Elisabeth Görgl is an Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n professional alpine skier

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

. She is an all-round skier who has reached World Cup podiums in all disciplines, with her best World Cup results in giant slalom and super G. In January 2008, she won her first world cup race in the Maribor, Slovenia giant slalom. In the 2009 World Championships at Val d'Isère, she won a bronze medal in super combined

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 - Women's super combined

Complete results for Women's Super Combined competition at the 2009 World Championships. It was run on February 6th, the third race of the championships.-References:* - official results* - Worlds: Zettel wins combined gold as Vonn DQ's - 06-Feb-2009...

. In the 2011 World Championships at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, she won her first gold medal in the Super-G and added a second gold medal in the Downhill five days later. She is the third in a row to win both Super-G and downhill World Championships gold medals – Lindsey Vonn made it 2009 at Val d'Isère and Anja Pärson

Anja Pärson

Anja Sofia Tess Pärson is a Swedish-Sámi alpine skier, the winner of seven World Championships gold medals and two Overall Alpine Skiing World Cup titles. She has won a total of 42 World cup races.-Biography:...

 made it 2007 at Åre.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

, she won the bronze medal in the women's downhill

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

The women's downhill competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia on February 17, 2010....

 event – the same medal in the same event that her mother Traudl Hecher

Traudl Hecher

Traudl Hecher is an Austrian former alpine skier and Olympic medalist. She was born in Schwaz. She received bronze medals in the downhill at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck...

 won half a century earlier at the 1960

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held in Squaw Valley, California, U.S.A., from February 20–26, 1960.These were the last Olympics with times recorded in tenths of a second; times in 1964 were recorded in hundredths....

 and again at the 1964

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Innsbruck, Austria, from January 30 to February 7, 1964.The men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel , the other five events at Axamer Lizum....

 Winter Olympics.

A week later she also won the bronze medal in the women's giant slalom

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

The women's giant slalom competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, on February 24. Following the first run, the event was postponed due to heavy fog in the afternoon; the second run was held the next morning, February 25.Viktoria...

 event of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

Her brother Stephan Görgl

Stephan Görgl

Stephan Görgl is an Austrian alpine skier.He competed in the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics, but failed to finish his second run. He is the son of Anton and Traudl Hecher Görgl and the sister of Elisabeth Görgl who is also an alpine skier.-References:...

, also an alpine skier, raced in the Giant Slalom at the 2006 Olympics.

World Cup victories

Date	Location	Race
January 28, 2008	Maribor Maribor Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....	Giant Slalom
March 15, 2008	Bormio Bormio Bormio is a town and comune located in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy region of the Alps in northern Italy. It has a population of 4,200...	Giant Slalom
December 6, 2009	Lake Louise Lake Louise Mountain Resort The Lake Louise Ski Area is a ski resort located in Banff National Park, near the village of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. It can be reached from Banff, from where it is a 35 to 45 minute drive west on Trans-Canada Highway, or Calgary, a 2-hour drive...	Super G

External links

• Official website
• Ski-DB.com – Results – Elisabeth Goergl