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Alpine skiing women loses another of his pieces pi & ugrave; fine: in a press conference held in a panoramic restaurant on the summit of the Zugspitze & rsquo; Austrian Nicole Hosp announced as widely expected withdrawal from racing. & Ldquo; I do not have pi & ugrave; the sacred fire - said the 31 year old Tyrolean -. I finish my career in health and competitive as the & rsquo; I started & rdquo ;.
Monday 1 June 2015 6 minutes reading time
Born November 6, 1983 and raised in Bichlbach, a village of Tyrol, Nicole Hosp dispute the first FIS in January 1999. On 7 December 2000 he made his debut in the European Cup slalom in Serre Chevalier, in the continental event will win & agrave; two races, the giant of Le Grand Bornand dell & rsquo; March 11, 2002 and the descent of St. Moritz of & rsquo; January 11, 2006 and will get & agrave; fourth place overall in 2002. At the World Junior his best & egrave; a bronze in the downhill in Tarvisio in 2002. Dispute the first of his 287 races in the World Cup February 18, 2001 when & egrave; track slalom in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Even as a little girl Niki as & egrave; affectionately called, he proves able to go fast in all disciplines but the greatest event in world stages garegger & agrave; only in those techniques until 2004-2005 season submitted.
All & rsquo; eighth race in the World Cup, starting with the number 36, center right away victory in the giant S & ouml; Sölden on 26 October 2002, but & egrave; a triumph that incredibly shares with two other athletes, the Norwegian Andrine Flemmen and her contemporary Slovenian Tina Maze some, anch & rsquo; it his first success. Metter & agrave; together 134 placings in the top ten in the Cup with 57 podiums in all specialties & agrave; including 12 wins, 5 in giant slalom in five, one in super-G and combined in one. But his most & ugrave; great achievements are winning the overall World Cup in 2006-2007 and l & rsquo; gold in world & Aring; King 2007 giant, specialty & agrave; which won the cup in the same winter.
In addition to & rsquo; gold iridescent between the doors wide, in seven editions of the World Cup played won a silver in the combined, specialty & agrave; where then is deeply involved exceptionally, and a bronze in slalom in 2003, a bronze in downhill in 2007 (in the speed & agrave; his debut in the World Cup in January than a year before coming third in the super-G and ninth in downhill in St. Moritz) , a bronze in combined in 2013 and a silver in the combined always in February at Vail Beaver Creek as well as two gold medals in 2013 and 2015 and a silver in 2005 in the team competition. In two editions of the Winter Olympics he took home a silver in slalom in 2006 and a silver in the combined and a bronze in super-G in 2014.
Not even her injuries are missed, especially January 4, 2009 fell in the slalom in Zagreb fracturing his tibia plateau and by cracking the ligament colaterale internal and cruciate ligament in his left knee, nevertheless prov & ograve; to participate, without success, the World Championships in Val d & rsquo; Is & egrave; re the month following in the giant. Then, October 24, 2009, in the giant S & ouml; Sölden broke the cruciate ligament in his right knee jumping all over the rest of the season and then making it hard to get back to a great extent, especially in giant, the specialty & agrave; which he has had the greatest satisfaction in career and who forsake & agrave; during the & rsquo; winter 2012-2013. Two national titles won, both in giant, in 2005 and 2008.
His last victory in the World Cup & egrave; was the slalom in Aspen last November 30th, reached after nearly seven years of abstinence, his latest podium third place in the downhill finals of M & eacute; ribel last March 18, three days after getting in the resort & agrave; French played their last race, slalom, closing in tenth position. A great career for a great champion that perhaps no accident of 2009 could have won even more & ugrave ;. Good luck to your life outside of & rsquo; agonosmo Niki!
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