61 Facts About Tina Maze

Tina Maze is the most successful Slovenian ski racer in history with a career that culminated with two gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Tina Maze started her career as a giant slalom specialist, but later competed in all five alpine skiing disciplines.

Tina Maze is one of seven female racers who has won in all five World Cup disciplines and one of three to do so in a single season.

Tina Maze is the 2014 Olympic champion in downhill and giant slalom and the 2015 world champion in downhill and combined.

Tina Maze was the world champion in giant slalom in 2011 and super-G in 2013.

Tina Maze won a total of 26 World Cup races during her career, and won the World Cup overall title in 2013.

Tina Maze won the super-G and giant slalom titles, and finished first in the combined event and finished second in slalom and downhill.

Tina Maze improved Maier's previous record of podium finishes in a single season with 24 podiums.

Tina Maze made her World Cup debut at age 15 in Slovenia in January 1999, in a giant slalom race at Maribor.

At the 2001 World Championships, Tina Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom.

In January 2002, Tina Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor.

At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Tina Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City, Utah.

On 26 October 2002, Tina Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Solden, Austria.

Tina Maze shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race.

Tina Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom.

Tina Maze scored her first points in super-G and started competing in downhill races.

Tina Maze finished the season 10th in the overall standings with 650 points: 366 in giant slalom, where she finished fourth.

At the 2005 World Championships Tina Maze finished sixth in super-G and 10th in the combined.

Tina Maze finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Tina Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively.

Tina Maze finished the season 30th in the overall standings with 268 points.

At the 2007 World Championships, Tina Maze's best result was a 14th place in super-G.

In February 2008, Tina Maze won her first downhill in St Moritz, Switzerland, which was the first downhill victory won by a Slovenian female skier.

Tina Maze finished the 2008 season 28th overall with 287 points.

Tina Maze won three more podiums, finishing second in downhill and was third twice in super-G.

Tina Maze concluded the 2009 season sixth in the overall standings with 852 points, her best result to that date.

That season, Tina Maze had fifteen top 10 results and finished fourth in the overall standings.

Tina Maze was the flag bearer for Slovenia at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Tina Maze was fifth in the super combined, ninth in slalom, and 18th in downhill.

Tina Maze began the 2011 season strong with several good results and podiums.

Tina Maze finished the 2011 season third in the overall standings with 1139 points.

At the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Tina Maze won the silver medal in the super combined and the gold medal in the giant slalom.

Tina Maze finished 5th in the slalom and downhill, and 11th in the super-G.

The 2012 season was a very interesting one as Tina Maze had no victories but had ten podium finishes.

Tina Maze finished the season second in the overall standings with 1402 points, behind Lindsey Vonn of United States.

Tina Maze started the 2013 season with a win in giant slalom in Solden, Austria.

Tina Maze then won the 2nd giant slalom in Aspen, United States, followed by two wins in StMoritz, Switzerland, both in giant slalom and super combined.

Tina Maze then won again in giant slalom in Courchevel, France making it 4 wins out of the first 4 races in this discipline.

Tina Maze collected 11 podiums till the New Year, with five wins, two 2nd and four 3rd places, gaining a sizable lead in the overall standings.

Tina Maze broke the records for most points in a calendar year and most podiums in a calendar year.

The last super-G race was cancelled and Tina Maze won the super-G title.

Tina Maze collected more World Cup points than second and third skier combined.

Tina Maze finished on podium in all Giant slalom events of the season, a feature previously achieved only by Vreni Schneider in the 1989 season.

Tina Maze came extremely close to sweeping all 6 titles, losing the downhill title to Vonn by a mere 1 point with the seasons final race cancelled due to bad weather, and where Maze would have needed only a top 15 finish to pass the injured Vonn.

Tina Maze came to the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, as a favorite.

Tina Maze then finished seventh in downhill, won another silver medal in giant slalom, and took fifth in slalom.

In October 2013, Tina Maze was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for her record-breaking performances during the previous season, thereby becoming the first Slovenian skier to receive the honour since its inception in 1963.

Tina Maze started the 2014 season less successfully, with one victory and three more podiums before the Winter Olympics in February.

In January 2014, Ronconi was replaced by Mauro Pini, who, according to Tina Maze's team, brought a positive change to the team.

Tina Maze won a third place in the downhill standings and finished 4th overall.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Tina Maze finished fourth in the super combined at Rosa Khutor.

The second event was the downhill, where Tina Maze tied for first place with Dominique Gisin of Switzerland.

Tina Maze finished fifth in super-G, won another gold in the giant slalom, and was eighth in the slalom.

Tina Maze took silver in the super-G race, continued with winning gold both in downhill and super-combined and then finished 5th in giant slalom and 8th in slalom, what was her best overall performance at World Championships.

Tina Maze won six more podiums until the end of the season and was leading 18 points in the overall standings before the last race but Fenninger won the last giant slalom and defended her overall title from the 2014 season.

Tina Maze finished the season second, with her second-highest number of season points.

Tina Maze finished third in the slalom, super-G, and downhill standings.

On 20 October 2016 in Solden, Tina Maze announced her retirement from competitive skiing.

Tina Maze officially concluded her career on 7 January 2017 at the giant slalom race in Maribor, at the venue where she made her World Cup debut in 1999.

Tina Maze is in a relationship with Andrea Massi, who is the head of Maze's team.

In 2012, Tina Maze recorded a pop-rock single My Way Is My Decision, produced by Raay.