Karen Putzer

Karen Putzer

Karen Putzer competing in Semmering in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1978-09-29)29 September 1978 Bolzano, Italy
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Skiing career
Sport	Alpine skiing
Club	G.S. Fiamme Oro
Retired	2009
Disciplines	Super-G, giant slalom, downhill, slalom, combined
World Cup debut	1995
Olympics
Medals	1
World Championships
Medals	2
World Cup
Seasons	14
Wins	8
Podiums	16
Overall titles	2nd in 2003
Discipline titles	2nd in 2003 Giant Slalom, 3rd in 2003 Super-G , 4th in 2003 Combined and 9th in 2003 Downhill
Medal record International alpine ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 0 1 1 Total 0 1 2 World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Giant 4 5 2 Super-G 4 0 1 Total 8 5 3 Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake City Super-G World Championships 2001 Sankt Anton Giant slalom 2001 Sankt Anton Combined

Karen Putzer (born 29 September 1978) is an Italian former alpine skier.

Biography

She was born in Bolzano, Italy. A specialist of Giant slalom and Super-G, with top rankings in Downhill, Slalom and Combined, she won a total of eight World Cup victories, arriving second in the overall classment in the 2002–2003 season behind Janica Kostelić. She won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City and a bronze^{[link removed]} and silver medal^{[link removed]} at the FIS Alpine World Championships 2001 in Sankt Anton am Arlberg.

World Cup victories

Date	Location	Race
19 December 1999	Saint Moritz	Super-G
22 December 2001	Saint Moritz	Super-G
8 December 2002	Lake Louise	Super-G
12 December 2002	Val d'Isère	Giant slalom
28 December 2002	Semmering	Giant slalom
13 March 2003	Lillehammer	Super-G
16 March 2003	Lillehammer	Giant slalom
21 January 2007	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Giant slalom

See also

• Italian skiers who closed in top 10 in overall World Cup

External links

• Karen Putzer at FIS (alpine)
• Karen Putzer at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Karen Putzer at Olympedia
• Karen Putzer at InterSportStats