Paula Wiesinger

Paula Wiesinger
Wiesinger skiing on the Dolomites in 1930
Personal information
Full namePaula (Paola) Rosa Wiesinger, later Steger
Born(1907-02-27)27 February 1907
Bolzano, Austria-Hungary
Died12 June 2001(2001-06-12) (aged 94)
Seiser Alm, Italy
OccupationAlpine skier
Skiing career
DisciplinesPolyvalent
Retired1936
World Championships
Teams4
Medals1 (1 gold)
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1932 Cortina d'Ampezzo Downhill

Paula (Paola) Rosa Wiesinger later Steger (27 February 1907 – 12 June 2001) was a pioneering Italian alpine skier and mountain climber who competed at one edition of Winter Olympics and three editions of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships (1932, 1933, 1934, 1936).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Biography

Wiesinger was born in Bolzano. She won the 1932 women's Downhill world championship in Cortina d'Ampezzo, and competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics, finishing 16th in the alpine skiing combined event. She married Hans Steger.[13]

In 1935 Wiesinger was invited to view the Trofeo Mezzalama, a competition that was only intended for male ski mountaineers. Due to an injury leave of Giusto Gervasutti, she took his military uniform, covered her face with sunglasses and his cap, and took part instead of him, but the cheat was discovered at a check point of the race.[14] She died in Seiser Alm. A hotel and a statue in Siusi allo Sciliar are dedicated to Wiesinger.[15]

Olympic Games results

Year Vanue Race Rank
1936 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen Alpine combined 16

World Championship results

Edition Slalom Downhill Combined
1932 13 1 6
1933 19 4 11
1934 5 12 11
1936 - DNF -

National titles

Wiesinger won 15 national titles.[16][17]

  • Italian Alpine Ski Championships
    • Downhill: 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 (5)
    • Slalom: 1931, 1933, 1934, 1936 (4)
    • Combined: 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 (6)

See also

References

  1. ^ "04.02.1932. Cortina d'Ampezzo Downhill, women" (PDF). alpineskiworld.net. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  2. ^ "05.02.1932. Cortina d'Ampezzo Slalom, women" (PDF). alpineskiworld.net. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  3. ^ "05.02.1932. Cortina d'Ampezzo Alpine Combined, women" (PDF). alpineskiworld.net. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  4. ^ "08.02.1933. Innsbruck Downhill, women" (PDF). alpineskiworld.net. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  5. ^ "10.02.1933. Innsbruck/Seegrube Slalom, women" (PDF). alpineskiworld.net. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  6. ^ "10.02.1933. Innsbruck Alpine Combined, women" (PDF). alpineskiworld.net. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  7. ^ "15.02.1934. Sankt Moritz Downhill, women" (PDF). alpineskiworld.net. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  8. ^ "16.02.1934. Sankt Moritz Slalom, women" (PDF). alpineskiworld.net. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  9. ^ "16.02.1934. Sankt Moritz Alpine Combined, women" (PDF). alpineskiworld.net. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  10. ^ "22.02.1936. Innsbruck/Seefeld Slalom, women" (PDF). alpineskiworld.net. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  11. ^ "21.02.1936. Innsbruck Downhill, women" (PDF). alpineskiworld.net. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  12. ^ "22.02.1936. Innsbruck Alpine Combined, women" (PDF). alpineskiworld.net. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  13. ^ Paula Wiesinger (German), FemBio.
  14. ^ Paula Wiesinger (German), FemBio.
  15. ^ "Paula Wiesinger Apartments & Suites". alpesiusi.it. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  16. ^ "Campionati italiani assoluti, l'albo d'oro della discesa" (in Italian). fisi.org. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  17. ^ "L'albo d'oro della discesa femminile dei Campionati Italiani" (in Italian). fisi.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
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