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A month after playing his 47th and final race of the World Cup slalom in Austria & nbsp; Alexandra Daum has announced his retirement from racing Since & eacute; fails pi & ugrave; to train as it should because of the after-effects of the many injuries suffered in his career.
Wednesday 15 April 2015 4 minutes reading time
& Ldquo; After careful consideration, & egrave; now time for me to end my career in alpine skiing events - writes the 28-year old Austrian Tirol in a statement appeared on Facebook -. In my time as a skier I experienced many good times and gained valuable experience. The journey to the top & egrave; was sometimes hard and marked by a lot of injuries, but have always managed to come back. Ultimately, I had to recognize that the workouts limited resulting mark me negatively both physically and mentally. Moreover, the past ski season, despite some good performances in training and in the race - after many exits and sometimes difficult race conditions - not & egrave; go as hoped. I can not wait 'time to open a new chapter in my life and to face new challenges. It & rsquo; my greatest wish to thank all my friends, the Austrians, coaches, doctors and physiotherapists. A special thanks to my family and of course my sponsors who in recent years have been supporting for my career. I would like to thank my loyal fans, who have always been very active in numerous and support me during the races! & Rdquo;
Born July 22, 1986, residing in Aschau im Zillertal, pure slalom, Alexandra Daum made his debut in the World Cup December 14, 2008 in the slalom in La Molina, a little less than a year later in Aspen sub & Igrave; one of the many knee injuries that held her for nearly 12 months and that was probably decisive for his failure to explode at high levels. In the maximum circuit in stages has played 46 international slalom, l & rsquo; last to & Aring; re on March 14th, and a City Event, to Moscow January 29, 2013 in which Piazz & ograve; ninth, the same result as obtained in the slalom in Levi's November 10, 2012, also in Levi on November 15 and December 17, 2013 Courchevel & egrave; was tenth for a total of four top ten in the World Cup. He never participated in the Olympics and World Championships, Junior World Championships in 2006 was the thirteenth in slalom while in the European Cup boasts two third places among the narrow doors in Zakopane February 18, 2009 and March 7, 2013. Finally Lenggries, won a title National slalom in 2013 beating not just two newcomers, and what & egrave; Carmen Thalmann and & nbsp; Nicole Hosp.
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