Maria Walliser

Maria Walliser
Personal information
Born	27 May 1963 (age 61); Mosnang, Switzerland
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Speed events, giant slalom
Club	SC Libingen
World Cup debut	1983
Retired	1990
Olympics
Teams	2
Medals	3
World Championships
Teams	4
Medals	4 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	8
Wins	25
Podiums	72
Overall titles	2
Discipline titles	5
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Switzerland
World Cup race podiums
Olympic Games
World Championships

Maria Walliser (born 27 May 1963) is a Swiss former alpine skier.^[1]

Career

Walliser grew up in Mosnang, the daughter of a wealthy cattle breeder. She made her World Cup debut in 1980.^[2] Together with her fellow Swiss Erika Hess, Michela Figini and Vreni Schneider she dominated female alpine skiing during the 1980s. Among her many successes, she won two overall World Cups (1986 and 1987). Walliser also won three world titles in 1987 and 1989, as well as three Olympic medals at 1988 Calgary and 1984 Sarajevo.^[3]

Walliser retired in 1990^{[citation needed]} with a World Cup tally of 72 podium finishes, including 25 victories. In 2000, she became president of "Die Stiftung Folsäure Offensive Schweiz", a Swiss health organization fighting folate deficiency.^[3]

World Cup results

Season titles

7 titles – (2 Overall, 2 DH, 1 GS, 1 AC, 1 SG)

	Season
		Discipline
	1984	Downhill
	1986	Overall
		Downhill
		Combined
	1987	Overall
		Super-G
		Giant slalom

Season standings

Season	Overall		Downhill		Super G		Giant slalom		Slalom		Combined
Season	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
1981	12.	112	11.	41	–	–	18.	14	19.	22	8.	35
1982	17.	75	8.	59	–	–	25.	12	32.	4	–	–
1983	5.	135	2.	97	–	–	10.	40	–	–	18.	11
1984	8.	131	1.	95	–	–	18.	24	–	–	8.	43
1985	3.	197	2.	81	–	–	4.	87	41.	2	3.	50
1986	1.	287	1.	115	10.	24	4.	76	40.	2	1.	70
1987	1.	269	2.	90	1.	82	1.	120	–	–	4.	12
1988	7.	143	3.	82	24.	5	8.	40	–	–	6.	16
1989	2.	261	2.	142	6.	27	3.	87	–	–	18.	5
1990	4.	227	5.	99	5.	56	6.	55	–	–	7.	17

Race victories

25 race victories (14 downhill, 3 super G, 6 giant slalom, 2 combined)

Date	Location	Discipline
21 January 1983	Megève	Downhill
5 February 1983	Sarajevo	Downhill
8 December 1983	Val-d'Isère	Downhill
21 January 1984	Verbier	Downhill
8 March 1985	Sunshine Village	Downhill
11 January 1986	Bad Gastein	Downhill
12 January 1986	Bad Gastein	Combined
5 February 1986	Val Zoldana [it]	Giant slalom
1 March 1986	Furano	Downhill
8 March 1986	Sunshine Village	Downhill
9 March 1986	Sunshine Village	Combined
14 December 1986	Val d'Isère	Super-G
20 December 1986	Val Zoldana	Giant slalom
6 January 1987	Saalbach-Hinterglemm	Super-G
18 January 1987	Bischofswiesen	Giant slalom
27 February 1987	Zwiesel	Giant slalom
15 March 1987	Vail	Super-G
22 March 1987	Sarajevo	Giant slalom
4 December 1987	Val-d'Isère	Downhill
16 January 1988	Zinal	Downhill
15 December 1988	Altenmarkt	Downhill
19 January 1989	Tignes	Downhill
4 March 1989	Furano	Giant slalom
9 December 1989	Steamboat Springs	Downhill
13 January 1990	Haus	Downhill

World Championships results

Edition	Downhill	Super-G	Giant slalom	Combined
1982 Schladming	12	-	-	11
1985 Bormio	6	-	8	-
1987 Crans-Montana	1	1	3	-
1989 Vail	1	4	4	-

Olympic results

Edition	Downhill	Super-G	Giant slalom	Combined
1984 Sarajevo	2	-	-	-
1988 Calgary	4	6	3	3

References

^ "Maria Walliser profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ Johnson, William Oscar (27 January 1988). "Smooth as Clockwork". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maria Walliser". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

External links

Maria Walliser at FIS (alpine)
Maria Walliser at Olympics.com
Maria Walliser at Olympedia
Maria Walliser at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database

[FIS-1] "Maria Walliser profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[2] Johnson, William Oscar (27 January 1988). "Smooth as Clockwork". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 10 March 2016.

[sr-3] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maria Walliser". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

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