Ulrike Maier
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Ulrike Maier (22 October 1967 - 29 January 1994) was an Austrian alpine skier, two-time Super-G World Alpine Ski Champion.
Born at Rauris, Maier won the Super-G gold medal at the World Alpine Ski Championships in both 1989 and 1991. She also took home the giant slalom bronze medal in the 1991 event. She scored a total of 5 World Cup (2 Super-G, 3 Giant Slalom) race victories in her career.
On 29 January 1994 during a World Cup downhill race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Maier crashed into a post while skiing at 120 km/h down the slope. She died of her injuries shortly after being evacuated to the hospital in nearby Murnau, Germany. She had planned to retire at the end of the 1993-1994 season.
Maier was survived by her daughter and was buried in her home village of Rauris, Austria.
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| World Champions in Women's Super-G |
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| 1987: Maria Walliser | 1989: Ulrike Maier | 1991: Ulrike Maier | 1993: Katja Seizinger | 1996: Isolde Kostner | 1997: Isolde Kostner | 1999: Alexandra Meissnitzer | 2001: Régine Cavagnoud | 2003: Michaela Dorfmeister | 2005: Anja Pärson |
