Petra Kronberger joined the staff of the Austrian women's team

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Petra Kronberger joined the staff of the Austrian women's team

The 'former ace of the Austrian ski & nbsp; & egrave Petra Kronberger; He was chosen, as reported by & nbsp; derstandard.at, to play an important supporting role for the Austrian women's team of alpine skiing.

And '' the big boss of federsci Austrian & nbsp; Peter Schr & ouml; cksnadel explain why dell''ingaggio Petra: "Far & agrave; link between the world of men and women. In the federation there are coaches women and spoken language men & egrave; other than that spoken by women, who generally are more & ugrave; sensitive ". So the role of the 46 year-old former champion will be great & agrave; to act as a "mediator" between the girls of the team and the rest of the federation, be it coaches or managers. & nbsp; & egrave federation; felt the 'need for this role Because & eacute; in all & egrave; alive the memory of last spring troubled, characterized by the "case Fenninger", which saw the 'currently injured won the last two World Cups also strongly oppose its federation that wanted to oust his manager, succeeding the late nell''intento . Born February 12, 1969 to & nbsp; St. Johann im Pongau, in the & nbsp; Salzburg, Petra Kronberger in his career as a skier has won three World Cups absolute row (1990, 1991 and 1992), a world gold medal in downhill in 1991 and two Olympic gold medals in combined and slalom in 1992 and & egrave; He was also the first woman, nell''inverno 1990-1991, to win all five specialties & agrave; in one season of the World Cup. Then, improvviaamente, 28 December 1992 ads & ograve; his retirement from competition's surprise at just 23 years due to lack of motivation.
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