Elisabeth Kirchler

Elisabeth Kirchler
Personal information
Born	17 November 1963 (age 60); Schwaz, Tyrol, Austria
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Speed events, giant slalom
Club	WSV Tux
World Cup
Wins	4
Podiums	13
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Austria
World Cup race podiums
World Championships

Elisabeth Kirchler (born 17 November 1963) is a retired Austrian alpine skier.^[1]

Biography edit

She did grow up in the small village Lanersbach, community Tux. Her nickname is Lis or Lisi. Winning the silver medal in the giant slalom Race in the World Championships 1985 (female races were held at Santa Caterina) was a great surprise because she was known as a "speed racer" (and by the way, female racers of the Austrian Ski Federation weren't successful in that discipline since March 1978). Besides her four wins, she could achieve podiums as following: Place 2: downhill 4, Super-G 2, giant slalom 1, Alpine Combined 1; place 3: Alpine Combined 1. - Another results are: Olympics: Downhill 9th, in 1984; Downhill 8th, Super-G 15th, in 1988. - World Championships: Downhill 6th, giant slalom 8th, in 1982; Downhill 12th, in 1985; Downhill 22nd, in 1989. - She was an Austrian Champion in the giant slalom in 1983.

After retirement she was a commentator for the Austrian Television broadcaster ORF and a columnist for an Austrian newspaper for several years. She is married to a restaurant proprietor (Armin Riml); the couple lives at Sölden with three children.