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| Born | (1989-05-24)24 May 1989 (age 36) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Super-G,downhill,giant slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ski Club Schaan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 22 October 2005 (age 16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 25 March 2020 (age 30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | tina-weirather.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (2006,2014,2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 6 – (2005–07,2013–19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 13 – (2006–2008,2010, 2012–2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 9 – (1DH, 7SG, 1GS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 41 – (14DH, 21SG, 6GS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 –(4th in2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 2 – (2SG,2017,2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Christina Weirather (born 24 May 1989) is a retiredLiechtensteinerWorld Cupalpine ski racer. She won a bronze medal inSuper-G forLiechtenstein at the2018 Winter Olympics inPyeongchang.
Weirather made her World Cup debut at age 16 in October2005 and had nine victories and 41 podiums through her retirement in2020, during theCOVID-19 pandemic.
Weirather competed in two events at the2006 Winter Olympics inTurin, Italy, and finished 33rd in thesuper-G, but did not finish in thedownhill. She had qualified to ski in four events at the2010 Winter Olympics:downhill,super-G,giant slalom, and thecombined. Just weeks before the Olympics on 23 January, while competing in a World Cup downhill atCortina d'Ampezzo, Weirather suffered anotheranterior cruciate ligament injury to her right knee and missed the Olympics,[1] as well as the following World Cup season of2011.[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 thedownhill at the2014 Winter Olympics, Weirather crashed atRosa 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 the2014 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]
Born inVaduz, Weirather is the daughter of former World Cup ski racersHarti Weirather ofAustria andHanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein (and the niece ofAndreas Wenzel).[1] Her mother Hanni won two overall World Cup titles (1978,1980) and twoOlympic 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 in1981 and wasworld champion in1982.[7][8]
Weirather married Swiss radio host Fabio Nay in September 2022.[9] The couple have a son, Lio, born in January 2024.[10]
| Season | |
| Discipline | |
| 2017 | Super-G |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Super-G |
| 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 | 33 | |
| 2013 | 23 | 18 | — | 37 | 9 | 6 | — |
| 2014 | 24 | 5 | — | 10 | 4 | 17 | |
| 2015 | 25 | 10 | — | 10 | 8 | 7 | — |
| 2016 | 26 | 4 | 43 | 5 | 8 | — | |
| 2017 | 27 | 7 | — | 13 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | 28 | 6 | — | 31 | — | ||
| 2019 | 29 | 17 | — | 56 | 15 | — | |
| 2020 | 30 | 24 | — | — | 16 | 23 | — |
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2012 | 2 Dec 2011 | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 28 Jan 2012 | | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 4 Feb 2012 | Downhill | 3rd | ||
| 5 Feb 2012 | Super-G | 3rd | ||
| 26 Feb 2012 | Super-G | 2nd | ||
| 2013 | 30 Nov 2012 | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 1 Mar 2013 | Super-G | 1st | ||
| 2014 | 29 Nov 2013 | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 1 Dec 2013 | Giant slalom | 3rd | ||
| 7 Dec 2013 | Downhill | 2nd | ||
| 8 Dec 2013 | Super-G | 2nd | ||
| 14 Dec 2013 | | Super-G | 1st | |
| 22 Dec 2013 | Giant slalom | 1st | ||
| 24 Jan 2014 | Downhill | 2nd | ||
| 25 Jan 2014 | Downhill | 3rd | ||
| 26 Jan 2014 | Super-G | 2nd | ||
| 2015 | 5 Dec 2014 | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 19 Jan 2015 | Super-G | 3rd | ||
| 21 Feb 2015 | Giant slalom | 3rd | ||
| 7 Mar 2015 | Downhill | 1st | ||
| 2016 | 24 Oct 2015 | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 28 Dec 2015 | Giant slalom | 2nd | ||
| 24 Jan 2016 | Super-G | 2nd | ||
| 30 Jan 2016 | Giant slalom | 3rd | ||
| 21 Feb 2016 | Super-G | 1st | ||
| 17 Mar 2016 | | Super-G | 1st | |
| 2017 | 4 Dec 2016 | Super-G | 2nd | |
| 18 Dec 2016 | Super-G | 2nd | ||
| 15 Jan 2017 | Downhill | 2nd | ||
| 22 Jan 2017 | Super-G | 3rd | ||
| 16 Mar 2017 | Super-G | 1st | ||
| 2018 | 1 Dec 2017 | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 3 Dec 2017 | Super-G | 1st | ||
| 9 Dec 2017 | | Super-G | 3rd | |
| 17 Dec 2017 | Super-G | 2nd | ||
| 20 Jan 2018 | Downhill | 2nd | ||
| 4 Feb 2018 | Downhill | 3rd | ||
| 3 Mar 2018 | | Super-G | 1st | |
| 2019 | 8 Dec 2018 | | Super-G | 3rd |
| 19 Dec 2018 | Super-G | 2nd | ||
| 20 Jan 2019 | Super-G | 2nd |
| 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 |
| 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 | — |
| Olympic Games | ||
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| Preceded by | Flagbearer for Liechtenstein Sochi 2014 | Succeeded by |