Kathrin Zettel

{{short description|Austrian alpine skier}}

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{{Infobox alpine ski racer

|name = Kathrin Zettel

|image = Kathrin Zettel.jpg

|image_size = 210

|caption = Zettel in January 2009

|disciplines = Giant slalom, slalom, super-G, combined

|club = Schiclub Göstling-Hochkar

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|08|05|df=y}}

|birth_place = Scheibbs, Lower Austria, Austria

|death_date =

|death_place =

|height = 167 cm

|wcdebut = 13 March 2004 (age 17)

|retired = 13 July 2015 (age 28)

|website = [http://www.kathrin-zettel.at kathrin-zettel.at]

|olympicteams = 3 – (2006, 2010, 2014)

|olympicmedals = 1

|olympicgolds = 0

|worldsteams = 6 – (200515)

|worldsmedals = 2

|worldsgolds = 1

|wcseasons = 11 – (200515)

|wcwins = 9 – (7 GS, 2 SL)

|wcpodiums = 50 – (21 GS, 24 SL, 5 SC)

|wcoveralls = 0 – (4th in 2009)

|wctitles = 0 – (2nd: SL, GS, 2010;
2nd SL, 2009)

|medals =

{{MedalSport | Women's alpine skiing}}

{{MedalCountry | Austria }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 2014 Sochi|Slalom}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2009 Val d'Isère|Super combined}}

{{MedalSilver|2005 Bormio|Team Event}}

{{MedalSilver|2011 Garmisch|Slalom}}

{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Ski Championships}}

{{MedalGold| {{nowrap|2004 Maribor}} |{{nowrap|Slalom }}}}

{{MedalGold| {{nowrap|2005 Bardonecchia}} |{{nowrap|Combined }}}}

{{MedalSilver| {{nowrap|2004 Maribor}} |{{nowrap|Combined}}}}

{{MedalSilver| {{nowrap|2005 Bardonecchia}} |{{nowrap|Slalom }}}}

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Kathrin Zettel (born 5 August 1986) is an Austrian retired World Cup alpine ski racer. She won many races and took a bronze medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. In 2021 she was a partner in a company creating domestic size wind turbines in lower Austria.

Life

Zettel was born in 1986{{Cite web|url=https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&competitorid=68656&type=result|title=ZETTEL Kathrin - Biographie|website=data.fis-ski.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-05}} in Scheibbs, Lower Austria, and from Göstling, she competed primarily in the technical events of Giant slalom and slalom. Zettel made her World Cup debut in March 2004 and won her first World Cup race in November 2006.

In January 2010, Zettel won both technical events at Maribor, for her first victory in slalom.{{cite journal|url=http://www.skiracing.com/?q=node/836 |journal=Ski Racing |title=Zettel takes Maribor slalom; U.S. Team out |last=Farnell |first=Shauna |date=17 January 2010 |access-date=25 November 2012}} At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she was the bronze medalist in slalom at Rosa Khutor, her first podium since October and just two days after her grandmother died.{{cite news|url=http://skiracing.com/stories/shiffrin-leads-by-nearly-half-second-after-first-sochi-slalom-run/ |magazine=Ski Racing |last=Mintz |first=Geoff |title=Shiffrin makes good on gold |date=21 February 2014 |access-date=21 February 2014}}

After she retired in 2015 she went to live in Styria. She took a share in "Blue Power" a wind turbine company. The turbines are small (1.7 m diameter) and designed to be used by a home owner. Zettel handles the social media for the company.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-05|title=Kathrin Zettel: Windkraft und Mutterfreuden|url=https://www.noen.at/sport/noe-sportmix/ex-skistar-kathrin-zettel-windkraft-und-mutterfreuden-niederoesterreich-goestling-an-der-ybbs-kathrin-zettel-windkraft-schwangerschaft-blue-power-print-272586788|access-date=2021-08-04|website=www.noen.at|language=de}}

World Cup results

=Season standings=

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!Season !! Age !! Overall !! Slalom !! Giant
Slalom !! Super G !! Downhill !!Combined

200518362318 — — —
20061974630 —6
2007201187314911
200821139623 —11
20092246bgcolor="silver"|223 —bgcolor="cc9966"|3
2010235bgcolor="silver"|2bgcolor="silver"|237 —14
20112413610 — — —
2012251251944 —5
201326785 — —8
20142714115 — — —
201528758 — —bgcolor="cc9966"|3

=Race victories=

  • 9 wins – (7 GS, 2 SL)
  • 50 podiums (21 GS, 24 SL, 5 SC)

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! Season

! Date

! Location

! Discipline

rowspan=2 align=center|2007align=right|25 Nov 2006Aspen, USAalign=center|Giant slalom
align=right|28 Dec 2006Semmering, Austriaalign=center|Giant slalom
rowspan=4 align=center|2009align=right|25 Oct 2008Sölden, Austriaalign=center|Giant slalom
align=right|28 Dec 2008Semmering, Austriaalign=center|Giant slalom
align=right|25 Jan 2009Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italyalign=center|Giant slalom
align=right|6 Mar 2009Ofterschwang, Germanyalign=center|Giant slalom
rowspan=2 align=center|2010align=right|16 Jan 2010rowspan=2| Maribor, Sloveniaalign=center|Giant slalom
align=right|17 Jan 2010align=center|Slalom
rowspan=1 align=center|2013align=right|25 Nov 2012Aspen, USAalign=center|Slalom

World championships

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  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
20051846
200720595
200922DNF16style="background:gold"|1
201124style="background:silver;"|212
201326104
201528576

Winter Olympics

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
200619DSQ174
2010231354
201427style="background:#c96;"|31913

References

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