Resi Stiegler (U.S. Ski Team – Resi Stiegler – accessed 2012-03-04 (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.U.S. Ski Team – Heroic World Cup Podium for Stiegler – 2012-03-04 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) Season Date Location Discipline Place2004 8 Feb 2004 Zwiesel, Germany Slalom8th2005 29 Dec 2004 Semmering, Austria Slalom8th20 Jan 2005 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom10th27 Feb 2005 San Sicario, Italy Super combined8th2006 5 Jan 2006 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom10th10 Mar 2006 Levi, Finland Slalom 9th17 Mar 2006 Åre, Sweden Slalom 4th2007 11 Nov 2006 Levi, Finland Slalom10th21 Dec 2006 Val-d'Isère, France Slalom 6th4 Jan 2007 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 5th14 Jan 2007 Altenmarkt, Austria Super Combined 4th24 Feb 2007 Sierra Nevada, Spain Giant slalom 10th2 Mar 2007 Tarvisio, Italy Super Combined 5th2008 10 Nov 2007 Reiteralm, Austria Slalom4th25 Nov 2007 Panorama, Canada Slalom 9th9 Dec 2007 Aspen, USA Slalom 8th2012 4 Mar 2012 Ofterschwang, Germany Slalom 2nd2013 4 Jan 2013 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 9th2016 29 Nov 2015 Aspen, USA Slalom 10th15 Feb 2016 Crans-Montana, Switzerland Slalom 8th23 Feb 2016 Stockholm, Sweden Parallel slalom 9th2017 3 Jan 2017 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 7th31 Jan 2017 Stockholm, Sweden Parallel slalom 9th
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 — — —
Olympic results 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
References
External links
Resi Stiegler World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
U.S. Ski Team – profile – Resi Stiegler Rossignol.com – alpine skiing – Resi Stiegler Stiegler Q&A, update on recovery – Stio, clothing sponsor