Resi Stiegler

Infobox Alpine ski racer
skiername=Resi Stiegler


country=flagicon|USA United States
disciplines=SL, GS
club=Jackson Hole
skis=Dynastar
boots=Lange
bindings=LOOK
sponsor="Ski Racing" magazine
datebirth=November 14, 1985
birthcity=Jackson, Wyoming
birthcountry=U.S.A.
datedeath=
deathcity=
deathcountry=
height=1.73 m (5'8")
wcdebut=December 22, 2002 (age 17)
retired=
website= [http://www.resi-stiegler.com/ www.resi-stiegler.com]
olympicteams=1 (2006)
olympicmedals=0
olympicgolds=0
worldsteams=2 (2003, 2005)
worldsmedals=0
worldsgolds=0
wcseasons=5
wcwins=0
wcpodiums=0
wcoveralls=0
wctitles=0

Resi Stiegler (pronounced RAY-zee, IPA| [reˈziː] in IPA, born November 14, 1985 in Jackson, Wyoming) is an American alpine skier.

The daughter of Austrian Olympic champion Josef "Pepi" Stiegler, began skiing at age two and racing at six. Junior Olympic and Nor-Am success while still a teenager led to a U.S. Ski Team berth and eventually her first World Cup start in 2002, a slalom in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, where she finished a remarkable 11th. At the 2003 Junior World Championships in France, she won bronze medals in slalom and combined, to which she added a 10th-place finish in combined at the "grown-up" World Championships that year in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Recent achievements include seven top-ten finishes in World Cup racing, including fourth place in a slalom held March 17, 2006 in Åre, Sweden. Stiegler finished sixth in combined at the 2005 Alpine World Ski Championships in Santa Caterina Valfurva, Italy. She made her Olympic debut at the 2006 Torino games, placing 11th in the combined and 12th in the slalom.

Stiegler's trademark is the tiger ears she usually wears atop to her helmet. She won a well-publicized battle with the International Olympic Committee, allowing her to compete with the ears at the Torino Olympics.

Trivia

* Plays the fiddle
* Brings along a stuffed moose when she travels
* As a kid, spent summers at the family home in Lienz, Austria
* Sponsored by Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal — which, like her, has a tiger as its mascot
* Younger brother Seppi is not only an extremely talented ski racer but is also a successful business man.

External links

* [http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_43210.htm 2006 U.S. Olympic Team bio]
* [http://www.usskiteam.com/public/team.php?sN=2&pA=2&dId=2&aId=94 U.S. Ski Team bio]
*FIS|S=AL|ID=58869
* [http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/537772.asp SKI-DB profile]