Tina Weirather
Introduction '''Christina Weirather''' (born 24 May 1989) is a retired Liechtensteiner World Cup alpine ski racer. She won a bronze medal in Super-G for Liechtenstein at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
Racing career Weirather made her World Cup debut at age 16 in October 2005 and had nine victories and 41 podiums through her retirement in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.Weirather competed in two events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and finished 33rd in the super-G, but did not finish in the downhill. She had qualified to ski in four events at the 2010 Winter Olympics: downhill, super-G, giant slalom, and the combined. Just weeks before the Olympics on 23 January, while competing in a World Cup downhill at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Weirather suffered another anterior cruciate ligament injury to her right knee and missed the Olympics, as well as the following World Cup season of 2011.Following years of training alongside her compatriots on the Liechtenstein Alpine Ski team, Weirather switched to training with the Swiss team.During the fourth training run for the downhill at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Weirather crashed at Rosa Khutor on 9 February and injured her lower right leg. The bone contusion caused her to miss her starts in the Olympics and the remainder of the 2014 World Cup season. At the time, she was second in the World Cup overall, downhill and super-G standings and third in the giant slalom.On 25 March 2020 she announced her retirement.
Personal life Born in Vaduz, Weirather is the daughter of former World Cup ski racers Harti Weirather of Austria and Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein (and the niece of Andreas Wenzel). Her mother Hanni won two overall World Cup titles (1978, 1980) and two Olympic gold medals (1980), four Olympic medals overall; uncle Andreas won the men's overall World Cup title in 1980 and 2 Olympic medals. Her father Harti won the season title in downhill in 1981 and was world champion in 1982.Weirather married Swiss radio host Fabio Nay in September 2022.The couple have a son, Lio, born in January 2024.
World Cup results ===Season titles==='''Season'''Discipline 2017 Super-G 2018 Super-G===Season standings==='''Season'''Age'''Overall'''SlalomGiantSlalomDownhillCombined 2007  ''17''  56  —  23  51  43  16 2008  ''18''  109  —  39  —  —  — 2009  ''19'' ''injured: out for season'' 2010  ''20''  58  —  41  25  38  32 2011  ''21'' ''injured: out for season'' 2012  ''22''  9  —  30  7    33 2013  ''23''  18  —  37  9  6  — 2014  ''24''  5  —  10    4  17 2015  ''25''  10  —  10  8  7  — 2016  ''26''  4  43  5    8  — 2017  ''27''  7  —  13    5  — 2018  ''28''  6  —  31      — 2019  ''29''  17  —  56    15  — 2020  ''30''  24  —  —  16  23  —===Race podiums===* 9 wins (1 DH, 7 SG, 1 GS)* 41 podiums (14 DH, 21 SG, 6 GS) '''Season''' Date Location Discipline Place'''2012''' 2 Dec 2011  Lake Louise, Canada  Downhill  2nd28 Jan 2012   St. Moritz, Switzerland  Downhill  3rd4 Feb 2012  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany  Downhill  3rd5 Feb 2012  Super-G  3rd26 Feb 2012  Bansko, Bulgaria  Super-G  2nd'''2013'''  Lake Louise, Canada  Downhill  3rd1 Mar 2013  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Super-G '''1st''''''2014''' 29 Nov 2013  Beaver Creek, USA  Downhill  2nd1 Dec 2013  Giant slalom  3rd7 Dec 2013  Lake Louise, Canada  Downhill  2nd8 Dec 2013  Super-G  2nd14 Dec 2013    St. Moritz, Switzerland Super-G '''1st'''22 Dec 2013  Val-d'Isère, France Giant slalom '''1st'''24 Jan 2014  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy    Downhill  2nd25 Jan 2014  Downhill  3rd26 Jan 2014  Super-G  2nd'''2015''' 5 Dec 2014  Lake Louise, Canada  Downhill  3rd19 Jan 2015  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy  Super-G  3rd21 Feb 2015  Maribor, Slovenia  Giant slalom  3rd7 Mar 2015  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany  Downhill  '''1st''''''2016''' 24 Oct 2015  Sölden, Austria      3rd28 Dec 2015  Lienz, Austria    Giant slalom  2nd24 Jan 2016  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy  Super-G  2nd30 Jan 2016  Maribor, Slovenia  Giant slalom  3rd21 Feb 2016  La Thuile, Italy  Super-G  '''1st'''17 Mar 2016    St. Moritz, Switzerland  Super-G  '''1st''''''2017''' 4 Dec 2016  Lake Louise, Canada  Super-G  2nd 18 Dec 2016  Val-d'Isère, France  Super-G  2nd15 Jan 2017  Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria  Downhill  2nd22 Jan 2017  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany  Super-G  3rd16 Mar 2017  Aspen, USA  Super-G  '''1st''''''2018''' 1 Dec 2017  Lake Louise, Canada  Downhill  2nd3 Dec 2017  Super-G '''1st'''9 Dec 2017    St. Moritz, Switzerland  Super-G  3rd 17 Dec 2017  Val-d'Isère, France  Super-G  2nd20 Jan 2018  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill  2nd4 Feb 2018  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany  Downhill  3rd3 Mar 2018  Super-G '''1st''''''2019''' 8 Dec 2018    St. Moritz, Switzerland  Super-G  3rd19 Dec 2018  Val Gardena, Italy  Super-G  2nd20 Jan 2019  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy  Super-G  2nd
World Championship results '''Year'''AgeSlalomGiantSlalomSuper-GDownhillCombined 2005  ''15''  —  —  31  —  — 2007  ''17''  —  DNF2  DNF  —  DNS2 2009  ''19'' ''injured, did not compete''  2011  ''21''  2013  ''23''  —  27  DNF  13  DNS2 2015  ''25''  —  4  6  11  — 2017   ''27''  —  19 2  10  DNS1 2019   ''29''  —  —  DNF  18  DNS2
Olympic results '''Year'''AgeSlalomGiantSlalomSuper-GDownhillCombined 2006  ''16''  —  —  33 DNF  — 2010  ''20'' ''injured: did not compete'' 2014  ''24''  —  —  DNS^ DNS^  — 2018  ''28''  — 22 3 4 —:^ injured during downhill training run
Other honours ===Alpine skiing Junior World championships===*'''2009 Alpine skiing Junior World Championships''' in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany)**Silver Giant slalom*'''2007 Alpine skiing Junior World Championships''' in Altenmarkt (Austria)**Gold Downhill**Silver Super-G**Silver Giant slalom*'''2006 Alpine skiing Junior World Championships''' in Mont Sainte-Anne (Canada)**Gold Giant slalom===Swiss Alpine skiing championships===*'''2005 Swiss Alpine Skiing Championships''' in Veysonnaz (Switzerland)**Silver Giant slalom*'''2006 Swiss Alpine Skiing Championships''' in St. Moritz (Switzerland)**Gold Giant slalom*'''2009 Swiss Alpine Skiing Championships''' in St. Moritz (Switzerland)**Silver Giant slalom===German Alpine skiing championships===*'''2009 German Alpine Skiing Championships''' in Oberjoch (Germany)**Bronze Giant slalom===Liechtenstein Alpine skiing championships===*'''2006 Liechtenstein Alpine Skiing Championships''' in Malbun (Liechtenstein)**Gold Giant slalom
See also *List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's race winners*List of Olympic medalist families
References
External links * '*  Atomic Skis – athletes – Tina Weirather*  – ''''