Elisabeth Görgl

Elisabeth Görgl (born 20 February 1981) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.

Elisabeth Görgl

Alpine skier
Görgl in January 2012
Disciplines	Downhill, Super G Giant slalom, Slalom, Combined
Club	Kapfenberger Sportvereinigung
Born	(1981-02-20) 20 February 1981 Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
World Cup debut	10 March 2000 (age 19)
Retired	16 March 2017 (age 36)
Website	lizz.at
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2006, 2010)
Medals	2 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	7 – (2003–15)
Medals	3 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	15 – (2003–17)
Wins	7 – (2 DH, 3 SG, 2 GS)
Podiums	42
Overall titles	0 – (4th in 2008, '11)
Discipline titles	0 – (2nd in SG & GS: '08)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing Austria Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Downhill 2010 Vancouver Giant slalom World Championships 2011 Garmisch Downhill 2011 Garmisch Super G 2009 Val d'Isère Combined

Born in Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Görgl made her World Cup debut in March 2000 and has reached World Cup podiums in all five alpine disciplines, with multiple victories in giant slalom, super G, and downhill. In January 2008, she won her first World Cup race in the giant slalom at Maribor, Slovenia. As of March 22, 2015, Görgl has seven World Cup victories and 42 podiums.[1]

At the 2009 World Championships at Val d'Isère, Görgl won a bronze medal in super combined. In 2011 at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, she won two gold medals, the first in the super G[2] and a second in the downhill five days later.[3] Her sweep of the two women's speed events marked the third consecutive occurrence at the World Championships – preceded by Lindsey Vonn in 2009 at Val discretion and Anja Pärson in 2007 at Åre.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Görgl won the bronze medal in the downhill – the same medal in the same event as her mother half a century earlier at the 1960 and the 1964 Winter Olympics.[4][5] A week later she also won bronze in the giant slalom. Görgl also participated in 4 disciplines in the 2014 Winter Olympics (Downhill, Giant slalom, Super G, combined).

On 12 June 2017 she announced her retirement from active skiing. Her last race was a Super G in Aspen in March the same year.[6]

Personal

Görgl is the daughter of Traudl Hecher (b. 1943), an alpine racer for Austria in the early 1960s. She won Olympic bronze medals in the downhill in 1960 (at age 16) and 1964, and remains the youngest Olympic medalist in alpine skiing. Görgl's older brother Stephan (b. 1978) is a former World Cup alpine racer; he competed in the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[7]

World Cup results

Season standings

• Ranking and points

Season	Overall	Slalom	Giant  Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2003	41 (178)	18 (112)	27 (66)	—	—	—
2004	10 (654)	5 (339)	4 (293)	38 (22)	—	—
2005	12 (511)	22 (99)	10 (225)	12 (137)	34 (26)	11 (24)
2006	10 (602)	36 (19)	16 (155)	11 (172)	8 (227)	15 (29)
2007	11 (568)	35 (39)	11 (171)	23 (96)	14 (184)	8 (78)
2008	4 (1137)	42 (22)	2 (479)	2 (326)	11 (215)	8 (95)
2009	8 (755)	—	4 (333)	14 (133)	10 (176)	5 (113)
2010	6 (591)	29 (49)	20 (67)	2 (300)	26 (65)	4 (110)
2011	4 (992)	33 (41)	4 (236)	9 (137)	4 (333)	4 (185)
2012	6 (987)	—	7 (333)	9 (205)	3 (384)	10 (50)
2013	19 (381)	—	15 (160)	14 (101)	24 (84)	13 (36)
2014	8 (640)	—	31 (42)	4 (240)	7 (334)	11 (24)
2015	8 (638)	—	25 (69)	7 (214)	4 (337)	14 (18)
2016	28 (363)	—	—	14 (154)	13 (209)	—
2017	54 (145)	—	—	16 (116)	39 (29)	—

Race victories

• 7 wins – (2 DH, 3 SG, 2 GS)
• 42 podiums – (14 DH, 6 SG, 15 GS, 3 SL, 1 PS, 3 SC)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline
2008	12 Jan 2008	Maribor, Slovenia	Giant slalom
	15 Mar 2008	Bormio, Italy	Giant Slalom
2010	6 Dec 2009	Lake Louise, Canada	Super G
2012	7 Jan 2012	Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria	Downhill
2014	11 Jan 2014	Altenmarkt, Austria	Downhill
	23 Jan 2014	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Super G
2015	21 Dec 2014	Val-d'Isère, France	Super G

World championships

Görgl in 2017

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant  slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2003	21	DNF1	—	—	—	—
2005	23	DSQ1	7	—	—	8
2007	25	—	—	—	18	—
2009	27	31	10	6	4	3
2011	29	—	10	1	1	5
2013	31	—	23	11	10	6
2015	33	—	—	DNF1	6	—

Winter Olympics

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant  slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2006	24	—	—	—	DNF	—
2010	28	7	3	5	3	18
2014	32	—	11	DNF	16	DNF2

References

1. "Athlete: Elisabeth Goergl". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
2. McKee, Hank (8 February 2011). "Goergl gets 1st gold of Championships, Mancuso gains silver". Ski Racing. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
3. McKee, Hank (13 February 2011). "Joy in Austria, Goergl wins DH, Vonn snares silver". Ski Racing. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
4. "Stephan Görgl". Sports Reference. Olympic results. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
5. "Elisabeth Görgl bio". NBC Sports. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
6. http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/news-multimedia/news/article=lizz-goergl-successful-career-over.html
7. "Stephan Görgl". Sports Reference. Olympic results. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2014.

External links

Media related to Elisabeth Görgl at Wikimedia Commons

• Elisabeth Görgl at the International Ski Federation
• Elisabeth Görgl World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
• Elisabeth Görgl at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Elisabeth Görgl at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Official website – (in German)
• Austrian Ski team – official site – Elisabeth Görgl – (in German)
• Head Skis – teams – Elisabeth Görgl

Awards
Preceded by Andrea Fischbacher	Austrian Sportswoman of the year 2011	Succeeded by Marlies Schild