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Olympic medal record Women's Alpine Skiing Silver 1984 Sarajevo Downhill Bronze 1988 Calgary Alpine Combined Bronze 1988 Calgary Giant Slalom World Championships Gold 1987 Crans-Montana Downhill Gold 1987 Crans-Montana Super-G Gold 1989 Vail Downhill Bronze 1987 Crans-Montana Giant Slalom Maria Walliser (born 27 May 1963) is a Swiss former alpine skier.
Together with her fellow Swiss Erika Hess, Michela Figini and Vreni Schneider she dominated the female alpine skiing during the 1980s. Among her successes, she won two overall World Cups (1986 and 1987), with a total of 25 individual victories.
Walliser won also three World Championships titles in 1987 and 1989, as well as three Olympic medals at Calgary 1988 and Sarajevo 1984.
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World Cup victories
Season titles
Season Discipline 1984 Downhill 1986 Overall Downhill Combined 1987 Overall Super-G Giant Slalom Individual races
25 race victories (14 downhill, 3 super G, 6 giant slalom, 2 combined)
Date Location Race January 21, 1983 Megève Downhill February 5, 1983 Sarajevo Downhill December 8, 1983 Val-d'Isère Downhill January 21, 1984 Verbier Downhill March 8, 1985 Sunshine Village Downhill January 11, 1986 Bad Gastein Downhill January 12, 1986 Bad Gastein Combined February 5, 1986 Val Zoldana Giant Slalom March 1, 1986 Furano Downhill March 8, 1986 Sunshine Village Downhill March 9, 1986 Sunshine Village Combined December 14, 1986 Val d'Isère Super-G December 20, 1986 Val Zoldana Giant Slalom January 6, 1987 Saalbach-Hinterglemm Super-G January 18, 1987 Bischofswiesen Giant Slalom February 27, 1987 Zwiesel Giant Slalom March 15, 1987 Vail Super-G March 22, 1987 Sarajevo Giant Slalom December 4, 1987 Val-d'Isère Downhill January 16, 1988 Zinal Downhill December 15, 1988 Altenmarkt Downhill January 19, 1989 Tignes Downhill March 4, 1989 Furano Giant Slalom December 9, 1989 Steamboat Springs Downhill January 13, 1990 Haus Downhill External links
- Maria Walliser at the International Ski Federation
- Ski-DB.com - Results - Maria Walliser
1931: Esme Mackinnon | 1932: Paula Wiesinger | 1933: Inge Wersin-Lantschner | 1934: Anny Rüegg | 1935: Christl Cranz | 1936: Evelyn Pinching | 1937: Christl Cranz | 1938: Lisa Resch | 1939: Christl Cranz | 1948: Hedy Schlunegger | 1950: Trude Jochum-Beiser | 1952: Trude Jochum-Beiser | 1954: Ida Schöpfer | 1956: Madeleine Berthod | 1958: Lucille Wheeler | 1960: Heidi Biebl | 1962: Christl Haas | 1964: Christl Haas | 1966: Marielle Goitschel | 1968: Olga Pall | 1970: Annerösli Zryd | 1972: Marie-Theres Nadig | 1974: Annemarie Pröll | 1976: Rosi Mittermaier | 1978: Annemarie Moser-Pröll | 1980: Annemarie Moser-Pröll | 1982: Gerry Sorensen | 1985: Michela Figini | 1987: Maria Walliser | 1989: Maria Walliser | 1991: Petra Kronberger | 1993: Kate Pace | 1996: Picabo Street | 1997: Hilary Lindh | 1999: Renate Götschl | 2001: Michaela Dorfmeister | 2003: Mélanie Turgeon | 2005: Janica Kostelić | 2007: Anja Pärson | 2009: Lindsey Vonn | 2011: Elisabeth Görgl1987: Maria Walliser | 1989: Ulrike Maier | 1991: Ulrike Maier | 1993: Katja Seizinger | 1996: Isolde Kostner | 1997: Isolde Kostner | 1999: Alexandra Meissnitzer | 2001: Régine Cavagnoud | 2003: Michaela Dorfmeister | 2005: Anja Pärson | 2007: Anja Pärson | 2009: Lindsey Vonn | 2011: Elisabeth GörglAwards Preceded by
Michela FiginiSwiss Sportswoman of the Year
1986 – 1987Succeeded by
Vreni SchneiderCategories:- 1963 births
- Living people
- Swiss alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers of Switzerland
- Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
- Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
- Swiss alpine skiing biography stubs
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