Paula Wiesinger

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Paula Wiesinger

Personal information

Full name

Paula (Paola) Rosa Wiesinger, later Steger

Born

February 27, 1907
Bolzano, Italy

Died

June 12, 2001 (aged 94)
Seiser Alm

Medal record

Women’s Alpine skiing
World Championships
Gold	1932 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Downhill

Paula (Paola) Rosa Wiesinger (later Steger; February 27, 1907 – June 12, 2001) was a pioneering Italian alpine skier and mountain climber.

Wiesinger was born in Bolzano. She won the 1932 women's Downhill world championship in Cortina d'Ampezzo, and competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics, finishing 16th in the alpine skiing combined event.

In 1935 Wiesinger was invited to view the Trofeo Mezzalama, a competition that was only intended for male ski mountaineers. Due to an injury leave of Giusto Gervasutti, she took his military uniform, covered her face with sunglasses and his cap, and took part instead of him, but the cheat was discovered at a check point of the race.^[1]

She died in Seiser Alm.

External links

References

↑ Paula Wiesinger (German), FemBio.

World Champions in Women's Downhill

Persondata
Name	Wiesinger, Paula
Alternative names	Steger, Paula; Steger, Paola; Wiesinger, Paula Rosa, Wiesinger, Paola Rosa, Wiesinger, Paola;
Short description	Italian alpine skier
Date of birth	1909
Place of birth	Bolzano
Date of death	June 12, 2001
Place of death	Seiser Alm

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