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1st place: Lindsey Vonn (38, USA). 290.6 points. She won often, very often. The speed queen – probably forever.
Mikaela Shiffrin has the sole record for women with 84 World Cup victories. But does that make her the greatest ski racer of all time? Blick created its own rating. First, second and third places in the World Cup, World Championships and Olympic Games were taken into account. Of course, victories resulted in more points. Large crystal globes for winning the overall World Cup and small crystal globes for the discipline World Cups were also taken into account. The start of the measurement is 1967, when the World Cup was created.
Lindsey Vonn (38, USA), 290.6 points
Drama Queen or Speed Queen? Vonn was both. No woman in the history of skiing mastered the balancing act between entertainment and sporting achievement (including 8 downhill crystal balls) so well. She cried in pain and happiness, came to press conferences with her lap dog and sometimes poked at opponents like Mikaela Shiffrin (“She always does her own thing”). Vonn was always brave on the skis, sometimes cocky – she often injured herself badly and will soon need artificial knee joints. That didn’t stop Vonn from riding parts of the Streif in Kitzbühel.
“A dream came true”: Vonn races down the Streif in the middle of the night(04:23)
Annemarie Moser-Proell (69, Austria), 266.3 points
In 1999 she was named “Best Female Skier of the Century” – undoubtedly a good choice. In the 1970s, Proell made a name for herself, becoming world champion five times and overall World Cup winner six times. The innkeeper still holds a women’s record: she won eleven consecutive downhill runs. Incidentally, her talent was discovered by the village priest in her hometown of Kleinarl (Salzburgerland), who recommended the farmer’s daughter to the ÖSV.
Annemarie Moser-Proell (centre) after her downhill victory at the World Championships in St. Moritz in 1974.
Mikaela Shiffrin (27, USA), 265.8 points
Shiffrin is not yet number 1 of all time. Does that bother you? no Shiffrin emphasizes that she does not feel that she has trumped Lindsey Vonn (82 wins) because of her 84 World Cup victories. Likewise, she does not think about being taller than Ingemar Stenmark (86) if she overtakes him. “I love that about it, I love that there are a lot of people who don’t care what I achieve. There will always be people who think that Ingemar is the greatest. Or those who definitely think that Marcel Hirscher is the greatest, or that Lindsey is the greatest. So their legacy will always remain intact and they will always be a part of ski racing history. The greatest achievement is being part of this conversation.”
Vreni Schneider (58, Sz), 238.8 points.
Gold Vreni only on rank 4? The reason for this is that the Elmerin celebrated 29 fewer World Cup victories than Shiffrin, for example, and “only” became world champion and Olympic champion three times – Shiffrin won gold eight times. Now one might object that Schneider drove fewer races. Rightly so. Either way: Schneider is and remains a legend of the sport.
Anja Pärson (41, Sd), 211.1 points.
The Swede won a whopping 13 World Championship medals, seven of them gold. In 2007 alone, at the home World Championships in Are (Sd), Pärson won 5 medals – including gold in the downhill, super-G and combined. In 2012, the woman who celebrated her victories with a belly flop resigned. Shortly thereafter, she came out and her life partner gave birth to a child.
Anja Pärson announced her resignation in Schladming (Austria) in 2012.
Renate Götschl (47, Austria), 200.2 points.
She was the downhill queen between 1996 and 2007. And Götschl was also a force in the Super-G. 46 World Cup victories testify to their skills. Most recently, she was a candidate for the post of president of the ÖSV, which generated a lot of headlines. She is very committed to the offspring in Styria and has been a mother for a long time.
Katja Seizinger (50, Germany), 193.2 points.
Before Seizinger retired in 1999, she was winning downhill after downhill thanks to her incredible sense of pace. What many forget: Seizinger was also able to drive passable slalom, in 1998 she won Olympic gold in the combination, among other things.
Janica Kostelic (41, Kro), 190.2 points
She was the child prodigy from Croatia. Working in a private team with brother Ivica from the very beginning, the duo was trimmed to the top of the world by father Ante using sometimes extremely tough methods. Crazy: In just four major events between 2002 and 2006, Kostelic won a whopping 9 gold medals.
At the side of brother Ivica, Janica Kostelic was the Croatian ski prodigy par excellence.
Hanni Wenzel (66, Lie), 183.7 points.
The mother of today’s SRF expert Tina Weirather was a genius on skis. Strong in all disciplines, she became three-time world champion (slalom, giant slalom, combined) in Lake Placid (USA) in 1980.
Maria Höfl-Riesch (38, Germany), 165.7 points.
Slalom, Super-G, downhill and overall World Cup: The German from Garmisch-Partenkirchen impressed on every floor and fought many a legendary duel with Vonn.
Attention ski fans! Now quiz and type races
The 2022/2023 ski season is in full swing and so is the “Blick Ski Trophy”: Answer questions every day, type ski races and crown yourself as ski champion. Lots of great prizes await.
To take part in the “Blick Ski Trophy”, you have to register here.
Have fun and good luck!
The 2022/2023 ski season is in full swing and so is the “Blick Ski Trophy”: Answer questions every day, type ski races and crown yourself as ski champion. Lots of great prizes await.
To take part in the “Blick Ski Trophy”, you have to register here.
Have fun and good luck!