KRONBERGER Petra (AUT)
21.02.1969 Pfarwerfen
170cm / 62kg
SKI: Blizzard
BOOTS: Nordica
BINDING: Tyrolia

1993 retired
Hinterstoder90 GS/1st Saalbach WM91 DH/1st
Hinterstoder 90 GS/1st Saalbach 91 WCS DH/1st
1990 World Cup Overall Chanpion Kronberger. Valzordana 91 GS/1st
World Cup 1990 Valzordana 91 GS/ 1st
KronbergerFace World Cup Ranking
General
1988/17th, 1989/24th, 1990/1st, 1991/1st, 1992/1st,
Special
1990 DH/2nd,GS/3rd, 1991 DH/3rd, SL/1st, SG/2nd, 1992 DH/2nd,
World Championships
1989 Vail DH/12th, SG/8th, K/7th.
1991 Saalbach DH/1st, SG/6th.
Olympic Games
1988 Calgary DH/6th.
1992 Albertvill SL/1st, K/1st, DH/5th, SG/4th.
World Cup - 16 w. ( 6 DH, 3 GS, 3 SL, 2 K)
1. DH: Panorama 89 I,II, 92, Morzine 90, Meribel 91, Serre Chevalier 91
SG: Meribel 91, Altenmarkt 90
GS: Hinterstoder 90, St.Caterina 90, Valzoldana 90
SL: Vemdalen 90, Valzoldana 90, Kranjska Gora 91
K: Haus 90, Bad Kleinkirchheim 91
Like a shooting star flashing across the mountains sky, Petra Kronberger had a short but brilliant career from 1988 to 1992.
In that brief time, the sensitive and deeply religious athlete from south of Salzburg reached all the highest summits in alpine ski racing and set impressive records along the way.
A triple Overall World Cup winner from 1990 to 1992, Petra scored her first World Cup podium during the 1987/88 season and finished 6th in the Olympic downhill at Calgary that winter.
After a disappointing 1989 season marked by the domination of the Swiss team(22 victories out of 26 races) she made it to the top in 1989/90. Thanks to her six World Cup successes, she became the first champion to beat the strong Swiss team in the Overall World Cup standings since 1984.
It was also the first Overall victory for Austria since 1979( Annemarie Moser-Proell, a good friend of Petra). Kronberger increased her domination on the women's tour in 1991 becoming the only athlete in the modern era to win in all five alpine events during the same season.
She also won gold at the 1991 FIS World Championships at Saalbach.
Petra might have won more but injured her foot. 1992 brought her a third consecutive Overall World Cup title as well as two Olympic gold medals in slalom and combined at Meribel.
After a slow season start in 1992 , Kronberger quit the team and went home.
Petra had lost her motivation and was now scared of the high speeds of ski racing.
During her brief career, Kronberger had won 16 events in all specialties.
She was a great inspiration for a new generation of young Austrian champions including Alexandra Meissnitzer, who trained with her in 1992 before her rise to stardom.
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