Paula Wiesinger
{{short description|Italianalpine skier}}
{{Infobox alpine ski racer
|name = Paula Wiesinger
|fullname = Paula (Paola) Rosa Wiesinger, later Steger
|image = Paula Wiesinger.jpg
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|caption = Wiesinger skiing on the Dolomites in 1930
|disciplines = Polyvalent
| birth_date = {{birth date|1907|02|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bolzano, Austria-Hungary
| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|06|12|1907|02|27|df=y}}
| death_place = Seiser Alm, Italy
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|retired=1936
|worldsteams = 4
|worldsmedals = 1
|worldsgolds = 1
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 1932 Cortina d'Ampezzo|Downhill}}
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Paula (Paola) Rosa Wiesinger later Steger (27 February 1907 – 12 June 2001) was a pioneering Italian alpine skier and mountain climber who competed at one edition of Winter Olympics and three editions of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships (1932, 1933, 1934, 1936).{{Cite web|url=https://alpineskiworld.net/worlds32dhw.pdf|title=04.02.1932. Cortina d'Ampezzo Downhill, women|publisher=alpineskiworld.net|access-date=14 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://alpineskiworld.net/worlds32slw.pdf|title=05.02.1932. Cortina d'Ampezzo Slalom, women|publisher=alpineskiworld.net|access-date=14 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://alpineskiworld.net/worlds32acw.pdf|title= 05.02.1932. Cortina d'Ampezzo Alpine Combined, women|publisher=alpineskiworld.net|access-date=14 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://alpineskiworld.net/worlds33dhw.pdf|title=08.02.1933. Innsbruck Downhill, women|publisher=alpineskiworld.net|access-date=14 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://alpineskiworld.net/worlds33slw.pdf|title=10.02.1933. Innsbruck/Seegrube Slalom, women|publisher=alpineskiworld.net|access-date=14 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://alpineskiworld.net/worlds33acw.pdf|title=10.02.1933. Innsbruck Alpine Combined, women|publisher=alpineskiworld.net|access-date=14 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://alpineskiworld.net/worlds34dhw.pdf|title=15.02.1934. Sankt Moritz Downhill, women|publisher=alpineskiworld.net|access-date=14 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://alpineskiworld.net/worlds34slw.pdf|title=16.02.1934. Sankt Moritz Slalom, women|publisher=alpineskiworld.net|access-date=14 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://alpineskiworld.net/worlds34acw.pdf|title=16.02.1934. Sankt Moritz Alpine Combined, women|publisher=alpineskiworld.net|access-date=14 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://alpineskiworld.net/worlds36slw.pdf|title=22.02.1936. Innsbruck/Seefeld Slalom, women|publisher=alpineskiworld.net|access-date=24 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://alpineskiworld.net/worlds36dhw.pdf|title=21.02.1936. Innsbruck Downhill, women|publisher=alpineskiworld.net|access-date=24 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://alpineskiworld.net/worlds36acw.pdf|title=22.02.1936. Innsbruck Alpine Combined, women
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Biography
Wiesinger was born in Bolzano. She won the 1932 women's Downhill world championship in Cortina d'Ampezzo, and competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics, finishing 16th in the alpine skiing combined event. She married Hans Steger.[http://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/biographie/paula-wiesinger/ Paula Wiesinger] (German), FemBio.
In 1935 Wiesinger was invited to view the Trofeo Mezzalama, a competition that was only intended for male ski mountaineers. Due to an injury leave of Giusto Gervasutti, she took his military uniform, covered her face with sunglasses and his cap, and took part instead of him, but the cheat was discovered at a check point of the race.[http://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/biographie/paula-wiesinger/ Paula Wiesinger] (German), FemBio. She died in Seiser Alm. A hotel and a statue in Siusi allo Sciliar are dedicated to Wiesinger.{{cite web|url=http://www.alpesiusi.it/lapaula/|title=Paula Wiesinger Apartments & Suites|publisher=alpesiusi.it|accessdate=28 January 2018}}
Olympic Games results
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| Year
! Vanue ! Race ! Rank |
|---|
| align=left|1936
| align=left|{{flagicon|GER|1935}} Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Alpine combined | 16 |
World Championship results
National titles
Wiesinger won 15 national titles.{{cite web|url=http://www.fisi.org/taxonomy/term/468|title=Campionati italiani assoluti, l'albo d'oro della discesa|publisher=fisi.org|language=it|access-date=16 February 2021|archive-date=13 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113053058/http://www.fisi.org/taxonomy/term/468|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fisi.org/sci-alpino/news/flash-news/19104-campionati-italiani-assoluti-l-albo-d-oro-della-discesa-maschile-marsaglia-torna-re-dopo-quattro-anni|title=L'albo d'oro della discesa femminile dei Campionati Italiani|publisher=fisi.org|language=it|access-date=16 February 2021}}{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}}
- Italian Alpine Ski Championships
- Downhill: 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 (5)
- Slalom: 1931, 1933, 1934, 1936 (4)
- Combined: 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 (6)
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/biographie/paula-wiesinger/ Biography] {{in lang|de}}
- [http://www.fembio.org/english/biography.php/woman/biography_3rd/paula-wiesinger Profile] {{in lang|it}}
- [http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ Alpine skiing 1936] {{in lang|pl}}
- [http://www.hotelsteger-dellai.com/geschichte2_e.htm Bio for Hans and Paula Steger] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605230531/http://www.hotelsteger-dellai.com/geschichte2_e.htm |date=2009-06-05 }}
- [https://www.lapaula.info/it?q=user/(( Paula Wiesinger Apartments & Suites]
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Category:Alpine skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Category:Female-to-male cross-dressers
Category:Germanophone Italian people