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In a press conference organized in Vienna & nbsp; from its main sponsor & nbsp; & nbsp Raiffeisen; Kathrin Zettel as was widely expected announced the 'abandonment dell''attivit & agrave; competitive.
Monday 13 July 2015 7 minutes reading time
After & nbsp; Alexandra Daum, & nbsp; Regina Mader Sterz, & nbsp; and & nbsp Nicole Hosp, Andrea Fischbacher Kathrin & egrave; the fifth Austrian to retire after the end of last season. "In eleven years I have had great moments but also great pain. That's why & eacute; now I say thank you to everyone but I can pi & ugrave; continue 'activities & agrave;" He said the 28 year old Austrian referring to his chronic problems all''anca.
Born August 5, 1986 in Scheibbs, Lower Austria, and raised in ski clubs G & ouml; stling, always Lower Austria, Kathrin Zettel dispute the first FIS in December 2001 and obtained the first great results at the World Junior Maribor 2004, when & egrave ; gold in slalom and silver in the combined, while the & rsquo; year later in Bardonecchia & egrave; silver in slalom. In the European Cup he debuted in & rsquo; Winter 2003-2004 and at the end of that season even ends second in the overall standings by collecting two wins and five second places in slalom, giant and super-G. At the end of his races in the continental event will be 43 with 17 podiums, l & rsquo; latest being the first place in the giant of Zell am See last January 21, the fifth success in the circuit cadet.
Due to the success of his debut in Maribor World Cup March 13, 2004 in the finals of Sestriere. His first of his 119 placings among the top ten & egrave; the tenth place in the giant Santa Caterina of & rsquo; January 8, 2005, the first podiums will come on 10 and & rsquo; December 11, 2005 when Aspen lies third in both giant slalom in both. L & rsquo; year after Aspen always to win the first of his nine races in Circus Rose in the giant on the slopes of Colorado, including wide doors you aggiudicher & agrave; a total of seven races, l & rsquo; last January 16, 2010 in Maribor, one of his favorite places since her teens, while the day after he won his first slalom always on the slopes in Slovenia and a & rsquo; other race between narrow doors the intascher & agrave; November 25, 2012, coincidentally in Aspen.
He has participated in all editions of the World Cup since 2005 in quest & rsquo; year, individually won the & rsquo; gold in super combined in 2009 and l & rsquo; silver in slalom in 2011, these c & rsquo; & egrave; to add the & rsquo; silver in the team competition in 2005. In three editions of the Winter Games where & egrave; This was from 2006 to 2014 the best result he caught all & rsquo; last useful attempt winning the bronze in the slalom of Sochi. He had no major injuries but in recent years has had major problems to & rsquo; hip, which as we have seen are the main reason for his retirement, but he continued to accumulate podiums on both podiums & egrave; true that, finishing third in the super combined in Bansko last March 1, has reached the hight of 50 placings in the top three in the World Cup, the level reached by only 21 other athletes, including six other Austrian and it is worth remember, one Italian, Isolde Kostner, who has collected 51. The 209th and final race in the World Cup of Kathrin & egrave; was the slalom M & eacute; ribel of 21 March in which & egrave; He was eleventh.
In the overall standings Cup his best & egrave; fourth place in 2008-2009, when & egrave; He was also third in the ranking of second in the combined and giant, placing this repeated l & rsquo; following winter and doubled off second in slalom. Great specialist always racing techniques with very profitable raids in combined (l & rsquo; world gold in 2009 proves it), skier superfine like very few others, not Kathrin & egrave; He never has been a big media personality, first because & eacute; He won perhaps less than he deserved, and second perch & eacute; She competed in an era of huge champions which moreover than she pierced the screen with their attractiveness. But a 9 wins and 41 other podium finishes in Cup pi & ugrave; 4 medals in Olympics and World Cup would only convenient & Outdoors; Italy! It just has to take note of the loss of & rsquo; yet another champion in & rsquo; span of just over & ugrave; a year and wish her a big good luck for his future outside of & rsquo; competitive spirit!
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