Hanni Wenzel

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Women’s Alpine skiing
Olympic medal record
Gold	1980 Lake Placid	Giant slalom
Gold	1980 Lake Placid	Slalom
Silver	1980 Lake Placid	Downhill
Bronze	1976 Innsbruck	Giant slalom
World Championships
Gold	1974 St. Moritz	Slalom
Gold	1980 Lake Placid	Combined
Silver	1974 St. Moritz	Combined
Silver	1978 Garmisch-Partnekirchen	Combined
Bronze	1976 Innsbruck	Combined

Hanni Wenzel (born in Straubing, Germany on December 14, 1956) is a former alpine skier from Liechtenstein. She won the country's first Olympic medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck (Austria).

Born in Germany, Hanni moved to Liechtenstein at an early age. After she and her brother Andreas began to get successful in skiing - Hanni became the 1974 slalom World Champion - the family was granted Liechtenstein citizenship. In 1976, she won the country's first Olympic medals by taking two bronzes from Innsbruck, Austria.

After winning the 1978 overall World Cup, Wenzel's best year came in 1980. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York she won the Olympic titles on the slalom and giant slalom, and just missed out on a third gold by taking the silver in the downhill. She also won the combined event in Lake Placid, although it had World Championship status, not Olympic status. At the same Olympics, her brother also won a silver medal, placing Liechtenstein high in the medal ranking of the games.

Wenzel retired in 1985 - with two Olympic titles, two World titles, two overall World Cups, three discipline World Cups and 33 World Cup victories on her victory list. Later, she married Austrian World Champion Harti Weirather and started a marketing agency with him.

Season	Discipline
1974	Giant Slalom
1978	Overall
1978	Slalom
1980	Overall
1980	Giant Slalom
1980	Combined
1983	Combined

Date	Location	Race
19 December 1973	Zell am See	Giant Slalom
February 21, 1975	Naeba	Slalom
March 14, 1975	Sun Valley	Slalom
January 19, 1977	Schruns	Combined
December 15, 1977	Madonna di Campiglio	Giant Slalom
January 10, 1978	Les Mosses	Giant Slalom
January 22, 1978	Maribor	Slalom
January 24, 1978	Berchtesgaden	Slalom
January 25, 1978	Berchtesgaden	Slalom
March 2, 1978	Stratton Mountain	Giant Slalom
December 12, 1978	Piancavallo	Giant Slalom
February 3, 1979	Pfronten	Slalom
February 4, 1979	Pfronten	Combined
February 8, 1979	Maribor	Slalom
December 8, 1979	Limone Piemonte	Giant Slalom
December 15, 1979	Berchtesgaden	Giant Slalom
December 15, 1979	Limone Piemonte	Combined
January 13, 1980	Arosa	Giant Slalom
January 20, 1980	Bad Gastein	Slalom
January 20, 1980	Bad Gastein	Combined
January 22, 1980	Maribor	Slalom
January 26, 1980	Saint-Gervais	Giant Slalom
February 25, 1980	Waterville Valley	Giant Slalom
January 27, 1981	Les Gets	Combined
February 8, 1981	Zwiesel	Combined
December 12, 1981	Piancavallo	Combined
March 18, 1981	Furano	Giant Slalom
January 30, 1983	Les Diablerets	Combined
December 21, 1983	Haus im Ennstal	Downhill
December 22, 1983	Haus im Ennstal	Giant Slalom
January 14, 1984	Bad Gastein	Downhill
January 15, 1984	Bad Gastein	Combined
March 20, 1984	Zwiesel	Slalom