# Monika Hess

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{{Short description|Swiss alpine skier (born 1964)}}
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'''Monika Hess''' (born 24 May 1964 in [Stans](/source/Stans)) is a [Swiss](/source/Switzerland) former [alpine skier](/source/Alpine_skiing) who competed in the [1984 Winter Olympics](/source/alpine_skier_at_the_1984_Winter_Olympics). Monika is a cousin of [Erika Hess](/source/Erika_Hess).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/15/sports/miss-quario-of-italy-takes-cup-slalom.html|title=Miss Quario of Italy Takes Cup Slalom|publisher=New York Times|language=English|date=15 December 1983|accessdate=24 September 2021}}</ref> She became 11th in the Slalom and 15th in the Giant Slalom in the 1984 Winter Olympics. In the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships 1982 she was second placed (behind her cousin Erika) after the first leg but didn't finish the second leg. Monika did win a race in the World Cup: The Alpine Combined [Megève](/source/Meg%C3%A8ve) / [Saint-Gervais-les-Bains](/source/Saint-Gervais-les-Bains) on January 25–26, 1986. She retired in 1987.

She is married to the politician [Hans Wicki](/source/Hans_Wicki), a member to the [Ständerat](/source/St%C3%A4nderat). The couple lives (with one daughter and on son) in [Hergiswil](/source/Hergiswil).

== References ==
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/monika-hess-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103013/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/monika-hess-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}
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Category:1964 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Stans
Category:Sportspeople from Nidwalden
Category:Swiss female alpine skiers
Category:Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland
Category:Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Category:20th-century Swiss sportswomen

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