María José Rienda

María José Rienda Contreras (born June 12, 1975 in Granada, Spain) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer.

Rienda won the last two giant slaloms of the 2005 season, the first victory for a Spanish ski racer since Blanca Fernández Ochoa in December 1991. Rienda has 6 World Cup victories, all in giant slalom.

María Rienda represented Spain at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. She missed the 2007 season and most of the 2008 season because injuries. She retired on giant slalom in Špindlerův Mlýn on 11 March 2011.

World Cup victories

Date Location Country Discipline
2005-Feb-20 Åre  Sweden Giant slalom
2005-Mar-13 Lenzerheide  Switzerland Giant slalom
2005-Dec-10 Aspen  United States Giant slalom
2006-Feb-03 Ofterschwang  Germany Giant slalom
2006-Feb-04 Ofterschwang  Germany Giant slalom
2006-Mar-05 Hafjell  Norway Giant slalom

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