Kira Weidle (born 24 February 1996) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the speed events of Downhill and Super-G.[2] She made her World Cup debut in January 2016 and attained her first podium in November 2018.[3] Weidle won the silver medal in the downhill at the 2021 World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Kira Weidle
Weidle in 2018
Personal information
Born (1996-02-24) 24 February 1996 (age 28)
Stuttgart, Germany[1]
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G
ClubSC Starnberg
World Cup debut9 January 2016 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams4 − (20172023)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons8 − (20162023)
Wins0
Podiums6 − (6 DH)
Overall titles0 – (20th in 2021)
Discipline titles0 – (5th in DH, 2019, 2021)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Downhill
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Åre Downhill

World Cup results

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Season standings

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Season Age  Overall   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2017 20 105 41 50
2018 21 62 42 25
2019 22 25 39 5
2020 23 30 36 13
2021 24 20 23 5
2022 25 27 21 11
2023 26 22 17 7
2024 27 22 11 15

Race podiums

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  • 0 wins
  • 6 podiums – (6 DH); 38 top tens (29 DH, 9 SG)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2019 30 November 2018   Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 3rd
27 January 2019   Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Downhill 3rd
2021 27 February 2021   Val di Fassa, Italy Downhill 3rd
2022 15 January 2022   Zauchensee, Austria Downhill 2nd
2023 17 December 2022     St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 3rd
20 January 2023   Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 3rd

World Championship results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2017 20 31 29 DSQ2
2019 22 18 13
2021 24 DNF1 19 2
2023 26 DNF1 23 8

Olympic results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2018 21 DNF 11
2022 25 15 4

References

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  1. ^ Profile at the German Olympic Committee official website
  2. ^ "Profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Schmidhofer takes Lake Louise downhill for 1st World Cup win". ESPN. Associated Press. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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