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Martina Ertl - Wikipedia

Martina Maria Ertl-Renz (born 12 September 1973) is a German former alpine skier. She was two times world champion and also won several medals at Olympic Winter Games and World Championships.[1]

Martina Ertl
Personal information
Born (1973-09-12) 12 September 1973 (age 51)
Bad Tölz, Upper Bavaria, West Germany
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesTechnical and speed events
ClubSC Lenggries
World Cup debut1992
Retired2006
Olympics
Teams5
Medals3 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams7
Medals4 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons15
Wins14
Podiums57
Overall titles2
Discipline titles17
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1994 Lillehammer Giant slalom
Silver medal – second place 1998 Nagano Combined
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City Combined
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 St. Anton Combined
Gold medal – first place 2005 Bormio Team event
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Morioka Giant slalom
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Sierra Nevada Giant slalom
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Slalom 2 4 5
Giant slalom 10 8 4
Super-G 2 8 7
Downhill 0 0 1
Combined 0 3 2
Parallel 0 1 0
Total 14 24 19

Biography

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Martina Ertl is the sister of the German alpine ski Andreas Ertl.[2]

Skiing career

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Ertl started skiing at the age of two and a half. At the age of 18 she participated in the Junior World Championship in Hemsedal (Norway) winning a silver medal in Giant slalom and a bronze medal in Combined.

This was the starting point of a long career. Until 2006 she took part in 430 World Cup races winning 14 of them. Ertl won the giant slalom World Cup in 1996 and 1998. She won three Olympic medals and four medals at World Championships (Bronze in giant slalom at Morioka 1993, Bronze medalist in giant slalom at Sierra Nevada 1996, Gold in Combined at St. Anton 2001, Gold in Nation Team Event at Bormio 2005).

She represented Germany at five Winter Olympics between 1992 and 2006, winning silver medals in the giant slalom in 1994 and the combined event in 1998, as well as a bronze medal in the combined event in 2002.[3]

World Cup victories

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Overall

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1996 Giant slalom
1998 Giant slalom

Individual races

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Date Location Race
19 March 1994   Vail Giant slalom
15 January 1995   Garmisch Slalom
18 March 1995   Maribor Giant slalom
25 November 1995   Vail Super-G
11 December 1995   Val-d'Isère Giant slalom
21 December 1995   Veysonnaz Giant slalom
5 January 1996   Maribor Giant slalom
10 January 1998   Bormio Giant slalom
15 January 1998   Altenmarkt Super-G
25 January 1998   Cortina d'Ampezzo Giant slalom
28 January 1998   Åre Giant slalom
1 March 1998   Saalbach Slalom
28 October 2000   Sölden Giant slalom
25 October 2003   Sölden Giant slalom

References

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  1. ^ "Martina Ertl Biography". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Fratelli e Sorelle di Coppa" (in Italian). fantaski.it. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Martina Ertl". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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