| 2022 | 3 December 2021 |  Lake Louise, Canada |
Downhill | 3rd |
| 5 December 2021 | Super-G | 3rd | ||
| 18 December 2021 |  Val d'Isère, France |
Downhill | 3rd | |
| 2024 | 13 January 2024 |  Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria |
Downhill | 3rd |
| 14 January 2024 | Super-G | 3rd | ||
| 2 March 2024 |  Kvitfjell, Norway |
Super-G | 3rd |
World Championship results
edit| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | Team event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 30 | — | — | 19 | 4 | — | — | — |
Olympic results
edit| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29 | — | — | 2 | 8 | — |
References
edit- ^ a b "Alpine Skiing - Athlete: Mirjam PUCHNER". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ "Mirjam Puchner". Atomic Skis. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mirjam Puchner.
- Mirjam Puchner at FIS (alpine)
- Mirjam Puchner at Olympedia
- Mirjam Puchner at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Mirjam Puchner at the Austrian Ski Team (ÖSV) (in German)
- Mirjam Puchner at Atomic Skis
- Official website (in German)
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