Michaela Dorfmeister


Michaela Dorfmeister is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Her specialities were both the downhill and the super-G disciplines, although she skied in and had success in giant slalom.

Biography

Born in Vienna, Dorfmeister is the only daughter of a butcher by trade, and lived in Vienna until she was age six. She later studied at the Schladming ski academy, which has produced many of Austria's skiing greats.
Dorfmeister raced her first international season in 1983 and entered her first World Cup race in 1991 at Serre Chevalier coming 26. Her first podium place was in 1995 at the St. Anton downhill which she won. This was followed by a total of 25 victories
In 2000, she won the giant slalom World Cup, and in 2002 the overall World Cup. She won two more speciality World Cups, in 2003 and 2005. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the downhill and super-G races.
Dorfmeister's win in the Hafjell super-G on 3 March 2006 made her the oldest woman to win an World Cup race.

World Cup results

Season titles

Season standings

Race victories

DateLocationDiscipline
16 December 1995St. AntonDownhill
6 March 1999St. MoritzSuper-G
4 December 1999Serre-ChevalierGiant slalom
9 December 1999Val-d'IsèreGiant slalom
5 January 2000MariborGiant slalom
8 January 2000BerchtesgadenGiant slalom
11 February 2000Santa CaterinaSuper-G
24 November 2000AspenSuper-G
9 December 2000SestriereGiant slalom
27 October 2001SöldenGiant slalom
19 January 2002BerchtesgadenGiant slalom
31 January 2002ÅreGiant slalom
6 March 2002AltenmarktDownhill
7 March 2002AltenmarktSuper-G
21 December 2002LenzerheideDownhill
1 March 2003InnsbruckDownhill
5 December 2004Lake LouiseSuper-G
6 January 2005Santa CaterinaDownhill
16 January 2005Cortina d'AmpezzoDownhill
19 February 2005ÅreSuper-G
11 March 2005LenzerheideSuper-G
18 December 2005Val-d'IsèreSuper-G
20 January 2006St. MoritzSuper-G
21 January 2006St. MoritzDownhill
3 March 2006HafjellSuper-G

World Championship results

Olympic results