Renate Götschl (born 6 August 1975) is an Austrian former alpine ski racer. She is a two-time individual World Champion in the combined (1997) and downhill (1999), and has won a total of 9 World Championships medals. She also won two Olympic medals in 2002, the bronze medal in downhill and the silver medal in the combined.[1]

Renate Götschl
Renate Götschl during the Austrian Alpine Skiing Championships in Haus im Ennstal in March 2008
Personal information
Born (1975-08-06) 6 August 1975 (age 49)
Judenburg, Austria
OccupationAlpine skier
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, combined
ClubSC Weißkirchen
World Cup debutJanuary 1993
(age 17)
RetiredAugust 2009
(age 34)
Olympics
Teams4 – (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)
Medals2 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams8 – (199609)
Medals9 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons17 – 19932009)
Wins46
Podiums110
Overall titles1 – (2000)
Discipline titles10 – (5 DH, 3 SG, 2 KB)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Austria
World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Downhill 24 21 14
Super G 17 15 9
Giant slalom 0 1 3
Slalom 1 0 0
Combined 4 0 1
Total 46 37 27
International alpine ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships 3 4 2
Total 3 5 3
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Salt Lake City Combined
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City Downhill
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Sestriere Combined
Gold medal – first place 1999 Vail Downhill
Gold medal – first place 2007 Åre Team event
Silver medal – second place 1999 Vail Combined
Silver medal – second place 1999 Vail Super-G
Silver medal – second place 2001 St. Anton Downhill
Silver medal – second place 2005 Bormio Team event
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Bormio Downhill
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Åre Super-G
Junior World Ski Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Monte Campione Slalom

Career

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Götschl made her World Cup debut in 1993, on 14 March 1993, winning the slalom in Lillehammer, Norway. This was followed by more than 100 podium (top 3) results, including at least one win in four of the five disciplines; only a giant slalom win has eluded her, the best result in this discipline being a second place in Lienz in December 2003.[2]

She won the overall World Cup title in 2000, and she has also won five World Cup discipline titles in downhill (1997, 1999, 2004, 2005 and 2007), three in super-G (2000, 2004 and 2007), and two in combined (2000 and 2002).

Götschl has won nine medals at the World Championships, including gold medals in combined (1997) in downhill (1999) and in team event (2007). At the 2002 Winter Olympics, she won a silver medal in combined and a bronze medal in the downhill.

On 28 January 2007, when she was second in a super-G in San Sicario, she celebrated her 100th podium in World Cup. Her total of 46 World Cup race wins (as of 14 March 2007) is fifth all-time among women, behind only Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin, Annemarie Moser-Pröll, and Vreni Schneider. One of her favorite slopes is in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, where on 20 January 2007 she became the first alpine skier ever to win 10 races at a single World Cup venue. This highscore was held until December 2011 when Lindsey Vonn celebrated her ninth, tenth and eleventh victory on three consecutive days in Lake Louise, Canada.

World Cup statistics

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Race wins

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  • 46 wins (24 DH / 17 SG / 1 SL / 4 KB)

Downhill

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Date Location
7 December 1996 Vail
18 January 1998 Altenmarkt
27 November 1998 Lake Louise
28 November 1998 Lake Louise
27 February 1999 Åre
5 March 1999 St. Moritz
19 February 2000 Åre
25 February 2000 Innsbruck
17 December 2000 St. Moritz
13 January 2001 Haus
26 January 2002 Cortina d'Ampezzo
2 February 2002 Åre
18 January 2003 Cortina d'Ampezzo
12 March 2003 Lillehammer Hafjell
20 December 2003 St. Moritz
10 January 2004 Veysonnaz
10 March 2004 Sestriere
15 January 2005 Cortina d'Ampezzo
10 March 2005 Lenzerheide
28 January 2006 Cortina d'Ampezzo
13 January 2007 Altenmarkt
20 January 2007 Cortina d'Ampezzo
27 January 2007 San Sicario
14 March 2007 Lenzerheide

Super-G

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Date Location
10 January 1995 Flachau
22 January 1999 Cortina d'Ampezzo
16 January 2000 Altenmarkt
27 February 2000 Innsbruck
16 March 2000 Bormio
2 December 2000 Lake Louise
17 January 2003 Cortina d'Ampezzo
28 February 2003 Innsbruck
7 December 2003 Lake Louise
16 January 2004 Cortina d'Ampezzo
21 February 2004 Åre
12 January 2005 Cortina d'Ampezzo
14 January 2005 Cortina d'Ampezzo
3 December 2006 Lake Louise
16 December 2006 Reiteralm
26 January 2007 San Sicario
4 March 2007 Tarvisio

Slalom

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Date Location
14 March 1993 Lillehammer Hafjell

Combined

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Date Location
19 December 1993 St. Anton
12 February 2000 Santa Caterina
13 January 2002 Saalbach-Hinterglemm
3 February 2002 Åre

Individual races

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  • 46 wins (24 DH / 17 SG / 1 SL / 4 KB)
  • 110 podiums (59 DH / 41 SG / 4 GS / 1 SL / 5 KB)

Regarding the most podium positions, Götschl ranks third to Annemarie Moser-Pröll, who leads with 113 and Lindsey Vonn.

Season Date Location Discipline Place
1992/1993
1 victory (1 SL)
14 Mar 1993 Hafjell, Norway Slalom 1st
1993/1994
1 victory (1 KB)
2 podiums
18 Dec 1993 St. Anton, Austria Downhill 2nd
19 Dec 1993 Combined 1st
1994/1995
1 victory (1 SG)
3 podiums
10 Jan 1995 Flachau, Austria Super-G 1st
11 Mar 1995 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Downhill 3rd
19 Mar 1995 Bormio, Italy Super-G 2nd
1995/1996
4 podiums
16 Dec 1995 St. Anton, Austria Downhill 3rd
20 Jan 1996 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 3rd
2 Feb 1996 Val-d'Isère, France Super-G 2nd
4 Feb 1996 Super-G 3rd
1996/1997
1 victory (1 DH)
4 podiums
7 Dec 1996 Vail, CO, United States Downhill 1st
1 Feb 1997 Laax, Switzerland Downhill 2nd
2 Mar 1997 Happo One, Japan Downhill 3rd
12 Mar 1997 Vail, CO, United States Downhill 2nd
1997/1998
1 victory (1 DH)
6 podiums
4 Dec 1997 Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada Downhill 3rd
18 Dec 1997 Val-d'Isère, France Super-G 2nd
18 Jan 1998 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria Downhill 1st
22 Jan 1998 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 2nd
24 Jan 1996 Super-G 2nd
18 Dec 1997 Åre, Sweden Downhill 2nd
1998/1999
5 victories
(4 DH, 1 SG)
8 podiums
27 Nov 1998 Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada Downhill 1st
28 Nov 1998 Downhill 1st
4 Dec 1998 Mammoth Mountain, CA, United States Super-G 2nd
19 Dec 1998 Veysonnaz, Switzerland Downhill 3rd
22 Jan 1999 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 1st
27 Feb 1999 Åre, Sweden Downhill 1st
5 Mar 1999 St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 1st
6 Mar 1999 Super-G 2nd
1999/2000
6 victories
(2 DH, 3 SG, 1 KB)
11 podiums
18 Dec 1999 St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 2nd
16 Jan 2000 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria Super-G 1st
11 Feb 2000 Santa Caterina, Italy Super-G 3rd
12 Feb 2000 Combined 1st
19 Feb 2000 Åre, Sweden Downhill 1st
25 Feb 2000 Innsbruck, Austria Downhill 1st
26 Feb 2000 Super-G 2nd
27 Feb 2000 Super-G 1st
5 Mar 2000 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Downhill 3rd
15 Mar 2000 Bormio, Italy Downhill 3rd
16 Mar 2000 Super-G 1st
2000/2001
3 victories
(2 DH, 1 SG)
13 podiums
30 Nov 2000 Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada Downhill 3rd
2 Dec 2000 Super-G 1st
16 Dec 2000 St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 2nd
17 Dec 2000 Downhill 1st
19 Dec 2000 Sestriere, Italy Giant slalom 3rd
6 Jan 2001 Maribor, Slovenia Giant slalom 3rd
13 Jan 2001 Haus im Ennstal, Austria Super-G 3rd
13 Jan 2001 Downhill 1st
14 Jan 2001 Flachau, Austria Combined 3rd
19 Jan 2001 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 2nd
20 Jan 2001 Super-G 3rd
16 Feb 2001 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Super-G 2nd
25 Feb 2001 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Super-G 2nd
2001/2002
4 victories
(2 DH, 2 KB)
7 podiums
15 Dec 2001 Val-d'Isère, France Super-G 2nd
12 Jan 2002 Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria Downhill 2nd
13 Jan 2002 Combined 1st
25 Jan 2002 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 2nd
26 Jan 2002 Downhill 1st
2 Feb 2002 Åre, Sweden Downhill 1st
3 Feb 2002 Combined 1st
2002/2003
4 victories
(2 DH, 2 SG)
7 podiums
7 Dec 2002 Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada Downhill 3rd
15 Jan 2003 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 2nd
17 Jan 2003 Super-G 1st
18 Jan 2003 Downhill 1st
28 Feb 2003 Innsbruck, Austria Super-G 1st
2 Mar 2003 Super-G 3rd
28 Feb 2003 Lillehammer, Norway Downhill 1st
2003/2004
6 victories
(3 DH, 3 SG)
14 podiums
6 Dec 2003 Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada Downhill 3rd
7 Dec 2003 Super-G 1st
20 Dec 2003 St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 1st
27 Dec 2003 Lienz, Austria Giant slalom 2nd
4 Jan 2004 Megeve, France Super-G 2nd
10 Jan 2004 Veysonnaz, Switzerland Downhill 1st
16 Jan 2004 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 1st
17 Jan 2004 Downhill 2nd
18 Jan 2004 Downhill 2nd
30 Jan 2004 Haus im Ennstal, Austria Downhill 3rd
31 Jan 2004 Downhill 2nd
7 Feb 2004 Zwiesel, Germany Giant slalom 3rd
21 Feb 2004 Åre, Sweden Super-G 1st
10 Mar 2004 Sestriere, Italy Downhill 1st
2004/2005
4 victories
(2 DH, 2 SG)
8 podiums
4 Dec 2004 Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada Downhill 2nd
5 Dec 2004 Super-G 2nd
7 Jan 2005 Santa Caterina, Italy Downhill 2nd
12 Jan 2005 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 1st
14 Jan 2005 Super-G 1st
15 Jan 2005 Downhill 1st
16 Jan 2005 Downhill 2nd
10 Mar 2005 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Downhill 1st
2005/2006
1 victory (1 DH)
2 podiums
21 Jan 2006 St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 2nd
28 Jan 2006 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 1st
2006/2007
8 victories
(4 DH, 4 SG)
13 podiums
2 Dec 2006 Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada Downhill 2nd
3 Dec 2006 Super-G 1st
16 Dec 2006 Reiteralm, Austria Super-G 1st
19 Dec 2006 Val-d'Isère, France Downhill 2nd
13 Jan 2007 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria Downhill 1st
19 Jan 2007 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 3rd
20 Jan 2007 Downhill 1st
26 Jan 2007 San Sicario, Italy Super-G 1st
27 Jan 2007 Downhill 1st
28 Jan 2007 Super-G 2nd
3 Mar 2007 Tarvisio, Italy Downhill 2nd
4 Mar 2007 Super-G 1st
14 Mar 2007 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Downhill 1st
2007/2008
6 podiums
1 Dec 2007 Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada Downhill 2nd
8 Dec 2007 Aspen, CO, United States Downhill 3rd
16 Dec 2007 St. Moritz, Switzerland Super-G 3rd
21 Jan 2008 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 3rd
3 Feb 2008 St. Moritz, Switzerland Super-G 3rd
8 Mar 2008 Crans-Montana, Switzerland Downhill 2nd
2008/2009
1 podium
11 Mar 2009 Åre, Sweden Downhill 3rd

Cup standings

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Season Age Overall DH SG GS SL KB
1993 17 57. 18.
1994 18 15. 18. 46. 28. 24. 3.
1995 19 14. 10. 4. 31.
1996 20 10. 7. 5. 51. 47.
1997 21 8. 1. 12. 39.
1998 22 7. 2. 2. 14.
1999 23 3. 1. 5. 28. 37. 9.
2000 24 1. 2. 1. 10. 14. 1.
2001 25 2. 2. 2. 14. 24. 3.
2002 26 2. 5. 4. 36. 25. 1.
2003 27 7. 2. 2. 51.
2004 28 2. 1. 1. 13. 47.
2005 29 3. 1. 2. 16. 7.
2006 30 19. 3. 19. 38.
2007 31 4. 1. 1. 26.
2008 32 9. 2. 4.
2009 33 23. 9. 13.

World Championship results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom 
Super G Downhill Combined
1996 20 20 8 4
1997 21 6 8 1
1999 23 2 1 2
2001 25 DNF DNF 2 DNF
2003 27 8 5
2005 29 23 3 DNF
2007 31 3 7
2009 33 DNF 24

Olympic results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom 
Super G Downhill Combined
1994 18 DNF DNF DNF
1998 22 5 DNF DNF
2002 26 DNF 8 3 2
2006 30 26 4

References

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  1. ^ "Renate Götschl - Athlete Information". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  2. ^ ""Cortina-Königin" Renate Götschl: "Wildsau" wird gewinnen" (in German). laola1.at. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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Awards
Preceded by Austrian Sportswoman of the year
1997
Succeeded by
Preceded by Austrian Sportswoman of the year
2005
Succeeded by
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for Austria
Turin 2006
Succeeded by