Astrid Lødemel is a retired Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 alpine skier

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

 from Voss

Voss

is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Voss. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen....

. Her best result in the 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...

 is a second place in Vail

Vail, Colorado

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, USA, December 13, 1992 just two hundreds of a second behind Ulrike Maier

Ulrike Maier

Ulrike Maier was an Austrian alpine ski racer, two-time Super-G World Alpine Ski Champion.Born in Rauris, Maier won the Super-G gold medal at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in both 1989 and 1991. She also took home the giant slalom silver medal in the 1991 event...

. Astrid Lødemel has a 3rd place in the 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...

 from Morzine

Morzine

Morzine is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France with panoramic mountain views, modern ski facilities and hotels and restaurants. The ski resort of Avoriaz is located on the territory of the commune...

, France

France

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 March 3, 1993.
The highlight in her career came in the World Championships 1993

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1993

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1993 were held in Morioka, Japan, from February 4-14, 1993. The men's Super-G race was cancelled due to persistent bad weather and the title went unassigned.-Medals table:...

 in Morioka in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, February 11 when she won a silver medal in the downhill behind Kate Pace

Kate Pace

Kate Pace , also known as Kate Pace Lindsay, is a retired Canadian alpine skier.Born in North Bay, Ontario, she won six World Cup medals and three Canadian downhill championships. She finished 1st place in the downhill event at the 1993 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships...

, and February 14 she won a bronze medal in the Super-G after Katja Seizinger

Katja Seizinger

Katja Seizinger , a former alpine ski racer, is the most successful alpine skier from Germany. She won three Olympic gold and two bronze medals, and won the World Cup championship three times...

 and Sylvia Eder

Sylvia Eder

Sylvia Eder is a former Austrian alpine skier.As a 17-year-old, in 1982, she won her first downhill race at Bad Gastein, Austria. The downhill remained her specialty discipline throughout her early career...

. Astrid Lødemel retired in 1995 due to a knee injury.