Kathrin Zettel

Kathrin Zettel (born 5 August 1986) is an Austrian retired World Cup alpine ski racer. She won many races and took a bronze medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. In 2021 she was a partner in a company creating domestic size wind turbines in lower Austria.

Life Zettel was born in 1986 in Scheibbs, Lower Austria, and from Göstling, she competed primarily in the technical events of Giant slalom and slalom. Zettel made her World Cup debut in March 2004 and won her first World Cup race in November 2006.

In January 2010, Zettel won both technical events at Maribor, for her first victory in slalom. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she was the bronze medalist in slalom at Rosa Khutor, her first podium since October and just two days after her grandmother died.

After she retired in 2015 she went to live in Styria. She took a share in "Blue Power" a wind turbine company. The turbines are small (1.7 m diameter) and designed to be used by a home owner. Zettel handles the social media for the company.

World Cup results Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Super G Downhill Combined 2005 18 36 23 18 — — — 2006 19 7 4 6 30 — 6 2007 20 11 8 7 31 49 11 2008 21 13 9 6 23 — 11 2009 22 4 6 2 23 — 3 2010 23 5 2 2 37 — 14 2011 24 13 6 10 — — — 2012 25 12 5 19 44 — 5 2013 26 7 8 5 — — 8 2014 27 14 11 5 — — — 2015 28 7 5 8 — — 3

Race victories 9 wins – (7 GS, 2 SL) 50 podiums (21 GS, 24 SL, 5 SC)

World championships Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2005 18 4 — — — 6 2007 20 5 9 — — 5 2009 22 DNF1 6 — — 1 2011 24 2 12— — — 2013 26 10 4 — — — 2015 28 5 7 — — 6

Winter Olympics Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2006 19 DSQ1 7 — — 4 2010 23 13 5 — — 4 2014 27 3 19 — — 13