Nicole Schmidhofer

Nicole "Nici" Schmidhofer (born 15 March 1989) is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer. She specializes in the downhill and super-G events.

Nicole Schmidhofer

Schmidhofer in November 2017
Personal information
Born	(1989-03-15) 15 March 1989 (age 36) Friesach, Carinthia, Austria
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, super-G
Club	Union SC Schönberg-Lachtal
World Cup debut	15 March 2007 (age 18)
Website	nici-schmidhofer.at
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2010, 2018)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	4 – (2013–2019)
Medals	1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	17 – (2007–2023)
Wins	4 – (3 DH, 1 SG)
Podiums	12 – (6 DH, 6 SG)
Overall titles	0 – (5th in 2019)
Discipline titles	1 – (DH, 2019)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  Austria World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Super-G 1 3 2 Downhill 3 2 1 Total 4 5 3 World Championships 2017 St. Moritz Super-G Junior World Championships 2007 Altenmarkt/Flachau Super-G 2007 Altenmarkt/Flachau Giant slalom 2007 Altenmarkt/Flachau Combined 2009 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Downhill 2007 Altenmarkt/Flachau Downhill

Career

Born in Friesach, Carinthia, Schmidhofer made her World Cup debut in March 2007. She competed for Austria at the 2010 Winter Olympics,^[1] but did not finish in the super-G, which was her only event at the Olympics.^[2] Three years later, Schmidhofer finished in 11th place in the super-G at the 2013 World Championships in Schladming.

At the 2017 World Championships, she became a gold medalist in super-G.

Her breakout World Cup season was in 2019, with three wins and three additional podiums; she won the season title in downhill and was runner-up in super-G. In March 2019, she participated in her first speed skiing world championships in Vars, France She finished 4th with a new Austria national record of 217.590 km/h.^{[citation needed]} She retired after the 2023 World Cup ski season.^[3]

World Cup results

At Garmisch-Partenkirchen in January 2017

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2007	17	104	—	57	41	—	—
2008	18	124	—	—	—	51	—
2009	19	70	—	—	26	40	—
2010	20	81	—	—	28	49	—
2011	21	91	—	—	38	36	—
2012	22	86	—	—	—	35	—
2013	23	45	—	—	8	36	—
2014	24	20	—	—	12	11	—
2015	25	30	—	—	12	20	—
2016	26	49	—	—	23	21	—
2017	27	15	—	—	7	8	—
2018	28	17	—	—	7	9	—
2019	29	5	—	—	2	1	—
2020	30	13	—	—	3	9	—
2021	31	Injured left knee in December, out for season
2022	32	109	—	—	45	—	—
2023	33	53	—	—	11	35

Standings through 8 January 2023

Race podiums

• 4 wins – (3 DH, 1 SG)
• 12 podiums – 6 DH, 6 SG)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2013	20 Jan 2013	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Super-G	2nd
2014	24 Jan 2014		Downhill	3rd
2018	3 Dec 2017	Lake Louise, Canada	Super-G	3rd
	21 Jan 2018	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Super-G	3rd
2019	30 Nov 2018	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill	1st
	1 Dec 2018			1st
	19 Dec 2018	Val Gardena, Italy	Super-G	2nd
	19 Jan 2019	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Downhill	2nd
	26 Jan 2019	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	Super-G	1st
	23 Feb 2019	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	Downhill	2nd
2020	7 Dec 2019	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill	1st
	09 Feb 2020	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	Super-G	2nd

World Championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2013	23	—	—	11	—	—
2015	25	—	—	—	4	—
2017	27	—	—	1	16	—
2019	29	—	—	11	9	—

Olympic results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2010	20	—	—	DNF1	—	—
2014	24	—	—	—	—	—
2018	28	—	—	18	12	—
2022	32	Did not compete