Sport Alpine skiing Height 1.65 m Weight 60 kg | Name Irene Epple Role Alpine skier | |
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Born 18 June 1957 (age 66) ( 1957-06-18 ) Seeg, Bayern, Germany Olympic medals Alpine Skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics - Women's Giant Slalom Similar People Theo Waigel, Hanni Wenzel, Perrine Pelen | ||
1984 Winter Olympics - Women's Giant Slalom - Part 3
Irene Epple wins first super-G (Verbier 1983)
Irene Epple-Waigel (born 18 June 1957) is a German former alpine skier. She won a total of 11 Alpine Skiing World Cup races and two World Cups, in giant slalom and combined (both in 1982). She also won a silver medal at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in giant slalom. In the 1978 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships at Garmisch-Partenkirchen she won the silver medal in the downhill. On 9 January 1983 she won the first women's World Cup Super-G race, held in Verbier.
Contents
- 1984 Winter Olympics Womens Giant Slalom Part 3
- Irene Epple wins first super G Verbier 1983
- References
In 1992 she completed her medical studies in Munich, and in November 1994 married Theo Waigel, who was the German Finance Minister from 1989 to 1998. In 1980 she was named the German Sportswoman of the Year. She is the sister of alpine skier Maria Epple.
References
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