{{short description|Austrian alpine skier}} {{pp-move}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox alpine ski racer |name = Kathrin Zettel |image = Kathrin Zettel.jpg |image_size = 210 |caption = Zettel in January 2009 |disciplines = Giant slalom, slalom, super-G, combined |club = Schiclub Göstling-Hochkar |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|08|05|df=y}} |birth_place = Scheibbs, Lower Austria, Austria |death_date = <!--{{death date and age|20YY|MM|DD|1986|08|05|df=y}}--> |death_place = |height = 167 cm |wcdebut = 13 March 2004 (age 17) |retired = 13 July 2015 (age 28) |website = [http://www.kathrin-zettel.at kathrin-zettel.at] |olympicteams = 3 – (2006, 2010, 2014) |olympicmedals = 1 |olympicgolds = 0 |worldsteams = 6 – (2005–15) |worldsmedals = 2 |worldsgolds = 1 |wcseasons = 11 – (2005–15) |wcwins = 9 – (7 GS, 2 SL) |wcpodiums = 50 – (21 GS, 24 SL, 5 SC) <!--50 thru 22 Mar 2015 --> |wcoveralls = 0 – ''(4th in 2009)'' |wctitles = 0 – ''(2nd: SL, GS, 2010;''<br /> ''2nd SL, 2009)'' |medals = {{MedalSport | Women's alpine skiing}} {{MedalCountry | Austria }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalBronze| 2014 Sochi|Slalom}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2009 Val d'Isère|Super combined}} {{MedalSilver|2005 Bormio|Team Event}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Garmisch|Slalom}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior World Ski Championships}} {{MedalGold| {{nowrap|2004 Maribor}} |{{nowrap|Slalom }}}} {{MedalGold| {{nowrap|2005 Bardonecchia}} |{{nowrap|Combined }}}} {{MedalSilver| {{nowrap|2004 Maribor}} |{{nowrap|Combined}}}} {{MedalSilver| {{nowrap|2005 Bardonecchia}} |{{nowrap|Slalom }}}} | show-medals = yes }}
'''Kathrin Zettel''' (born 5 August 1986) is an Austrian retired World Cup alpine ski racer. She won many races and took a bronze medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. In 2021 she was a partner in a company creating domestic size wind turbines in lower Austria.
==Life== Zettel was born in 1986<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&competitorid=68656&type=result|title=ZETTEL Kathrin - Biographie|website=data.fis-ski.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-05}}</ref> in Scheibbs, Lower Austria, and from Göstling, she competed primarily in the technical events of Giant slalom and slalom. Zettel made her World Cup debut in March 2004 and won her first World Cup race in November 2006.
In January 2010, Zettel won both technical events at Maribor, for her first victory in slalom.<ref name=mar10zet>{{cite journal|url=http://www.skiracing.com/?q=node/836 |journal=Ski Racing |title=Zettel takes Maribor slalom; U.S. Team out |last=Farnell |first=Shauna |date=17 January 2010 |access-date=25 November 2012}}</ref> At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she was the bronze medalist in slalom at Rosa Khutor, her first podium since October and just two days after her grandmother died.<ref name=smgogld>{{cite news|url=http://skiracing.com/stories/shiffrin-leads-by-nearly-half-second-after-first-sochi-slalom-run/ |magazine=Ski Racing |last=Mintz |first=Geoff |title=Shiffrin makes good on gold |date=21 February 2014 |access-date=21 February 2014}}</ref>
After she retired in 2015 she went to live in Styria. She took a share in "Blue Power" a wind turbine company. The turbines are small (1.7 m diameter) and designed to be used by a home owner. Zettel handles the social media for the company.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-05|title=Kathrin Zettel: Windkraft und Mutterfreuden|url=https://www.noen.at/sport/noe-sportmix/ex-skistar-kathrin-zettel-windkraft-und-mutterfreuden-niederoesterreich-goestling-an-der-ybbs-kathrin-zettel-windkraft-schwangerschaft-blue-power-print-272586788|access-date=2021-08-04|website=www.noen.at|language=de}}</ref>
==World Cup results== ===Season standings=== {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" !Season !! Age !! Overall !! Slalom !! Giant<br />Slalom !! Super G !! Downhill !!Combined |- | 2005 || ''18'' || 36 || 23 || 18 || — || — || — |- | 2006 || ''19'' || 7 || 4 || 6 || 30 || — || 6 |- | 2007 || ''20'' || 11 || 8 || 7 || 31 || 49 || 11 |- | 2008 || ''21'' || 13 || 9 || 6 || 23 || — || 11 |- | 2009 || ''22'' || 4 || 6 || bgcolor="silver"|2 || 23 || — || bgcolor="cc9966"|3 |- | 2010 || ''23'' || 5 || bgcolor="silver"|2 || bgcolor="silver"|2 || 37 || — || 14 |- | 2011 || ''24'' || 13 || 6 || 10 || — || — || — |- | 2012 || ''25'' || 12 ||5 || 19|| 44|| — || 5 |- | 2013 || ''26'' || 7 || 8 || 5 || — || — || 8 |- | 2014 || ''27'' || 14 || 11 || 5 || — || — || — |- | 2015 || ''28'' || 7 || 5 || 8 || — || — || bgcolor="cc9966"|3 |}
===Race victories=== *9 wins – (7 GS, 2 SL) *50 podiums (21 GS, 24 SL, 5 SC) <!-- 50 thru 22 Mar 2015 --> {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Season ! Date ! Location ! Discipline |- | rowspan=2 align=center|'''2007''' || align=right|25 Nov 2006 || Aspen, USA || align=center|Giant slalom |- | align=right|28 Dec 2006 || Semmering, Austria || align=center|Giant slalom |- | rowspan=4 align=center|'''2009''' || align=right|25 Oct 2008 || Sölden, Austria || align=center|Giant slalom |- | align=right|28 Dec 2008 || Semmering, Austria || align=center|Giant slalom |- | align=right|25 Jan 2009 || Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy || align=center|Giant slalom |- | align=right|6 Mar 2009 || Ofterschwang, Germany || align=center|Giant slalom |- | rowspan=2 align=center|'''2010''' || align=right|16 Jan 2010 ||rowspan=2| Maribor, Slovenia || align=center|Giant slalom |- | align=right|17 Jan 2010 || align=center|Slalom |- | rowspan=1 align=center|'''2013''' || align=right|25 Nov 2012 || Aspen, USA || align=center|Slalom |}
==World championships== {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- ! Year !! Age !! Slalom !! Giant<br /> slalom !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined |- | 2005 || ''18'' || 4 || — || — || — || 6 |- | 2007 || ''20'' || 5 || 9 || — || — || 5 |- | 2009 || ''22'' || DNF1 || 6 || — || — ||style="background:gold"|1 |- | 2011 || ''24'' || style="background:silver;"|2 ||12||— || — || — |- | 2013 || ''26'' || 10 ||4 ||— || — || — |- | 2015 || ''28'' || 5 ||7 ||— || — || 6 |}
==Winter Olympics== {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- ! Year !! Age !! Slalom !! Giant<br /> slalom !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined |- | 2006 || ''19'' || DSQ1 || 7 || — || — || 4 |- | 2010 || ''23'' || 13 || 5 || — || — || 4 |- | 2014 || ''27'' || style="background:#c96;"|3 ||19 || — || — || 13 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Kathrin Zettel}} * {{FIS alpine skier|68656}} * [https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=AL&competitorid=68656&type=cups Kathrin Zettel] World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation *{{Ski-DB|kathrin_zettel_aut_55838}} * {{SR/Olympics profile}} * {{Official website|http://www.kathrin-zettel.at/}} ''{{in lang|de}}'' * [http://www.oesv.at/leistungssport/skialpin/athleten.php?CMD=BIO&COMPID=68656&nopic=0 Austrian Ski team] – Kathrin Zettel – ''{{in lang|de}}'' * [http://www.atomic.com/en-US/Athletes/Alpine/Race/Kathrin_Zettel.aspx Atomic Skis] – athletes – Kathrin Zettel
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