30 Facts About Anna Veith

Anna Veith is an Austrian former alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.

Anna Veith was the overall World Cup champion for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.

Anna Veith competed in all five alpine disciplines, but omitted slalom as of January 2012.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Anna Veith won the super-G at Rosa Khutor for her first Olympic medal, and at the end of the season she won the World Cup overall and giant slalom titles.

On 11 November 2006, Anna Veith made her World Cup debut in the slalom at Levi, Finland.

Anna Veith tallied her first World Cup points on 21 January 2007 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, where she finished 16th in the giant slalom.

At the 2008 Junior World Championships, Anna Veith won gold in the giant slalom and silver in both combined and downhill.

At the World Championships in Val-d'Isere Anna Veith became 4th and 7th in the super-G and the super combined events, respectively.

Anna Veith won the bronze medal in the super-G event at the 2009 Junior World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Anna Veith had twelve World Cup top ten finishes, which included two podiums, and finished 12th in the overall standings.

Anna Veith was 6th in the season's downhill standings, and 7th in the super-G.

At the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Anna Veith won gold in the super combined and silver in the team event, together with Romed Baumann, Michaela Kirchgasser, Benjamin Raich, Marlies Schild and Philipp Schorghofer.

In late December 2011, Anna Veith won her first World Cup event in Lienz, Austria, in the giant slalom.

At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, Anna Veith won bronze in the giant slalom.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Anna Veith won the super-G at Rosa Khutor for her first Olympic medal, winning by over a half-second.

The next day, Anna Veith secured her first World Cup overall title with a runner-up finish in the super-G.

Anna Veith won the season-ending giant slalom to clinch the crystal globe for that discipline as well.

Anna Veith was runner-up for the season in both speed events, downhill and super-G and finished with four World Cup victories and eleven podiums.

Anna Veith had her most successful World Championships to date winning gold medals in the Super-G and GS and a silver in the downhill.

Anna Veith was then trailing Maze by 18 points in the overall and had an 86-point lead over teammate Eva Maria Brem in the GS standings.

Anna Veith took a win, and with it the GS and overall titles.

Anna Veith suffered severe tears to both her ACL and meniscus, causing her to miss the entire season, as well as the majority of the next.

Anna Veith's first World Cup event after the injury was a giant slalom at Semmering on 27 December 2016, but she didn't qualify for the second leg.

Anna Veith attempted to defend her 2014 Super-G gold medal, ultimately winning the silver medal in PyeongChang behind Czech skier Ester Ledecka in a major upset.

Anna Veith had to cancel the season and thereby missed the World Championships.

Anna Veith announced her retirement from the sport on 13 May 2020.

Anna Veith's racehelmet has a cheetah design, and as an ambassador of this organisation she was publishing several videos and photographs with herself in cheetah design, with the aim of raising awareness that they are almost extinct.

From 2013 to 2015, Anna Veith was a partner of the Austrian non-profit organisation Build an Ark - engaged in wildlife conservation for many years - in order to create a long-term effect for the Cheetah project.

Anna Veith was born in Hallein, Austria, to parents Peter and Martina Fenninger, and later settled in Salzburg.

In February 2021 Anna Veith announced that the couple is expecting their first child together.