Resi Stiegler

Resi Stiegler ( (born November 14, 1985) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She primarily raced in the technical events and specialized in slalom.

Born and raised in Jackson, Wyoming, Stiegler is the daughter of Olympic champion Josef "Pepi" Stiegler of Austria. She began skiing at age two and racing at six at Jackson Hole. Junior Olympic and Nor-Am success while still a teenager led to a berth on the U.S. Ski Team; she made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2002 at a slalom in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, where she finished a remarkable eleventh. At the 2003 Junior World Championships in France, she won bronze medals in slalom and combined, to which she added a tenth-place finish in combined at the "grown-up" World Championships that year in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Through March 2016, Stiegler has 21 World Cup top-ten finishes, with one podium. She finished sixth in combined at the 2005 World Championships in Santa Caterina, Italy. Stiegler made her Olympic debut at the 2006 Torino games at age 20, placing eleventh in the combined and twelfth in the slalom.

Stiegler's trademark is the tiger ears she usually wears atop her helmet. She won a well-publicized battle with the International Olympic Committee, allowing her to compete with the ears at the Torino Olympics.

After a series of injuries, Stiegler made her first World Cup podium in March 2012, a runner-up finish at a slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. It was her first top ten finish in over four years. In a November, 2012 interview, Stiegler had recovered on schedule and was set to compete in the season as planned.

World Cup results

Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2003 17 92 39 — — — — 2004 18 23 — — — — — 2005 19 45 19 49 — — 8 2006 20 42 15 51 — — 24 2007 21 25 17 31 — 51 5 2008 22 40 18 26 — 48 — 2009 23 2010 24 2011 25 98 36 — — — — 2012 26 57 23 38 — — — 2013 27 77 31 — — — — 2014 28 80 29 — — — — 2015 29 65 22 — — — — 2016 30 48 13 — — — — 2017 31 61 20 56 — — — 2018 32 65 23 — — — — Standings through 4 February 2018

Top tens 1 podium – (1 SL) 23 top tens – (1 GS, 17 SL, 2 PS, 3 SC)

World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2003 17 19 — — — 10 2005 19 6 — — — 21 2007 21 8 — — — DNF2 2009 23 19 — — — — 2011 25 19 — — — — 2013 27 22 — — — — 2015 29 DNS2 — — — — 2017 31 11 DNF1 — — —

Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2006 20 12 — — — 11 2010 24 2014 28 DNF2 29 — — — 2018 32 DNF1 36 — — —

Video

You Tube – Jackson Hole Dreams – Resi Stiegler