Next up in our retiring skier series is Sara Renner.  Renner (CAN) retired this past season after competing internationally for around 16 years.  She earned a Gold Silver medal at the Turin games in the Team Sprint event with Beckie Scott, but wasn’t quite as fortunate in individual events. (Update: Sorry for the typo!) However, along […]
Tagged retirement, retrospective, sara rennerNext up in my series of skier retirements is the Swedish sprinter Anna Olsson (prior to marrying teammate Johan Olsson in 2008 she competed using her maiden name, Dahlberg). Compared to the other skiers I’ve profiled, Olsson’s career was relatively short, stretching from 2001 to the present. Â Also, as I’ve sort of given away in […]
Tagged anna dahlberg, anna olsson, retirement, retrospectiveContinuing with our look at retiring skiers… Italian veteran Sabina Valbusa is hanging up the skis. Â Skiing runs in her family: she is the younger sister of Fulvio Valbusa. Â Not only that, she’s been racing for quite some time now: Â I have results for her dating from 1993 up to 2010. The five time Olympian […]
Tagged retirement, retrospective, sabina valbusaLong time German skier Rene Sommerfeldt is retiring this year. Â His international career spans roughly 15 years, which is quite a long time to ski internationally. I thought it would be fun to honor retiring skiers with a fairly comprehensive look back at their careers. Â But since this is a largely data visualization site, it […]
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