Nicole Schmidhofer

Nicole Schmidhofer
	Schmidhofer in November 2017
Personal information
Born	15 March 1989 (age 34); Friesach, Carinthia, Austria
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, super-G
Club	Union SC; Schönberg-Lachtal
World Cup debut	15 March 2007 (age 18)
Website	nici-schmidhofer.at
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2010, 2018)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	4 – (2013–2019)
Medals	1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	17 – (2007–2023)
Wins	4 – (3 DH, 1 SG)
Podiums	12 – (6 DH, 6 SG)
Overall titles	0 – (5th in 2019)
Discipline titles	1 – (DH, 2019)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Austria
World Cup race podiums
World Championships
Junior World Championships

Nicole "Nici" Schmidhofer (born 15 March 1989) is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer. She specializes in the downhill and super-G events.

Career

Born in Friesach, Carinthia, Schmidhofer made her World Cup debut in March 2007. She competed for Austria at the 2010 Winter Olympics,^[1] but did not finish in the super-G, which was her only event at the Olympics.^[2] Three years later, Schmidhofer finished in 11th place in the super-G at the 2013 World Championships in Schladming.

At the 2017 World Championships, she became a gold medalist in super-G.

Her breakout World Cup season was in 2019, with three wins and three additional podiums; she won the season title in downhill and was runner-up in super-G. In March 2019, she participated in her first speed skiing world championships in Vars, France She finished 4th with a new Austria national record of 217.590 km/h.^{[citation needed]}

World Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2007	17	104	—	57	41	—	—
2008	18	124	—	—	—	51	—
2009	19	70	—	—	26	40	—
2010	20	81	—	—	28	49	—
2011	21	91	—	—	38	36	—
2012	22	86	—	—	—	35	—
2013	23	45	—	—	8	36	—
2014	24	20	—	—	12	11	—
2015	25	30	—	—	12	20	—
2016	26	49	—	—	23	21	—
2017	27	15	—	—	7	8	—
2018	28	17	—	—	7	9	—
2019	29	5	—	—	2	1	—
2020	30	13	—	—	3	9	—
2021	31	Injured left knee in December, out for season
2022	32	109	—	—	45	—	—
2023	33	53	—	—	11	35	—

Standings through 8 January 2023

Race podiums

4 wins – (3 DH, 1 SG)
12 podiums – 6 DH, 6 SG)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2013	20 Jan 2013	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Super-G	2nd
2014	24 Jan 2014	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Downhill	3rd
2018	3 Dec 2017	Lake Louise, Canada	Super-G	3rd
2018	21 Jan 2018	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Super-G	3rd
2019	30 Nov 2018	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill	1st
	1 Dec 2018	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill	1st
	19 Dec 2018	Val Gardena, Italy	Super-G	2nd
	19 Jan 2019	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Downhill	2nd
	26 Jan 2019	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	Super-G	1st
	23 Feb 2019	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	Downhill	2nd
2020	7 Dec 2019	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill	1st
2020	09 Feb 2020	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	Super-G	2nd

World Championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2013	23	—	—	11	—	—
2015	25	—	—	—	4	—
2017	27	—	—	1	16	—
2019	29	—	—	11	9	—

Olympic results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2010	20	—	—	DNF1	—	—
2014	24	—	—	—	—	—
2018	28	—	—	18	12	—
2022	32	Did not compete

References

^ "Nicole Schmidhofer". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
^ "Ladies' Super-G Results". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2011.

External links

Nicole Schmidhofer at FIS (alpine)
Nicole Schmidhofer at Olympics.com
Nicole Schmidhofer at Olympedia
Nicole Schmidhofer at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
Nicole Schmidhofer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Nicole Schmidhofer at Austrian Ski team (ÖSV) (in German)
Nicole Schmidhofer at Fischer Skis
nici-schmidhofer.at personal site (in German)

[1] "Nicole Schmidhofer". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2011.

[2] "Ladies' Super-G Results". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2011.

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