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.
In 1992, she completed her medical studies at LMU 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.Irene Epple . sports-reference.com
World Cup victories DateLocationRace12 March 1980 SaalbachGiant slalom3 December 1980 Val d'IsèreGiant slalom6 December 1981 Val d'IsèreGiant slalom10 December 1981 PilaGiant slalom18 December 1981 PiancavalloCombined8 January 1982 PfrontenGiant slalom14 January 1982 PfrontenCombined4 March 1982 Waterville ValleyGiant slalom9 January 1983 VerbierSuper-G7 December 1983 Val d'IsèreDownhill11 December 1983 Val d'IsèreCombined
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