Marlies Schild

Marlies Raich (née Schild, born 31 May 1981) is a retired Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. She specializes in the technical disciplines of slalom and giant slalom. Schild won four Olympic medals, with silvers in the combined (2006) and slalom (2010, 2014) and a bronze in slalom (2006). She has seven World Championship medals and has won five World Cup season titles.

Marlies Schild
Schild in March 2017
Born (1981-05-31) 31 May 1981
Admont, Liezen,
Styria, Austria
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom, giant slalom
ClubSkiklub Dienten
World Cup debut9 December 2001
(age 20)
RetiredSeptember 2014 (age 33)
Websitemarlies-schild.com
Olympics
Teams4 – (2002–14)
Medals3 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams5 – (2003–07, 2011–13)
Medals7 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons12 – (2002–2008, 2010–2014)
Wins37 – (35 SL, 1 SC, 1 GS)
Podiums68 – (56 SL, 5 SC, 3 GS, 2 SG, 2 DH)
Overall titles0 – (2nd in 2007)
Discipline titles5 – (4 SL, 1 K)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
International alpine ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 3 1
World Championships 2 3 2
Total 2 6 3
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Slalom 35 9 12
Giant slalom 1 0 2
Super-G 0 1 1
Downhill 0 2 0
Combined 1 1 3
Total 37 13 18
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2006 TurinCombined
Silver medal – second place2010 VancouverSlalom
Silver medal – second place2014 SochiSlalom
Bronze medal – third place2006 TurinSlalom
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 ÅreTeam event
Gold medal – first place2011 GarmischSlalom
Silver medal – second place2003 St. MoritzSlalom
Silver medal – second place2007 ÅreSlalom
Silver medal – second place2011 GarmischTeam event
Bronze medal – third place2005 BormioCombined
Bronze medal – third place2007 ÅreCombined

Schild completed her World Cup career with 37 wins, all but two in slalom. She retired from international competition at age 33 in September 2014.[1]

Ski racing career

Born in Admont, Styria, Schild initially preferred the downhill event. However, by the age of 19 she had already undergone five knee surgeries, prompting her to concentrate on the less dangerous slalom and giant slalom competitions.[2][3] Since 2004, she has finished every season (except 2009 when out with injury) among the top 3 in the World Cup slalom standings, and won the slalom trophy in 2007, 2008 and 2011.[4] Her best result in the overall competition was a second place in 2007, when she lost the overall trophy only in the last two races (slalom and giant slalom) 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.

While training for the giant slalom in October 2008, Schild fell and sustained a comminuted fracture in her left tibia and fibula, as well as a fractured tibial head.[5] This severe injury sidelined Schild for the entire 2009 season. A few weeks after her return to competition in Levi in November 2009, she celebrated her first victory after the injury, winning the slalom in Lienz on 29 December. Starting with this win, Schild reached the podium in all FIS slalom races she finished for over two years,[6] including the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver (silver medal) and the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (gold medal). Her podium-run ended on 10 March 2012, when she finished 6th at the slalom at Åre. Schild has not competed in downhill or super-G since her injury. (Ref. Bio Patrick Lang)

After Schild tore ligaments in her right knee on 20 December 2012 in Sweden, it was announced that she would miss most of the 2013 season, including the 2013 World Championships in Schladming.[7] On 13 February, Schild announced her plans to compete in the slalom three days later, only 58 days after the injury.[8] She managed a top ten result with a ninth-place finish.

With 35 World Cup victories in slalom, Schild lead the career list in that discipline until Mikaela Shiffrin surpassed her on December 29, 2018. She has at least two World Cup podiums in each of the five alpine disciplines, with over fifty in slalom.

World championships

At the 2003 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, she placed second in the slalom behind Janica Kostelić, and in 2005 at Bormio, Italy, she won a bronze medal in the combined, behind Janica Kostelić and Anja Pärson. In 2007 at Åre, Sweden, Schild won silver in the slalom and bronze in the combined. In team events she won gold 2007 in Åre and silver in 2011 at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Olympics

At the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Schild won a silver medal in combined and a bronze medal in the slalom; in the giant slalom, she placed 17th. In 2010 in Vancouver, Schild improved to another silver in the slalom at Whistler and she repeated this in 2014 in the slalom at Sochi. She also competed in 2002 in Salt Lake, but did not finish the slalom at Deer Valley.[9]

Personal

Schild is married to Austrian ski racer Benjamin Raich.[10] Her sister Bernadette (b. 1990) is also a World Cup racer; they made the same podium twice during the 2014 season, at Courchevel in December and Kranjska Gora in February.[11]

World Cup results
Winning at Aspen in November 2006

Season titles
SeasonEvent
2007Slalom
Combined
2008Slalom
2011Slalom
2012Slalom

Season standings
SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2002205316————
200321195————
20042214249———
200523831525309
200624621717404
200725211214121
200826511125155
200927injured in October 2008, missed entire season
201028153————
2011296117———
2012308115———
201331572632———
201432173————

Race victories
Season Date Location Discipline
200413 Mar 2004Sestriere, ItalySlalom
200528 Dec 2004Semmering, AustriaGiant slalom
29 Dec 2004Semmering, AustriaSlalom
9 Jan 2005Santa Caterina, ItalySlalom
200629 Dec 2005Lienz, AustriaSlalom
5 Jan 2006Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom
8 Jan 2006Maribor, SloveniaSlalom
200711 Nov 2006Levi, FinlandSlalom
26 Nov 2006Aspen, USASlalom
15 Dec 2006Reiteralm, AustriaSuper combined
21 Dec 2006Val d'Isère, FranceSlalom
4 Jan 2007Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom
7 Jan 2007Kranjska Gora, SloveniaSlalom
25 Feb 2007Sierra Nevada, SpainSlalom
11 Mar 2007Zwiesel, GermanySlalom
200810 Nov 2007Reiteralm, AustriaSlalom
25 Nov 2007Panorama, CanadaSlalom
6 Jan 2008Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Rep.Slalom
27 Jan 2008Ofterschwang, GermanySlalom
14 Mar 2008Bormio, ItalySlalom
201029 Dec 2009Lienz, AustriaSlalom
12 Jan 2010Flachau, AustriaSlalom
13 Mar 2010Garmisch, GermanySlalom
201113 Nov 2010Levi, FinlandSlalom
21 Dec 2010Courchevel, FranceSlalom
29 Dec 2010Semmering, AustriaSlalom
4 Jan 2011Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom
4 Feb 2011Zwiesel, GermanySlalom
12 Mar 2011Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Rep.Slalom
201227 Nov 2011Aspen, USASlalom
18 Dec 2011Courchevel, FranceSlalom
20 Dec 2011Flachau, AustriaSlalom
29 Dec 2011Lienz, AustriaSlalom
3 Jan 2012Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom
11 Feb 2012Soldeu, AndorraSlalom
201417 Dec 2013Courchevel, FranceSlalom
29 Dec 2013Lienz, AustriaSlalom

World Championship results
  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2003212–––4
200523DSQ114––3
2007252DNF1——3
200927injured, did not compete
20112918———
2013319————

Olympic results
  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
200220DNF1————
200624317——2
2010282————
2014322————

References
  1. "Marlies Schild retires with 35 wins". ESPN. Associated Press. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  2. T W Flørenes, T Bere, L Nordsletten, S Heir, R Bahr (13 October 2009), "Injuries among male and female World Cup alpine skiers", British Journal of Sports Medicine 2009;43:973–978. doi:10.1136/bjsm.2009.068759
  3. "Alpine Skiing: Marlies Schild". ESPN.com. 2008. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. "Schild claims World Cup slalom crown". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 12 March 2011. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  5. "Ski Alpin: WM-Saison für Marlies Schild nach Sturz zu Ende", DiePresse.com. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2012. (in German)
  6. "FIS-Ski result list" Archived 14 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine, results for Marlies Schild, slalom, sorted by race date. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  7. "Marlies Schild injured, out for World Champs". Ski Racing. 21 December 2012.
  8. "Marlies Schild tritt zur Titelverteidigung an" (in German). derstandard.at. 13 February 2013.
  9. "Marlies Schild". Yahoo! Sports. 2006 Winter Olympics profile. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2007.
  10. "Schild und Raich verheiratet". Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  11. Mintz, Geoff (2 February 2014). "Hansdotter finally gets a win, as Shiffrin lets one go". Ski Racing. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
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