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Lea Sölkner

Personal information
Born	(1958-12-24) 24 December 1958 (age 66) Tauplitz, Austria
Occupation	Alpine skier
Skiing career
Disciplines	Polyvalent
World Cup debut	1977
Retired	1984
Olympics
Teams	2
World Championships
Teams	2
Medals	1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	8
Wins	1
Podiums	10
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  Austria World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 1 1 1 Giant slalom 0 1 0 Downhill 0 2 1 Combined 0 2 1 Total 1 6 3 World Championships 1978 Garmisch Slalom

Lea Sölkner (born 24 December 1958) is an Austrian former alpine skier who was World championship title in slalom in 1978.

Biography

Born in Tauplitz, Styria.

Career

During her career she has achieved 10 results among the top 3 (1 victory) in the World Cup and competed in two Olympics (1980, 1984) and two World championships (1978, 1982).

Achievements

1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo:

• eighth place at alpine skiing Downhill

Alpine skiing World Championship 1978 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen:

• Gold at Slalom
• eleventh place at Giant slalom

Alpine skiing World Championship 1982 in Schladming:

• fourteenth at Slalom

1984 Austrian Alpine Ski Championships

• first place at alpine skiing downhill

World Cup

• 1 victory in Slalom

References

1. ^ "Lea Sölkner profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lea Sölkner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

External links

• Lea Sölkner at FIS (alpine)
• Lea Sölkner at Olympics.com
• Lea Sölkner at Olympedia
• Lea Sölkner at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database

• 1958 births
• Living people
• Austrian female alpine skiers
• Olympic alpine skiers for Austria
• Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics