Marlies Schild

Marlies Schild
Personal information
Full name Marlies Schild
Born May 31, 1981 (1981-05-31) (age 30)
Admont, Liezen, Styria, Austria
Height 5 ft 7.7 in (1.72 m)
Professional information
Club Skiklub Dienten
Skis Atomic
World Cup
Seasons 2001 – present
Wins 34
Additional podiums 26
Total podiums 60
Updated on 2012-01-03.
Medal record
Women’s alpine skiing
Competitor for  Austria
Olympic Games
Silver 2006 Turin Combined
Silver 2010 Vancouver Slalom
Bronze 2006 Turin Slalom
World Championships
Gold 2007 Åre Team Event
Gold 2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Slalom
Silver 2003 St. Moritz Slalom
Silver 2007 Åre Slalom
Silver 2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Team Event
Bronze 2005 Bormio Combined
Bronze 2007 Åre Combined

Marlies Schild (born May 31, 1981, in Admont, Austria) is a World Cup alpine ski racer. She is a specialist in the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom and has won multiple medals in Olympic and World Championship competitions, as well as three World Cup season titles.

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Skiing career

At the beginning of her career, her preference was for the downhill. However, by the age of 19 she had already undergone 5 knee surgeries, prompting her to concentrate instead on the less dangerous slalom and giant slalom competitions.[1][2] In October 2008, during training for giant slalom, she fell and sustained a comminuted fracture in her left tibia and fibula, as well as a fractured tibial head.[3] This severe injury sidelined Schild for the remainder of the 2008/2009 season. A few weeks after her comeback in Levi, she celebrated her first victory after the injury, winning the slalom in Lienz on December 29, 2009. Later that season, she competed in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, winning the silver medal in the slalom. With her current record of 32 slalom World Cup victories, she is second only to Swiss skier Vreni Schneider, who has won 34 slaloms.[4]

World Championships

At the 2003 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, she placed second in the slalom behind Janica Kostelić, and in 2005 at Bormio, Italy, she won a bronze medal in the combined, behind Janica Kostelić and Anja Pärson. In 2007 at Åre, Sweden, Schild won silver in the slalom and bronze in the combined. In team events she won gold 2007 in Åre and silver at the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, with the Austrian team.

Olympics

At the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, she won a silver medal in women's combined and a bronze medal in the women's slalom event. In the giant slalom, she placed 17th. In the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, she improved to another silver in the slalom. She also competed at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake, but did not finish the slalom event.[5]

She is engaged to Austrian ski racer Benjamin Raich.[6]

World Cup victories

Season titles

4 season titles (3 slalom, 1 combined)

Season Event
2007 Slalom
Combined
2008 Slalom
2011 Slalom[7]

Individual victories

34 race victories (32 slalom, 1 giant slalom, 1 combined)

Season Date Location Race
2004 13 March 2004 Sestriere, Italy Slalom
2005 28 December 2004 Semmering, Austria Giant Slalom
29 December 2004 Semmering, Austria Slalom
9 January 2005 Santa Caterina, Italy Slalom
2006 29 December 2005 Lienz, Austria Slalom
5 January 2006 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom
8 January 2006 Maribor, Slovenia Slalom
2007 11 November 2006 Levi, Finland Slalom
26 November 2006 Aspen, USA Slalom
15 December 2006 Reiteralm, Austria Super Combined
21 December 2006 Val d'Isère, France Slalom
4 January 2007 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom
7 January 2007 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom
25 February 2007 Sierra Nevada, Spain Slalom
11 March 2007 Zwiesel, Germany Slalom
2008 10 November 2007 Reiteralm, Austria Slalom
25 November 2007 Panorama, Canada Slalom
6 January 2008 Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Rep. Slalom
27 January 2008 Ofterschwang, Germany Slalom
14 March 2008 Bormio, Italy Slalom
2010 29 December 2009 Lienz, Austria Slalom
12 January 2010 Flachau, Austria Slalom
13 March 2010 Garmisch, Germany Slalom
2011 13 November 2010 Levi, Finland Slalom
21 December 2010 Courchevel, France Slalom
29 December 2010 Semmering, Austria Slalom
4 January 2011 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom
4 February 2011 Zwiesel, Germany Slalom
12 March 2011 Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Rep. Slalom
2012 27 November 2011 Aspen, USA Slalom
18 December 2011 Courchevel, France Slalom
20 December 2011 Flachau, Austria Slalom
29 December 2011 Lienz, Austria Slalom
3 January 2012 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom

References

  1. ^ T W Flørenes, T Bere, L Nordsletten, S Heir, R Bahr (13 October 2009), "Injuries among male and female World Cup alpine skiers", British Journal of Sports Medicine 2009;43:973–978. doi:10.1136/bjsm.2009.068759
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing: Marlies Schild", ESPN, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  3. ^ "Ski Alpin: WM-Saison für Marlies Schild nach Sturz zu Ende", DiePresse.com. October 9, 2009. Retrieved January 1, 2012. (German)
  4. ^ Marlies Schild mit viertem Sieg in Serie, NZZ. December 29, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2012. (German)
  5. ^ "Yahoo! Sports Turin 2006 Marlies Schild profile". http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/aut/Marlies+Schild/600845. Retrieved 2007-01-05. 
  6. ^ "Raich Benjamin & Schild Marlies – Alpine Skiing". http://www.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page=profile&cod=16. Retrieved 2007-01-05. 
  7. ^ "Schild claims World Cup slalom crown". Yahoo! Eurosport (TF1 Group). 12 March 2011. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/12032011/58/schild-claims-world-cup-slalom-crown.html. Retrieved 12 March 2011. 

External links

Category:People from Liezen District