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Another retreat house in Austria was in & rsquo; air after that of Nicole Hosp and on time today & egrave; It became official: in a press conference organized by his main sponsor in the town of Gaflenz, Upper Austria, Andrea Fischbacher announced the & rsquo; s abandonment & rsquo; & agrave activities; competitive.
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This salute to Andrew on his Facebook page: & ldquo; It & rsquo; time to say goodbye. Is not serious; It was an easy decision but the desire and motivation are no longer & ugrave; sufficient to continue to give everything for the races. My career & egrave; It was like a roller coaster, cos & Igrave; as will & agrave; now life. I celebrated big successes and have gone through great lows. It '' was a wonderful time that I trained for my future life and it has changed me into who I am today! I am grateful for everything I have lived in this period, positive and negative. In this way, thank you all, my coaches, physiotherapists, ski man, sponsors, helpers, family, friends and fans who have supported me all these years and you have been behind the scenes! Danke, thank you, thank you, merci! & Rdquo;
Born Oct. 14, 1985 in Schwarzach im Pongau, Salzburg, & ldquo; & rdquo ;, which Whistle quest & rsquo; & agrave compir year; then 30 years & egrave; raised in Eben im Pongau & egrave; second cousin of the great Hermann Maier. Dispute the first FIS races during the 2000-2001 season, then, after entering for the first time in the Austrian national team in 2002, he made his debut in the European Cup in 2003 and in the continental event salir & agrave; a total of 11 times on the podium, winning three races, two in super-G and a downhill, and the trophy general in 2005. In World Junior 2003 does not get significant results but those for 2004 in Maribor and 2005 in Bardonecchia wins l & rsquo; gold Super-G, the first time a tie with Nadia Fanchini and a penny ahead of Julia Mancuso and Lindsey Kildow five out some, then became Vonn, the second time the victory & egrave; solo with Nadia Fanchini silver, separated by 9 cents, and Elena Fanchini bronze.
The first of these two gold junior championship allows to debut in the World Cup super-G in the finals of the Sestriere of & rsquo; 11 March 2004. Since then disputer & agrave; other 250 races in Circus Rosa with 59 placings in the top ten, the first l & rsquo; eighth place in the super-G in Cortina d & rsquo; Ampezzo in 2005. In Cup & egrave; climb a total of 10 podium finishes, three in downhill, six in super-G (the first time was in Lake Louise 4 December 2005 when he was second) and one giant, third in S & ouml; Sölden 25 October 2008. He participated in four editions World Cup, in 2005, 2009, 2011 and 2013, and his best result & egrave; was the bronze in super-G of 3 February 2009 in Val d & rsquo; Is & egrave; re.
But his most & ugrave; great triumph & egrave; was l & rsquo; Olympic gold in super-G, undoubtedly his specialty & agrave; preferred, in Whistler in 2010, when invent & ograve; the perfect race mocking two legendary champions like Tina Maze and Lindsey Vonn finished in that & rsquo; order behind, Andrea vendic & ograve; cos & Igrave; the fourth downhill of three days before just 3 cents from the Bronze compatriot Liz G & ouml; rgl. A San Sicario in 2006 was instead thirteenth in super-G. Said the ten podiums in the World Cup, three of these were victories: February 10, 2008 in the super-G in Sestriere a tie with the Swiss Fabienne Suter, February 28, 2009 in the second run of Bansko one day after the second place that had earned his first podium in the specialty & agrave ;, and finally March 2, 2014 in the downhill in Crans Montana, where sfog & ograve; all his anger at being excluded from the Games of Sochi 2014 can not cos & Igrave; defend the title of the super-G.
Unfortunately last season & egrave; was his worst ever: his best result & egrave; It was the thirteenth place in the giant S & ouml; Sölden, and you & egrave; qualified n & eacute; for the World Championships in Vail / Beaver Creek n & eacute; for the finals of the World Cup in M ​​& eacute; ribel. Hence the decision to withdraw, his 251st and final race in the World Cup is thus the giant & Aring; king of last March 13, the 'last absolute giant of the national championships last March 24. Austrian junior championships won the title in 2003 in super-G, giant and combined in 2004 and in super-G, in those seniors prevailed in 2006 in super-G and downhill and super-G in 2010. The & egrave; He was awarded the medal & rsquo; gold of the Austrian Republic in 2009 and & egrave; He was named sporty woman Austrian of 2010 following the Olympic triumph in super-G. Andrea & egrave; never been a monster of continuity & agrave; but he was lucky enough never to be seriously ill and has had peaks sensational as that in the Games of 2015 or that of Crans Montana dell''anno last. Now & egrave; ready to open a new chapter of his life. Good luck to all, & ldquo; & rdquo ;! Whistles
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