Kira Weidle

Kira Weidle
Weidle in 2018
Personal information
Born (1996-02-24) 24 February 1996 (age 28)
Stuttgart, Germany[1]
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G
ClubSC Starnberg
World Cup debut9 January 2016 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams4 − (20172023)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons8 − (20162023)
Wins0
Podiums6 − (6 DH)
Overall titles0 – (20th in 2021)
Discipline titles0 – (5th in DH, 2019, 2021)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Downhill
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Åre Downhill

Kira Weidle (born 24 February 1996) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the speed events of Downhill and Super-G.[2] She made her World Cup debut in January 2016 and attained her first podium in November 2018.[3] Weidle won the silver medal in the downhill at the 2021 World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

  1. ^ Profile at the German Olympic Committee official website
  2. ^ "Profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Schmidhofer takes Lake Louise downhill for 1st World Cup win". ESPN. Associated Press. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.