Tina Maze heads to the World Alpine Skiing Championships in Vail and Beever Creek as the defending super giant slalom champion and the leading skier in the World Cup, with an incredible 11,198 points to her credit to date. And since we know that sport consists of victories and defeats and that no victory is given, let alone taken for granted, the achievements of Tina Maze, who would have had a hard time choosing tougher competitors in her career, are all the greater. Therefore, let's once again relive all her victories and at the same time wish for new ones. Already at the SP in Vail and Beaver Creek 2015.
Career Tina Maze, the first ladies of Slovenian alpine skiing, is full of excesses and rides that are real skiing symphonies. She "wrote" the most of these so far in the record-breaking 2012/13 season, when, among other things, she entered 71% of all possible points (2414), she also collected then record number of podiums (24), as she stood on them in as many as 71% matches. Besides Bodi Miller she is the only one who led from the first to the last match in the World Cup and besides the legendary one Boil Schneider the only one who finished all the giant slaloms in the season on the winner's podium.
In 35 games in the season of surpluses, in five different disciplines, there are even Finished in the top five 31 times and became only the sixth female skier in the history of the World Cup to win in all five disciplines. He is on track to repeat his feat this season as well. In the season of breaking records, she also became only the third female skier Petri Kronberger (1990/91) and Janica Kostelic (2005/06)- who won all disciplines in one winter, and among men a similar achievement was achieved in the 1988/89 season To Marco Girardelli.
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About Tina - too five-time and current sportswoman of the year in Slovenia, which revived the times Bojan Križaj, when all of Slovenia stood still during the performances - and her successes, we could write and write, but it's best to leave it to her. She wrote the most beautiful things with her skis fairytales. Some of the most popular can be found below. In the meantime, he is already diligently preparing new ones. The new one will be released in Vail or Beaver Creek? Because we believe that her laurel counter is far from stopped.
World Cup Wins:
October 26, 2002, giant slalom, Sölden
December 22, 2004, giant slalom, St. Moritz
January 8, 2005, giant slalom, Santa Caterina
January 22, 2005, giant slalom, Maribor
October 22, 2005, giant slalom, Sölden
There is no recording
February 2, 2008, downhill, St. Moritz
January 10, 2009, giant slalom, Maribor
March 14, 2009, giant slalom, Aare
There is no recording
March 11, 2010, giant slalom, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
March 4, 2011, super combination, Trbiž
March 18, 2011, slalom, Lenzerheide
There is no recording
October 27, 2012, giant slalom, Sölden
November 25, 2012, giant slalom, Aspen
December 7, 2012, super combination, St. Moritz
December 9, 2012, giant slalom, St. Moritz
December 16, 2012, giant slalom, Courchevel
January 13, 2013, super giant slalom, St. Anton
January 27, 2013, slalom, Maribor
February 24, 2013, super combination, Meribel
There is no recording
March 2, 2013, downhill, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
March 10, 2013, slalom, Ofterschwang
March 17, 2013, giant slalom, Lenzerheide
25 January 2014, downhill, Cortina d'Ampezzo
November 15, 2014, slalom, Levi
December 5, 2014, downhill, Lake Louise
December 12, 2014, giant slalom, Aare
Wins at the World Championships:
February 17, 2011, giant slalom, Garmisch
February 5, 2013, super giant slalom, Schladming
Victories at the Olympic Games:
February 12, 2014, downhill, Sochi
February 18, 2011, giant slalom, Sochi
More about Tina Maze:
www.tinamaze.com