Withdraws the German Gina Stechert

The 27 year old Bavarian Gina Stechert announced on his Facebook page the withdrawal from & rsquo; activity & agrave; racing.

Tuesday 17 March 2015 6 minutes reading time

Ends cos & Igrave; a career during which he had very few joys and & egrave; was massacred by injuries, l & rsquo; last of which held her from & rsquo; January 11, 2014, when he broke the patellar tendon in his left knee during his 86th and final race of the World Cup downhill in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee. & Ldquo; After my many accidents unfortunately I can pi & ugrave; take all the risks involved and therefore I decided to hang the skis on the nail - writes Gina -. The decision & egrave; was very hard to take for me! I had some really beautiful, I & egrave; was allowed to celebrate some success and I was surrounded by great people, but now I do not see the & rsquo; now look forward to the new challenges that await me! I would like to thank all those who have accompanied me on my way and that & rsquo; they did after my many stops. Bye bye! & Rdquo; Born November 20, 1987 and raised in Oberstdorf, resort & agrave; Bavaria's famous for winter sports, especially for ski jumping, Gina Stechert dispute his first FIS races when he just turned 15 years old. Gi & agrave; during the 2002-2003 season is convened for the World Juniors in speed & agrave; but in five consecutive editions of the World Championships will have played youth & agrave; a best result of fifth place in 2007 coincidentally just downhill in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee. In 2003-2004 debut in the European Cup, in the continental event will win & agrave; two runs, in St. Moritz January 12, 2006 and Megeve January 27, between the & rsquo; else these successes come in the month following his return to racing after the first serious injury, the rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in the downhill World Cup jr. Bardonecchia 2005. In World Cup debuts December 21, 2004 in the super-G in St. Moritz. His first of his six total placings among the top ten & egrave; the tenth place in the super-G in San Sicario's January 28, 2007, l & rsquo; s latest & rsquo; eighth downhill in Lake Louise on 4 December 2010. In the midst of these two placings for & ograve; c & rsquo; & egrave; also the surprising victory in the downhill in Tarvisio of 21 February 2009, in which it imposes hundredth ahead of his majesty & agrave; Lindsey Vonn. But bad luck can not & ograve; leave her alone for too long because & eacute; few days after suffering the same injury four years earlier, and always in the right knee. Still managed to recover and to participate in the Olympics in Vancouver in 2010, the only of his career, in which & egrave; tenth and fifteenth downhill in super-G, while in three editions of the World from 2007 to 2011 his best result & egrave; a twelfth place in the super combined in 2009. 2011 & egrave; l & rsquo; worst year regarding injuries: before l & rsquo; February 8 breaks an inch falling in the super-G of his World Cup at home in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, then, on September 24, while he is training in super-G in Chile is also destroys the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Moral of the story, back in the World Cup after almost two years, in December 2012, but the World Championships in Schladming two months after not participating for a & rsquo; inflammation of the patellar tendon that accusation during testing of the descent. Finally, pi & ugrave; a year ago, l & rsquo; last race and l & rsquo; last injury. We wish you to have more & ugrave; luck in your life extra-competitive Gina!

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