| WIRTH Katja (AUT) |
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02,Apr,1980 Bezau
167cm / 60kg
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SKI: Blizzard
BOOTS: Nordica
BINDING: Marker
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| Innsbruck 03 DH/2nd |
Innsubruck 03 DH/2nd Podium |
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World Cup Ranking
General
2002/117th, 2003 50th, 2004/39th, 2005/31st, 2006/52nd,
Special
2002 DH/48th, 2003 DH/20th, SG/26th.
2004 SG/14th, DH/31st. 2005 SG/17th, DH/18th.
2006 DH/41st, SG/26th.
World Championships
2005 Bormio/S.Caterina. DH/DNF.
Olympic Games
World Cup
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Innsbruck 03, |
| 8. |
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S.Caterina 05-I, |
| 7. |
SG: |
Cortina 04-I, Lake Louise 05, |
| 9. |
SG: |
San Sicario 05, Aspen 06, |
| 10. |
SG: |
Lake Louise 04, Sestriere 04, |
| 11. |
DH: |
Lake Louise 05-II, |
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Val d'Isere 06, |
| 12. |
DH: |
Lake Louise 05-I, |
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Cortina 05-II, |
| 13. |
SG: |
Are 04, |
| 14. |
SG: |
Innsbruck 03-I, Cortina 05-I, |
| 15. |
DH: |
S.Caterina 05-II, |
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Megeve 04, Veysonnaz 04, Haus 04, |
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DH: |
Lillehammer 03, |
| 17. |
DH: |
Lake Louise 04-I, |
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Are 05, |
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Lenzerheide 03, |
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DH: |
Hafjell 06 |
| SG: |
Cortina 03-I, Hafjell 06, |
| 20. |
DH: |
Veysonnaz 04, Cortina 06, |
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Innsbruck 03-II, |
| 22. |
DH: |
Haus 04, Cortina 05-II, |
| 24. |
DH: |
Lake Louise 06-II, Bad Kleinkirchheim 06-I, |
| SG: |
Cortina 03-II, |
| 26. |
DH: |
Cortina 04, Lake Louise 06-I, |
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Val d'Isere 03, |
| 27. |
DH: |
Cortina 05-I, |
| SG: |
Lake Louise 06, Bad Kleinkirchheim 06, |
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DH: |
Lenzerheide 02, St.Moritz 04, |
| 30. |
DH: |
Lake Louise 03-II, 04-II, S.Sicario 05, Bad Kleinkirchheim 06-II, |
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Cortina 04-II, |
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Innsbruck /Patscherkofel (AUT), February 28th - 2003 -Katja Wirth achieved
her career's best performance in a World Cup race today in Innsbruck where
she ended 14th in the first Super-G race on the famous Patscherkofel course
after starting in 34th position. She is the second Austrian women to become
“winStar of the Race” this season but she aims for more in the coming
days. Her goal is to qualify for the World Cup Finals in Lillehammer, Norway!
Katja is already 22, but she is racing her first full season on the World
Cup circuit after a successful Europacup tour last winter. She won the
Super-G Europa Cup standings and was 3rd in downhill. This winter, she
competed in all the events, but she scored her best results in the speed
events. The skier from Bezau, in the Vorarlberg region, was 19th in a Super-G
last January in Cortina d'Ampezzo
She can now hope to qualify among the top-25 and take part at the Finals in Lillehammer in two weeks.
The young Austrian was delighted to be the “winStar of the Race” in Innsbruck
in her first World Cup race since Cortina d'Ampezzo. “It's a great way
to mark my first top-15 finish” she said. “I have been working hard for
this in the past weeks. I didn't compete in St Moritz but in the meantime,
I achieved some strong performances on the Europa Cup circuit. I'm leading
the downhill standings and I have a good chance to successfully defend
my fixed start-position on the World Cup tour”.
“I'm a member of the “A-Team” but you have to fight hard to compete
on the World Cup tour if you're not part of the National Team. I have to
stay among the top-30 in the Super-G start-list to remain in the “A-Team”.
This result boots my confidence and I aim for other good races this weekend.
It will be difficult to qualify for Lillehammer but I'll try hard. It would
be fun to be part of the Finals”.
Katja needed some time to find her best rhythm after severely injuring her knee in 1997. She also took the time to finish her secondary studies in Stams before entering the Austrian Army. She is “corporal” in her sport-group. She is the second member of the Wirth family to excel in the Austrian team. Her older brother Patrick, born in 1971, was an excellent Super-G specialist in the 1990s. He takes now care of Kjetil Aamodt skis on the World Cup tour! |
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