Ragnhild Mowinckel (born 12 September 1992) is a retired Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, representing the club SK Rival.
Career Born in Molde, Møre og Romsdal, Mowinckel won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in 2012 in the giant slalom and super combined as well as bronze in super-G. Earlier that season in January, she made her World Cup debut in a slalom race at Zagreb. Mowinckel collected her first World Cup points with a 25th place in giant slalom in Schladming in March.
At St. Moritz in December 2012, she improved to 16th place in the super combined and 19th in the super-G. Two months later at the World Championships, she finished 17th in the super combined, 27th in the downhill and 21st in the giant slalom.
Mowinckel had her breakthrough in the 2018 season, taking her first podiums: third place in super-G in Val d'Isère and runner-up in giant slalom in Kronplatz. At the Winter Olympics in Korea, Mowinckel surprisingly won two silver medals in giant slalom and downhill; she also finished fourth in combined and 13th in super-G. Her first World cup win came in giant slalom in Ofterschwang in March 2018, beating home favourite Viktoria Rebensburg.
Mowinckel suffered a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury in March 2019 and another the following autumn; these injuries forced her to sit out the entire 2020 season. She made her return to the World Cup in the 2021 season and has since made steady progress back towards the top. Mowinckel reached her first podium since 2019, when she placed second in the super-G in Val d'Isère in December 2021.
In the first competition of the 2022 Winter Olympics, the giant slalom, Mowinckel delivered her season's best run in the discipline, placing fifth.
In February 2024 Mowinckel announced she will retire from active skiing at the end of the 2024 season.
World Cup results
Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2012 19 117 — 51 — — — 2013 20 84 — — 37 — 27 2014 21 48 — 28 21 48 13 2015 22 32 — 11 24 32 — 2016 23 36 — 24 22 31 9 2017 24 20 — 10 20 29 9 2018 25 8 — 4 10 8 15 2019 26 7 38 6 5 23 10 2020 27 Knee injury – out for entire season 2021 28 29 — 19 16 24 rowspan=4 2022 29 4 — 7 4 6 2023 306—93 10 2024 3111—13812
Race podiums 4 wins – (1 GS, 2 SG, 1 DH) 14 podiums – (5 GS, 7 SG, 2 DH); 82 top tens Season Date Location Discipline Place 2018 Val d'Isère, France Super-G 3rd 23 January 2018 Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom 2nd 9 March 2018 Giant slalom 1st 2019 24 November 2018 Killington, USA Giant slalom 2nd 2 December 2018 Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 2nd 1 February 2019 Maribor, Slovenia Giant slalom 3rd 2022 19 December 2021 Val d'Isère, France Super-G 2nd 26 February 2022 Crans-Montana, Switzerland Downhill 2nd 17 March 2022 Courchevel, France Super-G 1st 2023 4 December 2022 Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 3rd 22 January 2023 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 1st 25 January 2023 Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom 2nd 16 March 2023 Soldeu, Andorra Super-G 3rd 2024 27 January 2024 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 1st
World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2013 20 — 21 DNF 27 17 2015 22 — 18 20 25 9 2017 24 — 18 6 20 10 2019 26 — 4 6 5 3 2021 28 — 9 12 10 9 2023 30 — 3 5 10 DNS SL
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2014 21 — DNF2 19 27 6 2018 25 — 2 13 2 4 2022 29 — 5 6 14 —
References
External links
Ragnhild Mowinckel at Head Skis (archived) Ragnhild Mowinckel at Norwegian Ski Team (archived)