Katja Seizinger


Katja Seizinger is a former alpine ski racer, the most successful alpine racer from Germany.
Born in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Seizinger won three Olympic gold and two bronze medals, and won eleven World Cup season titles: two overall, four downhill and five Super-G. She was a three-time winner of Germany's sportswoman of the year award.
With Olympic downhill victories in 1994 and 1998, she became the first to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the same alpine speed event, and also the first woman to successfully defend an Olympic alpine title. At the same Olympics Debora Compagnoni had the same record in Giant Slalom, becoming the first athlete to win 3 gold medals in 3 Olympics in a row.
Seizinger injured both knees while training in June 1998, sat out the entire 1999 season, then retired in April.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
1992Downhill
1993Downhill
1993Super-G
1994Downhill
1994Super-G
1995Super-G
1996Overall
1996Super-G
1998Overall
1998Downhill
1998Super-G

Race victories

SeasonDateLocationRace
19927 Dec 1991Santa Caterina, ItalySuper G
199211 Jan 1992Schruns, AustriaDownhill
199225 Jan 1992Morzine, FranceDownhill
19927 Mar 1992Vail, CO, USADownhill
199320 Dec 1992Lake Louise, Alberta, CanadaSuper G
199315 Jan 1993Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill
199326 Feb 1993Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandDownhill
19933 Mar 1993Morzine, FranceDownhill
199320 Mar 1993Vemdalen, SwedenGiant Slalom
199320 Mar 1993Åre, SwedenSuper G
199414 Jan 1994Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill
199415 Jan 1994Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper G
19946 Mar 1994Whistler, British Columbia, CanadaDownhill
19949 Mar 1994Mammoth Mountain., CA, USASuper G
199416 Mar 1994Vail, Colorado, USADownhill
199511 Dec 1994Lake Louise, AB, CanadaSuper G
19959 Mar 1995Bormio, ItalySuper G
19965 Dec 1995St. Anton, AustriaDownhill
19966 Jan 1996Maribor, SloveniaGiant Slalom
199613 Jan 1996Garmisch, GermanySuper G
19962 Feb 1996Val-d'Isère, FranceSuper G
19963 Feb 1996Val-d'Isère, FranceDownhill
19964 Feb 1996Val-d'Isère, FranceSuper G
19969 Mar 1996Hafjell, NorwayGiant Slalom
199726 Oct 1996Sölden, AustriaGiant Slalom
199730 Nov 1996Lake Louise, AB, CanadaDownhill
19977 Mar 1997Mammoth Mountain, California, USASuper-G
199713 Mar 1997Vail, Colorado, USASuper G
199829 Nov 1997Mammoth Mountain, California, USASuper G
19984 Dec 1997Lake Louise, AB, CanadaDownhill
19985 Dec 1997Lake Louise, AB, CanadaDownhill
19986 Dec 1997Lake Louise, AB, CanadaSuper G
199817 Dec 1997Val d'Isère, FranceDownhill
199818 Dec 1997Val d'Isère, FranceSuper G
199824 Jan 1998Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper G
199831 Jan 1998Åre, SwedenDownhill

World Championship results

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