Maria Walliser

Maria Walliser

270px Pirmin Zurbriggen and Maria Walliser (right) on a 1987 Paraguay stamp
Personal information
Born	27 May 1963 (1963-05-27) (age 61) Mosnang, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Alpine skiing
Club	SC Libingen
Medal record Olympic Games 1984 Sarajevo Downhill 1988 Calgary Alpine Combined 1988 Calgary Giant Slalom World Championships 1987 Crans-Montana Downhill 1987 Crans-Montana Super-G 1989 Vail Downhill 1987 Crans-Montana Giant Slalom

Maria Walliser (born 27 May 1963) is a Swiss former alpine skier.

Together with her fellow Swiss Erika Hess, Michela Figini and Vreni Schneider she dominated the female alpine skiing during the 1980s. Among her many successes, she won two overall World Cups (1986 and 1987). Walliser also won three world titles in 1987 and 1989, as well as three Olympic medals at Calgary 1988 and Sarajevo 1984.

Walliser retired in 1990 with a World Cup tally of 72 podium finishes, including 25 victories. In 2000 she became president of Die Stiftung Folsäure Offensive Schweiz, a Swiss health organization fighting folate deficiency.

World Cup victories

Season titles

Season	Discipline
1984	Downhill
1986	Overall
	Downhill
	Combined
1987	Overall
	Super-G
	Giant Slalom

Individual races

25 race victories (14 downhill, 3 super G, 6 giant slalom, 2 combined)

Date	Location	Race
January 21, 1983	Megève	Downhill
February 5, 1983	Sarajevo	Downhill
December 8, 1983	Val-d'Isère	Downhill
January 21, 1984	Verbier	Downhill
March 8, 1985	Sunshine Village	Downhill
January 11, 1986	Bad Gastein	Downhill
January 12, 1986	Bad Gastein	Combined
February 5, 1986	Val Zoldana	Giant Slalom
March 1, 1986	Furano	Downhill
March 8, 1986	Sunshine Village	Downhill
March 9, 1986	Sunshine Village	Combined
December 14, 1986	Val d'Isère	Super-G
December 20, 1986	Val Zoldana	Giant Slalom
January 6, 1987	Saalbach-Hinterglemm	Super-G
January 18, 1987	Bischofswiesen	Giant Slalom
February 27, 1987	Zwiesel	Giant Slalom
March 15, 1987	Vail	Super-G
March 22, 1987	Sarajevo	Giant Slalom
December 4, 1987	Val-d'Isère	Downhill
January 16, 1988	Zinal	Downhill
December 15, 1988	Altenmarkt	Downhill
January 19, 1989	Tignes	Downhill
March 4, 1989	Furano	Giant Slalom
December 9, 1989	Steamboat Springs	Downhill
January 13, 1990	Haus	Downhill

External links

• Maria Walliser at the International Ski Federation
• Ski-DB.com – Results – Maria Walliser

Awards
Preceded by Michela Figini	Swiss Sportswoman of the Year 1986–1987	Succeeded by Vreni Schneider