- Diann Roffe
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Olympic medal record Women’s alpine skiing Competitor for the United States
Gold 1994 Lillehammer Super G Silver 1992 Albertville Giant slalom World Championships Gold 1985 Bormio Giant slalom Diann Roffe, also known as Diann Roffe-Steinrotter (born March 24, 1967, Williamson, New York) is an American alpine skier who learned to ski at tiny Brantling Ski Center near Rochester, yet reached the pinnacle of her sport, winning an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics.[1]
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Career highlights
- 1985 World Championships in Bormio, Italy: Gold medal in Giant Slalom at age 17.
- 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France: Silver medal in Giant Slalom.
- 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway: Gold medal in Super G.
- 1994 World Cup Finals in Vail, Colorado: 1st Place in Super G, her final professional race.
- Won 6 U.S. National titles.
- Inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 2003.[citation needed]
Individual victories
Date Location Race 13 March 1985 Lake Placid
Giant Slalom 27 March 1994 Vail
Super-G References
External links
Olympic Champions in Women's Super-G 1988: Sigrid Wolf | 1992: Deborah Compagnoni | 1994: Diann Roffe | 1998: Picabo Street | 2002: Daniela Ceccarelli | 2006: Michaela Dorfmeister | 2010: Andrea Fischbacher1950: Dagmar Rom | 1952: Andrea Mead-Lawrence | 1954: Lucienne Schmith | 1956: Ossi Reichert | 1958: Lucille Wheeler | 1960: Yvonne Rüegg | 1962: Marianne Jahn | 1964: Marielle Goitschel | 1966: Marielle Goitschel | 1968: Nancy Greene | 1970: Betsy Clifford | 1972: Marie-Theres Nadig | 1974: Fabienne Serrat | 1976: Kathy Kreiner | 1978: Maria Epple | 1980: Hanni Wenzel | 1982: Erika Hess | 1985: Diann Roffe | 1987: Vreni Schneider | 1989: Vreni Schneider | 1991: Pernilla Wiberg | 1993: Carole Merle | 1996: Deborah Compagnoni | 1997: Deborah Compagnoni | 1999: Alexandra Meissnitzer | 2001: Sonja Nef | 2003: Anja Pärson | 2005: Anja Pärson | 2007: Nicole Hosp | 2009: Kathrin Hölzl | 2011: Tina MazeCategories:- 1967 births
- American alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers of the United States
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
- American Winter Olympic medalist stubs
- Alpine skiing biography stubs
- American winter sports biography stubs
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