Maria Pietilä Holmner
Encyclopedia
Maria Pietilä Holmner is a Swedish
alpine skier who primarily specialises in slalom
and giant slalom
. On February 13, 2007, she won the silver medal in Giant Slalom at the 2007 World Championship in Åre
, Sweden. In 2011 she won 2 bronze medals at the World Championships in Garmish-Partenkirchen on the team event and the slalom.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
alpine skier who primarily specialises in slalom
Slalom skiing
Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...
and giant slalom
Giant Slalom skiing
Giant slalom is an alpine skiing discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles spaced at a greater distance to each other than in slalom but less than in super G....
. On February 13, 2007, she won the silver medal in Giant Slalom at the 2007 World Championship in Åre
Åre
Åre is a locality and one of the leading Scandinavian ski resorts situated in Åre Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 1,260 inhabitants in 2005. It is however, not the seat of the municipality, which is Järpen. 25% of the municipal industry is based on tourism, most notably the downhill...
, Sweden. In 2011 she won 2 bronze medals at the World Championships in Garmish-Partenkirchen on the team event and the slalom.
Individual races
| Date | Location | Race |
|---|---|---|
| November 28, 2010 |  AspenAspen Mountain (ski area) Aspen Mountain is a ski area located in Pitkin County, Colorado, just outside and above the city of Aspen. It is situated on the north flank of Aspen Mountain and the higher Bell Mountain at an elevation of 11,212 ft just to the south of Aspen Mountain... |
Slalom |
| January 2, 2011 |  MunichMunich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... |
Parallel Slalom |