Alexandra Meissnitzer

Alexandra Meissnitzer (born 18 June 1973) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Her specialities were the downhill, super-G, and giant slalom disciplines.

Alexandra Meissnitzer

November 2017
Personal information
Born	(1973-06-18) 18 June 1973 Abtenau, Salzburg, Austria
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, super-G, giant slalom
Club	S.A. Abtenau
World Cup debut	7 December 1991 (age 18)
Retired	March 2008 (age 34)
Olympics
Teams	3 – (1998, 2002, 2006)
Medals	3 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	7 – (1996–2007)
Medals	3 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	17 – (1992–2008)
Wins	14 – (2 DH, 7 SG, 5 GS)
Podiums	44
Overall titles	1 – (1999)
Discipline titles	2 – (SG, GS; 1999)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing Austria International alpine ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 2 World Championships 2 1 0 Total 2 2 2 World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Giant 5 5 6 Super-G 7 7 4 Downhill 2 1 5 Parallel 0 0 2 Total 14 13 17 Olympic Games 1998 Nagano Giant slalom 1998 Nagano Super-G 2006 Turin Super-G World Championships 1999 Vail Giant slalom 1999 Vail Super-G 2003 St. Moritz Downhill

From Abtenau, Salzburg, her father, Hans Meissnitzer, a mechanic by trade, taught her to ski at an early age.

At the 1998 Winter Olympics at Nagano, Meissnitzer won the silver in the giant-slalom and the bronze in the super-G, and at the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin she won the bronze in the super-G. In 1999, she won the overall World Cup, to which she added the super-G and giant slalom World Cups for the same season. She also won two world titles (super-G and giant slalom) at the 1999 World Championships. A serious training crash in November 1999, she missed the remainder of the season. At the 2003 World Championships, she won the silver medal in the downhill race (in a tie with Corinne Rey-Bellet) behind Melanie Turgeon.

Meissnitzer was third in the super-G at the 2008 World Cup finals in Bormio, Italy, and became the oldest woman (age 34) to finish on the podium in an alpine World Cup race.

World Cup results

Season titles

Season	Discipline
1999	Overall
	Giant slalom
	Super-G

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
1992	18	98	—	48	45	—	—
1993	19	89	—	—	54	35	—
1994	20	76	—	46	38	42	—
1995	21	23	—	29	10	21	—
1996	22	5	—	9	2	6	—
1997	23	19	—	24	17	12	—
1998	24	5	—	3	11	8	24
1999	25	1	44	1	1	2	5
2000	26	105	—	51	—	—	—
2001	27	16	—	13	12	21	—
2002	28	15	—	12	2	43	20
2003	29	8	—	7	4	10	—
2004	30	8	—	7	7	10	—
2005	31	16	—	27	6	21	—
2006	32	9	—	26	2	6	—
2007	33	17	—	34	5	15	—
2008	34	26	—	36	9	28	—

Race victories

• 14 wins – (2 DH, 7 SG, 5 GS)
• 44 podiums – (8 DH, 18 SG, 16 GS, 2 PS)

Date	Location	Discipline
7 December 1995	Val-d'Isère	Super-G
20 December 1995	Veysonnaz	Super-G
15 March 1998	Crans-Montana	Giant slalom
19 November 1998	Park City	Giant slalom
29 November 1998	Lake Louise	Super-G
10 December 1998	Val-d'Isère	Super-G
11 December 1998		Giant slalom
19 December 1998	Veysonnaz	Downhill
24 January 1999	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Giant slalom
22 February 1999	Åre	Giant slalom
10 March 1999	Sierra Nevada	Downhill
4 January 2004	Megève	Super-G
11 December 2004	Altenmarkt	Super-G
4 December 2005	Lake Louise	Super-G

World Championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   Slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
1996	22	—	DNS2	23	16	—
1997	23	—	—	13	17	—
1999	25	—	1	1	4	—
2001	27	—	DNF2	8	11	—
2003	29	—	DNF1	5	2	—
2005	31	—	—	DNF	22	—
2007	33	—	—	8	—	—

Olympic results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   Slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
1998	24	—	2	3	8	—
2002	28	—	4	4	—	—
2006	32	—	—	3	8	—

External links

• Alexandra Meissnitzer at FIS (alpine)
• Alexandra Meissnitzer at Olympedia
• Alexandra Meissnitzer at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Alexandra Meissnitzer's official web site