Maria Walliser

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Maria Walliser
Personal information
Born (1963-05-27) 27 May 1963 (age 60)
Mosnang, Switzerland
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesSpeed events, giant slalom
ClubSC Libingen
World Cup debut1983
Retired1990
Olympics
Teams2
Medals3
World Championships
Teams4
Medals4 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons8
Wins25
Podiums72
Overall titles2
Discipline titles5
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Switzerland
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Slalom 0 0 1
Giant slalom 6 5 6
Downhill 14 10 13
Super-G 3 3 3
Combined 2 3 3
Total 25 21 26
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Sarajevo Downhill
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Calgary Alpine Combined
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Calgary Giant slalom
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Crans-Montana Downhill
Gold medal – first place 1987 Crans-Montana Super-G
Gold medal – first place 1989 Vail Downhill
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Crans-Montana Giant slalom

Maria Walliser (born 27 May 1963) is a Swiss former alpine skier.[1]

Career[edit]

Walliser grew up in Mosnang, the daughter of a wealthy cattle breeder. She made her World Cup debut in 1980.[2] Together with her fellow Swiss Erika Hess, Michela Figini and Vreni Schneider she dominated female alpine skiing during the 1980s. Among her many successes, she won two overall World Cups (1986 and 1987). Walliser also won three world titles in 1987 and 1989, as well as three Olympic medals at 1988 Calgary and 1984 Sarajevo.[3]

Walliser retired in 1990[citation needed] with a World Cup tally of 72 podium finishes, including 25 victories. In 2000, she became president of "Die Stiftung Folsäure Offensive Schweiz", a Swiss health organization fighting folate deficiency.[3]

World Cup results[edit]

Season titles[edit]

  • 7 titles – (2 Overall, 2 DH, 1 GS, 1 AC, 1 SG)
Season
Discipline
1984 Downhill
1986 Overall
Downhill
Combined
1987 Overall
Super-G
Giant slalom

Season standings[edit]

Season Overall Downhill Super G Giant slalom Slalom Combined
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points
1981 12. 112 11. 41 18. 14 19. 22 8. 35
1982 17. 75 8. 59 25. 12 32. 4
1983 5. 135 2. 97 10. 40 18. 11
1984 8. 131 1. 95 18. 24 8. 43
1985 3. 197 2. 81 4. 87 41. 2 3. 50
1986 1. 287 1. 115 10. 24 4. 76 40. 2 1. 70
1987 1. 269 2. 90 1. 82 1. 120 4. 12
1988 7. 143 3. 82 24. 5 8. 40 6. 16
1989 2. 261 2. 142 6. 27 3. 87 18. 5
1990 4. 227 5. 99 5. 56 6. 55 7. 17

Race victories[edit]

25 race victories (14 downhill, 3 super G, 6 giant slalom, 2 combined)

Date Location Discipline
21 January 1983 France Megève Downhill
5 February 1983 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo Downhill
8 December 1983 France Val-d'Isère Downhill
21 January 1984 Switzerland Verbier Downhill
8 March 1985 Canada Sunshine Village Downhill
11 January 1986 Austria Bad Gastein Downhill
12 January 1986 Austria Bad Gastein Combined
5 February 1986 Italy Val Zoldana [it] Giant slalom
1 March 1986 Japan Furano Downhill
8 March 1986 Canada Sunshine Village Downhill
9 March 1986 Canada Sunshine Village Combined
14 December 1986 France Val d'Isère Super-G
20 December 1986 Italy Val Zoldana Giant slalom
6 January 1987 Austria Saalbach-Hinterglemm Super-G
18 January 1987 Germany Bischofswiesen Giant slalom
27 February 1987 Germany Zwiesel Giant slalom
15 March 1987 United States Vail Super-G
22 March 1987 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo Giant slalom
4 December 1987 France Val-d'Isère Downhill
16 January 1988 Switzerland Zinal Downhill
15 December 1988 Austria Altenmarkt Downhill
19 January 1989 France Tignes Downhill
4 March 1989 Japan Furano Giant slalom
9 December 1989 United States Steamboat Springs Downhill
13 January 1990 Austria Haus Downhill

World Championships results[edit]

Edition Downhill Super-G Giant slalom Combined
Austria 1982 Schladming 12 - - 11
Italy 1985 Bormio 6 - 8 -
Switzerland 1987 Crans-Montana 1 1 3 -
United States 1989 Vail 1 4 4 -

Olympic results[edit]

Edition Downhill Super-G Giant slalom Combined
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo 2 - - -
Canada 1988 Calgary 4 6 3 3

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Maria Walliser profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  2. ^ Johnson, William Oscar (27 January 1988). "Smooth as Clockwork". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maria Walliser". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

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