Nicole "Nici" Schmidhofer (born 15 March 1989) is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer. She specializes in the downhill and super-G events.
Career Born in Friesach, Carinthia, Schmidhofer made her World Cup debut in March 2007. She competed for Austria at the 2010 Winter Olympics, but did not finish in the super-G, which was her only event at the Olympics. Three years later, Schmidhofer finished in 11th place in the super-G at the 2013 World Championships in Schladming.
At the 2017 World Championships, she became a gold medalist in super-G.
Her breakout World Cup season was in 2019, with three wins and three additional podiums; she won the season title in downhill and was runner-up in super-G. In March 2019, she participated in her first speed skiing world championships in Vars, France She finished 4th with a new Austria national record of 217.590 km/h. She retired after the 2023 season at age 34.
World Cup results
Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2007 17 104 — 57 41 — — 2008 18 124 — — — 51 — 2009 19 70 — — 26 40 — 2010 20 81 — — 28 49 — 2011 21 91 — — 38 36 — 2012 22 86 — — — 35 — 2013 23 45 — — 8 36 — 2014 24 20 — — 12 11 — 2015 25 30 — — 12 20 — 2016 26 49 — — 23 21 — 2017 27 15 — — 7 8 — 2018 28 17 — — 7 9 — 2019 29 5 — — 2 1 — 2020 30 13 — — 3 9 — 2021 31 2022 32109— —45— rowspan=2 2023 3353——1940
Race podiums 4 wins – (3 DH, 1 SG) 12 podiums – 6 DH, 6 SG), 52 top tens Season Date Location Discipline Place 201320 Jan 2013 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 2nd 201424 Jan 2014 Downhill 3rd20183 Dec 2017 Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 3rd21 Jan 2018 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 3rd201930 Nov 2018 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 1st1 Dec 2018 1st19 Dec 2018 Val Gardena, ItalySuper-G2nd19 Jan 2019 Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill2nd26 Jan 2019 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanySuper-G1st23 Feb 2019 Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandDownhill2nd20207 Dec 2019 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 1st09 Feb 2020 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanySuper-G2nd
World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2007 17 — — — 16 — 2009 19 — — — 9 16 2011 21 — — — — — 2013 23 — — 11 — — 2015 25 — — — 4 — 2017 27 — — 1 16 — 2019 29 — — 11 9 —
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2006 16 — — — — — 2010 20 — — DNF1 — — 2014 24 — — — — — 2018 28 — — 18 12 — 2022 32 Did not compete
References
External links
Nicole Schmidhofer at Fischer Skis (archived) Nicole Schmidhofer at Austrian Ski team (ÖSV) (archived) (archive)