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Stiegler, Resi
- Member of the 2006 U.S. Olympic team
- Finished sixth in slalom at the 2005 World Championships
- Four top-10 finishes in the 2005 World Cup season winning a silver medal in the combined
- Won the 2005 Junior World Championships silver medal in the combined
- "Resi can light it up," said Coach Trevor Wagner. "She can really rip."
- Wants to own an interior design business … enjoys camping, hiking, running, swimming, hockey, soccer, biking, writing poetry … favorite TV show is “That 70s Show” … favorite music is heavy metal, usually Tool and Metallica
- Chops and stacks wood at her family’s remote cabin in Jackson Hole using the chore as an alternative conditioning method
- Finished 10th in the combined at her first World Championships in 2003 at age 17
- Won the slalom, combined bronze medals at the 2003 Junior World Championships
- Pulled over by police in Germany for speeding when she was driving Lindsey Kildow’s car; however, she convinced them she was Kildow, giving them posters of Kildow and the police let her go
- Started skiing at age 2 and racing by age 6 – “I would always be out on the mountain skiing around that was my thing,” said Stiegler. “I don’t know what other kids would have done at that age, but I was always playing in the snow and skiing with my friend
- “When I was younger, I pretty much beat up my brother, telling him I was going to get the gold medal,” Stiegler said referring to her father’s Olympic gold medal. “I’ve decided I’ll get my own gold medal.”
- Surprises her teammates with her ability to play the fiddle – “It’s kind of the funny side of me,” Stiegler said. “Most people who know me for a long time and find out I play the fiddle can’t believe it.”
- Nickname: ‘Tiger’ because of the stuffed kitten ears she wears on her racing helmet -- "You're not going to win or lose a slalom race because of ears on your helmet," she says of the perceived aerodynamical disadvantage to NBCOlympics.com.
- Went to school in Lienz, Austria for a year – “I think it helped me with going out and just being in different situations … being able to just be yourself and have fun and adapt to the culture,” Stiegler said.
Obviously alpine skiing runs in the family. Stiegler’s father, Pepi Steigler, won three Olympic medals for Austria and both her parents were ski instructors in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Resi has an advantage over event the most supportive athlete’s family … her father can give her advice from his personal experience. “It’s really cool to be able to turn to somebody so close to me and be able to talk about things like if I’m really nervous or if I’m just not sure what I’m doing,” Resi said. “He just wants me to go out there and have fun. If I love it and have a passion for it, he knows that I can do it.”
Related Links
Official US Ski Team Site Bio: Resi Stiegler
Feature: Top 25 hopefuls to follow to Torino
Feature: Torino is in Resi Stiegler’s future
Q&A: Resi Stiegler on free time, the fiddle
Tip: Stiegler on handling racing pressure on the mountain
Official Web site: Resi Stiegler
On skiing: “It’s just really cool to be out there and it’s all you and you have this little world that no one else is in; that they’ll never be in,” Stiegler said. “It’s just you. It’s really cool to have that when you go down the hill when you’re racing.”
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Height: 5’7”
Born: 11/14/1985
Hometown: Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Resides: Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Sport: Alpine Skiing
Event: Giant Slalom, Slalom, Combined
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