Resi Stiegler

{{short description|American alpine skier}}

{{Infobox alpine ski racer

|name = Resi Stiegler

|image = Resi Stiegler.jpg

|image_size = 200px

|caption = Stiegler in December 2006

|country =

|disciplines = Slalom, giant slalom, combined

|club = Jackson Hole SSC

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|11|14}}

|birth_place = Jackson, Wyoming, U.S.

|height = 5 ft 8 in

|wcdebut = December 22, 2002
(age 17)

|retired =

|website = [http://www.resi-stiegler.com/ resi-stiegler.com]

|olympicteams = 3 – (2006, 2014, 2018)

|olympicmedals = 0

|olympicgolds =

|worldsteams = 8 – (2003–17)

|worldsmedals = 0

|worldsgolds =

|wcseasons = 13th – (2003–08, '11–17)

|wcwins = 0

|wcpodiums = 1 – (1 SL)

|wcoveralls = 0 – (25th in 2007)

|wctitles = 0 – (5th in K, 2007)

|medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's alpine skiing}}

{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition |Junior World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver| {{nowrap|2005 Bardonecchia}} |{{nowrap|Combined}}}}

{{MedalBronze| {{nowrap|2003 Briançonnais}} |{{nowrap|Slalom}}}}

{{MedalBronze| {{nowrap|2003 Briançonnais}} |{{nowrap|Combined}}}}

| show-medals = yes

}}

File:Resi Stiegler in action.jpg

Resi Stiegler ({{IPAc-en|r|eɪ|ˈ|z|iː}}[http://alpine.usskiteam.com/athletes/resi-stiegler U.S. Ski Team] – Resi Stiegler – accessed 2012-03-04

(born November 14, 1985) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She primarily raced in the technical events and specialized in slalom.

Born and raised in Jackson, Wyoming, Stiegler is the daughter of Olympic champion Josef "Pepi" Stiegler of Austria. She began skiing at age two and racing at six at Jackson Hole. Junior Olympic and Nor-Am success while still a teenager led to a berth on the U.S. Ski Team;{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k3IhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pYgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3372%2C2118710 |newspaper=Daily Gazette |location=Schenectady, New York |last=Rice |first=Bill |title=Future U.S. stars sparkle at Hunter |date=January 11, 2002 |page=C6 }} she made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2002 at a slalom in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, where she finished a remarkable eleventh. At the 2003 Junior World Championships in France, she won bronze medals in slalom and combined, to which she added a tenth-place finish in combined at the "grown-up" World Championships that year in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Through March 2016, Stiegler has 21 World Cup top-ten finishes, with one podium. She finished sixth in combined at the 2005 World Championships in Santa Caterina, Italy. Stiegler made her Olympic debut at the 2006 Torino games at age 20, placing eleventh in the combined and twelfth in the slalom.

Stiegler's trademark is the tiger ears she usually wears atop her helmet. She won a well-publicized battle with the International Olympic Committee, allowing her to compete with the ears at the Torino Olympics.{{cite news |url=https://www.skiracing.com/stories/breaking-news-resi-stiegler-cleared-compete-tiger-ears |journal=Ski Racing |title=Resi Stiegler cleared to compete with tiger ears |date=February 16, 2006 |accessdate=March 24, 2016 }}

After a series of injuries,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KosgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HGYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2992%2C4397508 |newspaper=Lewiston Sun Journal |location=Maine |agency=Associated Press |title=Stiegler seriously injured in GS |date=December 29, 2007 |page=C6 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.denverpost.com/olympics/ci_24588842/still-smiling-resi-stiegler-keeps-getting-up-when |newspaper=Denver Post |last=Meyer |first=John |title=Still smiling: Resi Stiegler keeps getting up when knocked down |date=November 24, 2013 |accessdate=March 24, 2016}}{{cite journal |url=https://www.skiracing.com/stories/stiegler-takes-free-spirited-approach-to-2015 |journal=Ski Racing |title=Stiegler takes free-spirited approach to 2015 |date=September 25, 2014 |accessdate=March 24, 2016 }}{{cite news |url=http://aspenpublicradio.org/post/aspen-fresh-start-resi-stiegler-after-knee-injury#stream/0 |publisher=Aspen Public Radio |location=Colorado |last=Krivonen |first=Marci |title=Aspen a fresh start for Resi Stiegler after knee injury |date=November 26, 2015 |accessdate=March 24, 2016 }} Stiegler made her first World Cup podium in March 2012, a runner-up finish at a slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany.{{cite journal|url=http://skiracing.com/stories/canadian-mielzynski-wins-first-world-cup-ofterschwang-slalom-stiegler-second/ |journal=Ski Racing |last=Williams |first=Eric |title=Canadian Mielzynski wins first World Cup in Ofterschwang slalom, Stiegler second |date=March 4, 2012 |accessdate=April 21, 2014}}[http://alpine.usskiteam.com/news/heroic-world-cup-podium-stiegler U.S. Ski Team] – Heroic World Cup Podium for Stiegler – 2012-03-04 It was her first top ten finish in over four years. In a November, 2012 interview, Stiegler had [http://www.stio.com/blog/life-edge-interview-resi-stiegler recovered] on schedule and was set to compete in the {{nowrap|2012–13}} season as planned.