WIBERG Pernilla (SWE) Web:
15,Oct,1970. Borlaenge
161cm / 63kg
SKI: Rossgnol
BOOTS: Lange
BINDING: Marker

2002 Retired
watervill91 SL/1st Albertville92 GS/1st
Watervill Valley 91 SL/1st Albertvill WOG GS/Gold
WibergFace World Cup Ranking
General
1990/45th, 1991/7th, 1992/5th, 1993/24th, 1994/2nd, 1995/6th, 1996/8th,
1997/1st, 1998/35th, 1999/5th, 2000/33rd, 2001/59th, 2002/23rd,
Special
1991 SL/2nd,GS/3rd, 1992 SL/2nd, 1994 SL/2nd, 1995 SL/2nd,
1996 SL/3rd, 1997 SL/1st,SG/3rd. 1999 DH/14th, SG/8th, GS/22nd, SL/2nd,
2002 DH/10th, SG/13th, GS/57th,
World Championships
1991 Saalbach SL/6th, GS/1st, SG/17th.
1996 Sierra Nevada DH/21st, SL/1st, GS/18th, SG/9th, K/1st.
1997 Sestriere DH/3rd, GS/6th, SG/7th.
1999 Vail K/1st, SL/2nd, GS/4th, SG/9th, DH/18th.
2001 St.Anton SG/7th, DH/18th.
Olympic Games
1992 Albertvill GS/1st, SG/12th.
1994 Lillehammer DH/9th, SL/4th, SG/4th, K/1st.
1998 Nagano DH/2nd, SG/14th, GS/11th.
2002 Salt Lake City DH/14th, SG/12th.
World Cup - 24 w. (2 DH, 14 SL, 2 GS, 3 SG, 3 K)
1. DH: Vail 97 II, St.Moritz 2000 II ,
SL: Bad Kleinkirchheim 91, Watervill Valley 91, Steamboat 93, Veysonnaz 94,
Morzine 94, Lenzelheide 95, Semmering 96-I, Veysonnaz 96, Semmering 97-I,
Maribor 97, Zwiesel 97, Mammoth Mtn.97, Vail 97, Maribor 99.
GS: Lake Louise 91, Narvil 92.
SG: Cortina 94-II, Lake Louise 97, Bad Kleinkirchheim 97.
K : Sierra Nevada 94, Lenzerheide 94, Laax 97.
A perfectly organized athlete who trains extremely hard to stay at the top, Pernilla Wiberg is a great champion in big events. From 1991 to 1999 she clinched six gold medals in three specialties beside her 23 World Cup wins in all five events despite many injuries. The Swede has already won five titles at Olympics and FIS World Championships when she was finally able to conquer her first Overall World Cup in 1997. The Scandinavian skier was very near to get it already in 1994 when she suffered a bad crash in downhill during the finals at Vail. She could not prevent Switzerland's Vreni Schneider to conquer her second Crystal globe. After winning the slalom and the combined World titles at Sierra Nevada, Spain in 1996, "Pilla" found back her best rhythm in 1997. Winning nine events in all specialties except GS, she took a great revenge in Vail when she received her first Overall World Cup. In Colorado, she also became the first and only Swede ever to win a World Cup downhill. Yet new injuries and a lack of motivation prevented her to remain at her best level the following year. She had to rest several weeks to recover before the Nagano Olympics where she gained silver in downhill. A crash at the end of the first slalom run cost her the gold medal in the combined. But nobody could beat her in that event in 1999 at Vail where she also came in 2nd in slalom. Pernilla travels and practice with the Norwegian to stay close to her boy-friend, a trainer in that team. She moved to Monte Carlo where she finds excellent conditions to take care of her physical conditions in the beautiful stadium Louis II. A great star in Scandinavia, Wiberg works also hard for a dozen of companies which has signed promotional deals with her. She even designs her own line of jewelry.
With all due respect to the other superstars, Pernella Wiberg has racked up more victories and medals coming back from adversity than any other female skier in the sport. With six gold medals in three different events since 1991 and the Overall World Cup victory in 1997, Pernilla Wiberg is the most dominating performer on the women's World Cup tour since the departure of the Katia Seizinger and Deborah Compagnoni. The Swede has also won 23 World Cup events in all five alpine disciplines during an impressive career that's been marred by serious injury.
In fact, last season was yet another comeback for the 29-year-old Wiberg who now lives in Monte-Carlo. Plagued by health problems in the months before the 1998 Nagano Olympics, Pernilla was not able to compete on the same level that gave her the Crystal Globe after winning eight events. She scored a silver medal in downhill at Hakuba behind Germany's Katja Seizinger, but fell in the combined slalom while fighting for the combined title.
After a slow start last season, Wiberg regained her exciting style at Maribor, Slovenia and won her 14th World Cup slalom. She went on to take silver in slalom at the Vail world championships. Pernilla also dominated the combined in Colorado, finishing ahead of the 1997 winner, Austria's Renate Goetschl for the gold medal.
Since September 1998, ≪Pilla≫ trains with the Norwegian Ski Team to be close to her boyfriend, Bodvar Bjoerke, a trainer for Norway. A very strong minded athlete she also has been successful in the business of product endorsement. Pernilla trains remarkably hard in the off-season. Wiberg feels good enough to compete for more gold at the 2002 Olympics at Salt Lake.
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