Fabienne Suter (born 5 January 1985) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Sattel in the canton of Schwyz, she specialized in super-G, giant slalom, and downhill.

Fabienne Suter
January 2009
Personal information
Born (1985-01-05) 5 January 1985 (age 39)
Sattel, Schwyz, Switzerland
OccupationAlpine skier
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G,
giant slalom, combined
ClubHochstuckli Sattel
World Cup debut12 December 2002 (age 17)
Retired21 April 2017 (age 32)
Websitefabienne-suter.ch
Olympics
Teams2 – (2010, 2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams7 – (2003, 200717)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons12 – (2003, 200717)
Wins4 – (1 DH, 3 SG)
Podiums20 – (8 DH, 11 SG, 1 SC)
Overall titles0 – (7th in 2009, 2010)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in DH, 2016)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Switzerland
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Åre Team event
Suter in July 2011

Career

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At the 2003 World Championships in St. Moritz, she fell in the giant slalom and injured her pelvis. While recovering, Suter resided in Calgary, Canada, with close family friends. This was followed by other injuries. Following appearances in FIS and Europa Cup races, she returned to the World Cup in for the 2007 season.[1] She won a bronze medal as part of the team at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 2007 with Sandra Gini, Nadia Styger, Rabea Grand, Daniel Albrecht and Marc Berthod.

Her first top ten finish was in February 2008, a seventh place in downhill in St. Moritz. The next week she won her first World Cup race in the super-G in Sestriere, tied with Andrea Fischbacher. At the World Cup finals in Bormio, she won another super-G race on 13 March.

In the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, Suter came in 11th in the super-G and 13th in the giant slalom, having had to start with a higher number. With the Swiss team she won the bronze medal in the team event, having contributed the second-fastest time in the super-G run.

World Cup results

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Season standings

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Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
2003 18 110  — 48  —  —  —
2007 22 95  — 46 36  —  —
2008 23 21  — 35 3 35  —
2009 24 7  — 20 3 8 6
2010 25 7  — 27 4 7 6
2011 26 18  — 31 12 15 13
2012 27 18  — 36 5 16  —
2013 28 28  — 44 7 25  —
2014 29 30  — 47 23 14 22
2015 30 25  —  — 20 9  —
2016 31 11  —  — 11 2  —
2017 32 69  —  — 40 26  —

Race podiums

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  • 4 wins – (1 DH, 3 SG)
  • 20 podiums – (8 DH, 11 SG, 1 SC)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2008 10 Feb 2008   Sestriere, Italy Super-G[2] 1st
13 Mar 2008   Bormio, Italy Super-G 1st
2009 7 Dec 2008   Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 2nd
19 Dec 2008     St. Moritz, Switzerland Super combined 3rd
20 Dec 2008 Super-G 2nd
22 Feb 2009   Tarvisio, Italy Super-G 2nd
27 Feb 2009   Bansko, Bulgaria Downhill 1st
28 Feb 2009 Downhill 3rd
1 Mar 2009 Super-G 2nd
2010 22 Jan 2010   Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 2nd
30 Jan 2010     St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 3rd
2012 7 Dec 2011   Beaver Creek, USA Super-G 2nd
7 Jan 2012   Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria Downhill 3rd
8 Jan 2012 Super-G 1st
2013 13 Jan 2013   St. Anton, Austria Super-G 3rd
2016 5 Dec 2015   Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 2nd
19 Dec 2015   Val-d'Isère, France Downhill 2nd
6 Feb 2016   Garmisch, Germany Downhill 2nd
12 Mar 2016     Lenzerheide, Switzerland Super-G 2nd
16 Mar 2016     St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 2nd

World Championship results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2003 18 DNF2
2005 20
2007 22 13 11
2009 24 11 17 8
2011 26 DNS1 8 13 DNS2
2013 28 DSN2 5
2015 30 22 9
2017 32 7

Olympic results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2010 25 4 13 5 6
2014 29 26 7 5

References

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  1. ^ Mario Rall (6 December 2006). "Fabienne Suter: Von Rang 900 schon auf Rang 203 vorgestosse". skionline.ch (in German).
  2. ^ Tied with Andrea Fischbacher
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