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.
Career 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 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 Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom 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 4 wins – (1 DH, 3 SG) 20 podiums – (8 DH, 11 SG, 1 SC) Season Date Location Discipline Place200810 Feb 2008 Sestriere, Italy Super-GTied with Andrea Fischbacher 1st13 Mar 2008 Bormio, Italy Super-G 1st20097 Dec 2008 Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 2nd19 Dec 2008 St. Moritz, Switzerland Super combined 3rd20 Dec 2008 Super-G 2nd22 Feb 2009 Tarvisio, Italy Super-G 2nd27 Feb 2009 Bansko, Bulgaria Downhill 1st28 Feb 2009 Downhill 3rd 1 Mar 2009 Super-G 2nd201022 Jan 2010 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 2nd30 Jan 2010 St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 3rd2012 7 Dec 2011 Beaver Creek, USA Super-G 2nd7 Jan 2012 Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria Downhill 3rd 8 Jan 2012 Super-G 1st 201313 Jan 2013 St. Anton, Austria Super-G 3rd20165 Dec 2015 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 2nd19 Dec 2015 Val-d'Isère, France Downhill 2nd6 Feb 2016 Garmisch, Germany Downhill 2nd12 Mar 2016 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Super-G 2nd16 Mar 2016 St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 2nd
World Championship results 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 Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2010 25 — 4 13 5 6 2014 29 — 26 7 5 —
References
External links
Fabienne Suter World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
Dynastar Skis – Fabienne Suter Swiss Ski team – official site –