Anita Wachter

Anita Wachter
 Alpine skier  

Wachter in December 1996
Disciplines Giant slalom, Slalom, Combined, Super-G, Downhill
Club WSV Tschagguns
Born (1967-02-12) 12 February 1967
Bartholomäberg, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 12 in)
World Cup debut 17 March 1985 (age 18)
(first top 15)
Retired March 2001 (age 34)
Olympics
Teams 3 - (1988, 1992, 1994)
Medals 3 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams 8 - (19872001)
Medals 5 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 16 - (19862001)
Wins 19 - (14 GS, 2 SG, 1 SL, 2 K)
Podiums 76
Overall titles 1 - (1993)
Discipline titles 2 - (2 SG; 1990, 1994)

Anita Wachter (born February 12, 1967) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. She focused on the technical events and specialized in giant slalom.

Born in Bartholomäberg, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Wachter won the World Cup overall title in 1993,[1] and the giant slalom title twice (1990 & 1994). She was the gold medalist in the combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics,[2] and won two silver medals in 1992 (combined and giant slalom). Wachter also won five medals at the World Championships; she represented Austria in three Olympics and eight World Championships.

Wachter retired from competition after the 2001 season with 19 World Cup wins (14 Giant Slalom, 2 Super G, 1 Slalom, 2 Combined), attained 76 podiums, and had 175 top ten finishes.

She is living together with her longtime companion Rainer Salzgeber; they have two daughters.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
1985 18 89 44
1986 19 17 40 8 7 15
1987 20 14 14 21 5 23
1988 21 3 3 4 11 28 2
1989 22 5 7 5 3
1990 23 2 5 1 8 1
1991 24 6 14 2 11 9
1992 25 12 15 9 27 52 3
1993 26 1 4 2 4 19 1
1994 27 4 9 1 9 7
1995 28 8 16 7 14 31
1996 29 3 9 3 8 17 1
1997 30 7 11 3 24 32 3
1998 31 27 27 15 39 12
1999 32 8 18 2
2000 33 16 26 3
2001 34 51 26 29

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
1990Giant Slalom
1993Overall
1994Giant Slalom

Race victories

Season Date Location Discipline
198830 Nov 1987 Italy Courmayeur, Italy Slalom
19909 Aug 1989 Argentina Las Leñas, Argentina Super G
3 Dec 1989 United States Vail, USA Giant Slalom
199110 Feb 1991 Germany Zwiesel, Germany Giant Slalom
19935 Dec 1992 United States Steamboat Springs, USA Giant Slalom
17 Jan 1993 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Combined
1994 31 Oct 1993 Austria Sölden, Austria Giant Slalom
26 Nov 1993 Italy Santa Caterina, Italy Giant Slalom
16 Jan 1994 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Giant Slalom
19957 Jan 1995 Austria Haus im Ennstal, Austria Super G
23 Jan 1995 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Giant Slalom
18 Feb 1995 Sweden Åre, Sweden Giant Slalom
199617 Dec 1995 Austria St. Anton, Austria Combined
31 Jan 1996 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Giant Slalom
1999 27 Dec 1998 Austria Semmering, AustriaGiant Slalom
2 Jan 1999 Slovenia Maribor, Slovenia Giant Slalom
24 Feb 1999 Sweden Åre, Sweden Giant Slalom
13 Mar 1999 Spain Sierra Nevada, Spain Giant Slalom
200028 Dec 1999 Austria Lienz, Austria Giant Slalom

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom 
Super G Downhill Combined
1987 20 5
1989 22 13 9 5
1991 24 12 11 3
1993 26 2 6 3
1996 29 DNF1 4 16 2
1997 30 22 4 10
1999 32 9 3
2001 34 DNF1

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom 
Super G Downhill Combined
1988 20 7 5 1
1992 24 2 9 2
1994 26 4 9
1998 30

References

  1. "Wachter wins World Cup title". Bangor Daily News. Maine. Associated Press. 29 March 1993. p. 11.
  2. "Men's downhill finds a new star". Milwaukee Journal. (Los Angeles Times). February 22, 1988. p. 4C.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Austria Petra Kronberger
Austrian Sportswoman of the year
1993
Succeeded by
Austria Emese Hunyady
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