Anna Fenninger

Anna Fenninger

Fenninger in January 2011
Disciplines Downhill, Super G,
Giant Slalom, Slalom,
Combined
Club Skiklub Hypo Hallein
Born June 18, 1989 (1989-06-18) (age 22)
Hallein, Salzburg, Austria
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
World Cup debut November 11, 2006
(age 17)
Website anna-fenninger.at
Olympics
Teams 1 - (2010)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 2 - (2009, 2011)
Medals 2 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 6th - (2007-12)
Wins 1 - (1 GS)
Podiums 6 - (1 DH, 4 SG, 1 GS)
Overall titles 0 - (12th in 2011)
Discipline titles 0 - (6th in DH in 2011)

Anna Fenninger (born 18 June 1989 in Hallein) is a alpine ski racer from Austria. From the village of Adnet in Salzburg, she competes in all five alpine disciplines and is the reigning world champion in the super combined. On 28 December 2011, Fenninger won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria in the giant slalom. Her most consistent World Cup podium results have been in the Super G.

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Biography

2006 – 2010: World Cup Debut and First Successes

In the 2006 Junior World Championships, Fenninger won the gold in the Super-G, silver in the downhill, and finished fifth in the slalom.

On 11 November 2006, Fenninger made her World Cup debut in the slalom at Levi, Finland. She tallied her first World Cup points (top 30) on 21 January 2007 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, where she finished 16th in the giant slalom.

After another top 20 placing, she improved again on 22 December 2007 in St. Anton am Arlberg, where she received her best result of fourth in the super combined. At the 2008 Junior World Championships, Fenninger won gold in the giant slalom and silver in both combined and downhill.

In the 2009 season she achieved six top 10 placings, with her greatest success being a second place in the Super-G event in Cortina d'Ampezzo on January 26, 2009. At the World Championships in Val-d'Isère Fenninger became 4th and 7th in the Super-G and the super combined events, respectively. She won the bronze medal in the Super-G event at the 2009 Junior World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

In the next season, Fenninger had three top 10 finishes. At the 2010 Winter Olympics she placed 16th in the Super-G and the super combined events, and 25th in the downhill.

2011: World Champion

The 2011 season was Fenninger's most successful season so far. She had twelve World Cup top ten finishes, which included two podiums, and finished 12th in the overall standings. She was 6th in the season's downhill standings, and 7th in the Super G. At the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Fenninger won gold in the super combined and silver in the team event, together with Romed Baumann, Michaela Kirchgasser, Benjamin Raich, Marlies Schild and Philipp Schörghofer. She completed the season by winning the gold medal in the Super G at the Austrian Championships in late March.

World Cup podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2009 January 26, 2009 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super G 2nd
2011 January 8, 2011 Zauchensee, Austria Downhill 3rd
January 21, 2011 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super G 3rd
2012 December 4, 2011 Lake Louise, Canada Super G 2nd
December 7, 2011 Beaver Creek, USA Super G 3rd
December 28, 2011 Lienz, Austria Giant Slalom 1st

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