Irene Epple
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Irene Epple-Waigel is a German
Germany
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 former 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...

.

She was born in Seeg
Seeg
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, Bavarian Swabia (southern Germany
Germany
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).

She won a total of 11 Alpine Skiing 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...

 races, and two World Cups in Giant Slalom and Combined (both 1982). She also won an Olympics silver medal at Lake Placid
Lake Placid, New York
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 in 1980 in Giant Slalom.

World Cup victories

Date Location Race
March 12, 1980   Saalbach Giant Slalom
December 3, 1980   Val d'Isère
Val d'Isère
Val d'Isère is a commune of the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department in south-eastern France. It lies from the border with Italy. It is on the border of the Vanoise National Park created in 1963. The Face de Bellevarde was the scene of the men's downhill race as part of the 1992 Winter...

Giant Slalom
6 December 1981   Val d'Isère Giant Slalom
December 10, 1981   Pila
Pila, Italy
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Giant Slalom
December 18, 1981   Piancavallo
Piancavallo
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Combined
January 8, 1982   Pfronten
Pfronten
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Giant Slalom
January 14, 1982   Pfronten Combined
March 4, 1982   Waterville Valley
Waterville Valley Resort
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Giant Slalom
January 9, 1983   Verbier
Verbier
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Super-G
December 7, 1983   Val d'Isère Downhill
December 11, 1983   Val d'Isère Combined






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