Andrea Fischbacher (born 14 October 1985) is an Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n alpine skier. She was born in Schwarzach im Pongau

Schwarzach im Pongau

Schwarzach im Pongau is a market town in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the state of Salzburg in Austria.-Notable people:* Helmut Zobl ,* Kurt Leitner , retired footballer* Eva Linsinger , journalist...

, but lives in Eben im Pongau

Eben im Pongau

Eben im Pongau is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the state of Salzburg in Austria....

Her World Cup

Alpine skiing World Cup

The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France and the USA...

 debut was on 11 March 2004 in Sestriere

Sestriere

Sestriere is an alpine village in Italy, a comune of the Province of Turin. It is from the French border. Its name derives from Latin: ad petram sistrariam, that is at sixty Roman miles from Turin....

, the same place at which she claimed her first World Cup victory on 10 February 2008. She has represented Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

 and the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

, where she achieved a gold medal in the 2010 Super-G

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's Super-G

The women's Super-G competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia on February 20, 2010.-Results:-External links:* , from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-19....

 after finishing 0.49 seconds before Slovenian Tina Maze

Tina Maze

Tina Maze is a renowned Slovenian alpine ski racer. She is the current world champion in giant slalom.Maze first competed in the 2001 World Championships at age 17 and in the 2002 Winter Olympics the following year. She started her career as a giant slalom specialist but later expanded and...

 and 0.74 seconds before American Lindsey Vonn.

Fischbacher is a cousin of multiple Olympic, World Cup and World Championship winner Hermann Maier

Hermann Maier

Hermann Maier is an Austrian former alpine ski racer. Maier ranks among the finest alpine ski racers in history, having won four overall World Cup titles , two Olympic gold medals , and three World Championship titles...

World Cup victories

Date	Location	Race
10 February 2008	Sestriere Sestriere Sestriere is an alpine village in Italy, a comune of the Province of Turin. It is from the French border. Its name derives from Latin: ad petram sistrariam, that is at sixty Roman miles from Turin....	Super-G

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