1. Christa Kinshofer was born as daughter of Alfred and Maria Kinshofer in Munich.
14 Facts About Christa Kinshofer
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Christa Kinshofer grew up with three brothers and sisters in the Bavarian town Miesbach, where the parents were running a successful engineering company.
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Christa Kinshofer concentrated already as a child on alpine ski races.
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Christa Kinshofer scored her first World Cup points in the 1977 season with a tenth place in slalom.
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Christa Kinshofer's breakthrough came in the 1979 season, when she won 5 World Cup giant slaloms in a row.
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In 1979 Kinshofer was voted as Sportswoman of the year in West Germany.
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Christa Kinshofer was lying in second position of the overall world cup when a serious accident, which resulted in a fracture in her right ankle, forced her to a break of 11 months.
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Christa Kinshofer fell out with the West German Ski Federation because of different opinions about training methods, and was therefore forced to leave the DSV.
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Christa Kinshofer's comeback started with the victory of the international German Championship, although she still started for the Netherlands.
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Christa Kinshofer won the World Cup Slalom in Piancavallo and could qualify in 4 events for the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary.
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Christa Kinshofer opened a sport shop for kids in Munich.
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Christa Kinshofer is married since 2009 with the orthopedist Dr med.
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Christa Kinshofer has twin daughters, born in 1992, from her first marriage.
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Christa Kinshofer, representing Holland in that season for differences with the German federation, has won an overall Europa Cup and two specialty standings.