Margarita Marbler 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 freestyle

Freestyle skiing

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 moguls skier

Mogul skiing

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, originally from Russia

Russia

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. She's been included in three Winter Olympic Games

Winter Olympic Games

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; at Salt Lake City

2002 Winter Olympics

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, Turin

2006 Winter Olympics

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 and Vancouver

2010 Winter Olympics

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. She has competed in both the Moguls and Dual Moguls event, as well as the Acrobatics and Aerials events. Marbler uses Elan

Elan (company)

Elan is a Slovenian company, located in Begunje, specializing in the production of sporting goods. It is best known for its skis and snowboards. Other products include sailboats from 30 to 50 ft length, motor yachts, apparel , equipment for sports facilities...

 skis, Dalbello Boots and Exel ski poles.

FIS World Cup and Championships

Marbler made her debut at the International Youth Championship event on March 6, 1994 in Laajavuori, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 in both the Aerials and Moguls event. That same December, she made her first World Cup start in Tignes, France

Tignes

Tignes is a commune in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.It is also a ski resort near Val d'Isère, that are linked together as the "Espace Killy" region...

. Marbler finally broke through with a her first podium in 1999, finishing second at a Moguls event in Japan. Her best World Championships result was third in 2005 and 2007, at Rukatunturi

Rukatunturi

Rukatunturi is a high fell and a ski resort in Kuusamo, Finland. Apart from downhill skiing, there are over 500 km of cross-country skiing tracks. Also snowmobiles can be rented to enjoy some of the area's 600 km of snowmobile routes . Ruka is also the southern end of the Karhunkierros...

 and Madonna di Campiglio

Madonna di Campiglio

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 respectively.

Olympics

Marbler has made it to the Winter Olympics three times, all in the Moguls event. She made her Olympic debut in 2002 at the Salt Lake City Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

. She ultimately finished in tenth place there. Marbler could not improve on her tenth place finish four years later in Turin

Turin

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, placing seventeenth. She was able to improve on her Salt Lake City result with her Olympic best result, finishing eighth.

Personal life

Marbler was born in Russia, but became an Austrian citizen following her marriage with her husband Harald in 1995. Harald is also Margarita's coach. Her hobbies include watching television, playing with her Gameboys and knitting.

World Cup victories

7 victories
(6 Moguls, 1 Dual Moguls)

Date	Location	Race
12 January 2002	Tignes Tignes Tignes is a commune in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.It is also a ski resort near Val d'Isère, that are linked together as the "Espace Killy" region...	Moguls
23 February 2003	Madarao	Moguls
14 February 2004	Inawashiro	Moguls
15 February 2004	Inawashiro	Dual Moguls
13 December 2007	Tignes	Moguls
13 February 2009	Åre Åre (ski area) Åre is an alpine ski area in Sweden, founded in 1909. It is located in Åre Municipality, Jämtland, just outside and above the village of Åre, approximately 80 km from the city of Östersund. The ski lift system is on the Åreskutan mountain, at an elevation of 1420 meters ; its absolute summit...	Moguls
18 March 2009	La Plagne La Plagne La Plagne is a French ski area in the alpine valley of the Tarentaise . Since 2003, La Plagne and the neighbouring resort of Les Arcs form Paradiski's ski area...	Moguls