He retired the slalom German Katharina DRR

At just 24 years says enough DÃ¼rr Germany's Katharina, daughter of art (his father Peter was third in the downhill in Schladming 1988) and slalom specialist, so as the most famous younger sister Lena.

Saturday 26 April 2014 4 minutes reading time

This announcement of withdrawal given by the same "Kathi" on his Facebook page: "Now is probably time to say goodbye. After two years in which I have tried to return to fight I got to the point where I have to say HELLO. Over the past ten years I have done my favorite hobby of my life. My highlights will always remain the Vancouver Olympic Games and the World Championships in Garmisch home. Along my way I have also seen many parts of the world, met nice people, learned a lot of life and I enjoyed it. Unfortunately everything is not more success after my injury. I want to thank all those who have believed in me. Without my family, friends, team ski customs, the physiotherapist and the staff of the hospital in Monaco, my main sponsor and of course my doctor, everything would not have been possible. But now: new challenges await me! Thanks to all her friends for the great time spent. " Born July 28, 1989 in Monaco of Bavaria and grew up in the Ski Club Germering, Katharina wins the silver medal in slalom at the World Juniors Interested in Flachau 2007 and the next begins to narrow win in goal in the European Cup, a competition in which debuted in late 2005: between 2007 and 2011, his achievements will be six total. World Cup debut in December 29, 2007 in the slalom in Lienz finishing straight points, twenty-sixth, in the next race in Spindleruv Mlyn, is even eleventh. In the winter of 2009-2010 is the Olympic Levi seventh and fifth in Flachau and earns the convocation for the 2010 Vancouver Games, but in the internal selection for the slalom race is beaten by Fanny Chmelar and Christina Geiger doing so a spectator. Closes the season with a ninth place in the final premondiale of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and winning the national title in super combined, and the next is tenth in Zwiesel. He has the satisfaction of participating in the World Cup at home in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but has to settle for a twenty-third place. The next season does not go beyond a fifteenth place in Courchevel. Its 42nd and final race of the World Cup is of the slalom in Levi November 10, 2011, then it is blocked by severe hip problems that make them skip all the rest of the season. Back at the beginning of the winter olympic but can no longer to return to a great extent, therefore, is now for Katharina came the decision to attack skis and boots to the nail.

Max Valle

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