| HESS Erika (SUI) |
06.03.1962 Grafenort
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SKI: Rossignol
BINDING: Salomon
1987 retired
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World Cup Ranking
General
1978/28th, 1979/15th, 1980/7th, 1981/2nd, 1982/1st, 1983/3rd, 1984/1st,
1985/4th, 1986/2nd, 1987/4th.
Special
1981 SL/1st, GS/3rd, 1982 SL/1st, GS/3rd.
1983 SL/1st, 1984 GS/1st, 1985 SL/1st,
1986 SL/2nd, 1987 SL/3rd.
World Championships
1978 Garmisch GS/9th.
1982 Schladming SL/1st, GS/1st, K/1st.
1985 Bormio GS/11th, K/1st.
1987 Crans Montana SL/1st, K/1st.
Olympic Games
1980 Lake Placid SL/3rd.
1984 Sarajevo GS/7th, SL/5th.
World Cup - 31 w. (21 SL, 6 GS, 4 K) | 1. | SL: | Schruns 81, Crans Montana 81, Les Diablerets 81, Zwiesel 81,
Wangs-Pizol 81, Furano 81, Piancavallo 81,82, Chamonix 81,
Maribor 82,83,84, Bad-Gastein 82, Alpe-d'Huez 82, Kranjska Gora 83,
Park City 85,86, Heavenlly 85, Savognin 85, Watervill 86, Varzoldana 86. | | GS: | Wngs-Pizol 81, Alpe d'Hues 82, Val d'Isere 82, 83, St Gervais 84, Jasna 84. | | K : | Badgastein 82, Sestriere 83, Verbier 84, Val d'Isere 82. | | 2. | SL: | Piancavallo 80, 81, Limone 82, Davos 83, 84, Vysoke Tatry 83, Furano 83,
Arosa 85, Sestriere 85, Badgastein 86, Maribor 86. | | GS: | Limone 79, Aspen 81, 82, Val d'Isere 81, Pfronten 82, Sansicario 82,
Watervill 84, Zwiesel 84. | | K: | Crans-Momtana 81, Saalbach 81, Grindelwald 82, Piancavallo 82,
Val d'Isere 83, Badgastein 86. | | 3. | SL: | Badgastein 80, Vysoke Tatry 80, 86, Bormio 80, Lenggries 82, Verbier 84,
Bad Kleinkirchheim 85, Watervill 86. | | GS: | Val d'Isere 79, St Gervais 81, Oberstaufen 82, Mt. Tremblant 83, Vail 83. | | K: | Piancavallo 80, Val d'Isere 82. |
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The world's best slalom skier in the early 1980's, Erika Hess was only
20 when she became a true hero in 1982 after winning three gold medals
at the FIS World Championships in Schladming, Austria and the Overall World
Cup.
A daughter of a farmer from central Switzerland, she was soon considered as the new "Heidi" by the crowd who liked her modesty and friendly attitude. Hess was only 14 in 1977 when she first mounted the podium -- 2nd at the Swiss Championships which moved her onto the National Team.
9th in GS at the FIS World Championships a year later, she won the bronze
in slalom at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid. Ironically, it will be her
only top-3 finish in Winter Games.
A six-time gold medal winner at FIS World Championships from 1982 to 1987,
Erika was unlucky at the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo where she finished well
out of the medals.
Yet she won her second Overall World Cup that year.
Hess won six World Cup titles in the technical disciplines from 1981 to
1986 and a total of 21 slaloms.
During her two best seasons, from 1981 to 1982, this exceptional talent
won 14 out of 19 slaloms, celebrating six consecutive wins in 1981.
She skied with incredible precision and aggressiveness.
Her teammate and friend Vreni Schneider has broken her record for victories. Married with her former coach Jacques Reymond, Erika is a proud mother of three kids. |
Biorama Basel |
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