Hilde Gerg
Gerg in 1998 in Bormio celebrating her victory in the World Cup slalom.
Personal information
Born (1975-10-19) 19 October 1975
Lenggries, Bavaria, West Germany
OccupationAlpine skier
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, combined
ClubSki Club Lenggries
World Cup debut17 January 1993
(age 17)
Retired21 November 2005
(age 30)
Websitehilde-gerg.de
Olympics
Teams3 – (1994-2002)
Medals2 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams6 – (1996-2005)
Medals4 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons13 – (1993–2005)
Wins20 – (7 DH, 1 SL, 8 SG, 3 SC, 1 PS)
Podiums59
Overall titles0 – (2nd in 1999)
Discipline titles4 – (2 SG, 2 SC)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Germany
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Slalom 1 3 1
Giant slalom 0 0 1
Downhill 7 6 10
Super-G 8 5 9
Combined 3 2 1
Parallel 1 0 0
Total 20 16 22
International competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 1
World Championships 1 0 3
World Junior Championships 1 0 0
Total 3 0 4
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Nagano Slalom
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Nagano Combined
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Bormio Team Event
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Sestriere Super-G
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Sestriere Combined
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Sankt Anton Super-G
Junior World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Lake Placid Super-G

Mathilde Gerg (born 19 October 1975) is a German former alpine skier.[1] She was an Olympic and World champion.

Career

She was Olympic Champion in the slalom at the 1998 Winter Olympics, an astounding win as most of her career she was known as predominantly a speed specialist; with 1998 being the one year of her career she was a top slalom contender with 2 wins and numerous podiums on the World Cup, finishing 3rd in points for the season. At the World Championships she was bronze medallist in Combined and Super-G at Sestriere 1997, Bronze medallist in Super-G at St. Anton 2001, and gold medallist in Nation Team Event at Bormio in 2005.[2]

In 1994, Gerg was Junior World Champion and in 1997 and 2002 she won the World Cup in her favorite discipline, Super-G. Her 1997 Super G season title came due to decisive points' leader Pernilla Wiberg going off course in the final Super G of the season. She also has twice won the combined season Crystal Globe, and twice narrowly missed the downhill season title, finishing 2nd in the points in both 2004 and 2005. She was 2nd in the Overall title standings in 1999, losing the Overall title to Alexandra Meissnitzer.

Gerg retired from professional skiing, because of severe injuries, in November 2005.

Her cousin, Annemarie Gerg, was also a member of the German alpine ski team.[3]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
19931710648––– —
19941818392934815
19951937433417458
19962015241711223
1997213159172
199822339751
19992321714641
2000242637571014 —
20012532––281111
2002264–41149
20032714–3978 —
2004284–3542 —
2005297––5223

Season titles

Season Discipline
1997Super-G
1998Combined
1999Combined
2002Super-G

Race victories

  • 20 wins – (7 DH, 1 SL, 8 SG, 3 SC, 1 Parallel slalom)
Season Date Location Race
19946 February 1994Sierra Nevada, SpainSuper-G
199712 December 1996Val-d'Isère, FranceSuper-G
199828 November 1997Mammoth Mountain, USAParallel slalom
20 December 1997Val-d'Isère, FranceCombined
11 January 1998Bormio, ItalySlalom
31 January 1998Åre, SwedenCombined
199918 December 1998Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandDownhill
20 December 1998Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandCombined
2 January 1999Maribor, SloveniaSuper-G
20018 March 2001Åre, SwedenDownhill
200215 December 2001Val-d'Isère, FranceSuper-G
11 January 2002Saalbach-Hinterglemm, AustriaDownhill
12 January 2002Saalbach-Hinterglemm, AustriaDownhill
25 January 2002Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper-G
200329 November 2002Aspen, USASuper-G
6 December 2002Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill
20047 January 2004Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill
11 January 2004Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSuper-G
20054 December 2004Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill
21 December 2004St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSuper-G

See also

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hilde Gerg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "Hilde Gerg - Athlete Information". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "1998 Nagano Olympics – Athlete profile: Hilde Gerg". CNNSI. 3 February 1998. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
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