Nicole Schmidhofer

Nicole "Nici" Schmidhofer (born 15 March 1989) is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer. She specializes in the downhill and super-G events.

Career Born in Friesach, Carinthia, Schmidhofer made her World Cup debut in March 2007. She competed for Austria at the 2010 Winter Olympics, but did not finish in the super-G, which was her only event at the Olympics. Three years later, Schmidhofer finished in 11th place in the super-G at the 2013 World Championships in Schladming.

At the 2017 World Championships, she became a gold medalist in super-G.

Her breakout World Cup season was in 2019, with three wins and three additional podiums; she won the season title in downhill and was runner-up in super-G. In March 2019, she participated in her first speed skiing world championships in Vars, France She finished 4th with a new Austria national record of 217.590 km/h. She retired after the 2023 season at age 34.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums 4 wins – (3 DH, 1 SG) 12 podiums – 6 DH, 6 SG) , 52 top tens

World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2013 23 — — 11 — — 2015 25 — — — 4 — 2017 27 — — 1 16 — 2019 29 — — 11 9 —

Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2010 20 — — DNF1 — — 2014 24 — — — — — 2018 28 — — 18 12 — 2022 32 Did not compete