Nicola Spiess

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Nicola Spiess
Personal information
Born (1958-07-29) 29 July 1958 (age 65)
Innsbruck, Austria
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1973
Skiing career
DisciplinesSpeed events
ClubSki-Club Mayrhofen [de]
World Cup debut1981
World Championships
Teams1
World Cup
Seasons9
Podiums4
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Downhill 0 2 2

Nicola Spiess married Werdenigg[1] (born 29 July 1958) is an Austrian former alpine skier.[2]

She is the sister of the former alpine skier Uli Spiess and is the daughter of Ernst Spiess [de] and Erika Mahringer.[3]

Career[edit]

Spiess skiing in carving in 2007 at the age of 49.

During her career she has achieved 17 results among the top 10 (4 podiums) in the World Cup.[2] She competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics and was 4th in downhill.[2] She retired from the competitive skiing at 21.

The denunciation of sexual abuse[edit]

In 2017, after the Weinstein scandal, she talked about the sexual abuse suffered by members of the Austrian Alpine Ski Team in the 1970s.[1] She also wrote a book on the subject: Ski Macht Spiele (Ski power games).[4]

World Cup results[edit]

Podiums
Date Place Discipline Rank
21-12-1976 Austria Zell am See Downhill 2
20-12-1976 Austria Zell am See Downhill 3
08-01-1976 Switzerland Meiringen Downhill 3
07-01-1976 Switzerland Meiringen Downhill 2

National titles[edit]

Spiess has won one national championships at individual senior level.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Sci, Austria nella bufera. Werdenigg: "Stuprata da un atleta"". gazzetta.it (in Italian). 20 November 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Nicola Spiess profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ^ "The Spieß family". spiess.at. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Ski Macht Spiele - Nicola Werdenigg Broschiert – 9. März 2018 von Nicola Werdenigg (Autor)". amazon.de (in German). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Österreichische Meisterschaften". oesv.at (in German). Retrieved 24 October 2022.

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