Marlies Schild specializes in the technical disciplines of slalom and giant slalom.
13 Facts About Marlies Schild
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Marlies Schild has seven World Championship medals and has won five World Cup season titles.
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Marlies Schild completed her World Cup career with 37 wins, all but two in slalom.
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Marlies Schild retired from international competition at age 33 in September 2014.
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Marlies Schild's best result in the overall competition was a second place in 2007, when she lost the overall trophy only in the last two races against compatriot Nicole Hosp, after having taken the lead with a second place in downhill and a third place in super-G on the first two days of the World Cup final 2007 in Lenzerheide.
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Marlies Schild's podium-run ended on 10 March 2012, when she finished 6th at the slalom at Are.
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Marlies Schild has not competed in downhill or super-G since her injury.
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Marlies Schild managed a top ten result with a ninth-place finish.
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Marlies Schild has at least two World Cup podiums in each of the five alpine disciplines, with over fifty in slalom.
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In 2007 at Are, Sweden, Marlies Schild won silver in the slalom and bronze in the combined.
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At the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Marlies Schild won a silver medal in combined and a bronze medal in the slalom; in the giant slalom, she placed 17th.
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In 2010 in Vancouver, Marlies Schild improved to another silver in the slalom at Whistler and she repeated this in 2014 in the slalom at Sochi.
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Marlies Schild competed in 2002 in Salt Lake, but did not finish the slalom at Deer Valley.