Sonja Nef
Personal information
Born (1972-04-19) 19 April 1972
Heiden, Switzerland
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesGiant slalom, Slalom
ClubSC Grub-Eggersriet
World Cup debut20 March 1993 (age 20)
Retired21 February 2006 (age 33)
Olympics
Teams2 – (1998, 2002)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams6 – (19962005)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons14 – (19932006)
Wins15 – (13 GS, 2 SL)
Podiums32 – (24 GS, 8 SL)
Overall titles0 – (3rd in 2002)
Discipline titles2 – (GS: 2001, 2002)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing   Switzerland
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Slalom 2 3 3
Giant slalom 13 6 5
Total 15 9 8
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City Giant slalom
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 St. Anton Giant slalom

Sonja Nef (born 19 April 1972) is a Swiss former alpine skier. Nef was women's World Champion in giant slalom in 2001. She won the 2001 and 2002 World Cup in Giant slalom. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, she finished third in giant slalom.[1]

Career

The injury made itself felt in the following winter of 2003/04 in a declining level of performance. Although Nef was able to achieve a podium finish in the slalom for the last time, further good results became rarer. This trend continued in the winter of 2004/05. Her best placings were two fifth places. In the 2005/06 season, an inflammation of her hip gave her a hard time. Nef was never ranked better than 20th and was unable to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics.[2]

World Cup results

Season titles

  • 2 titles – (2 GS)
SeasonDiscipline
2001Giant slalom
2002Giant slalom

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
19952248 15   
19962315115   
199724232013   
19982516264   
19992615214   
2000276142   
200128421   
200229341   
20033013145   
200431291916   
200532241417   
200633823838   

Race podiums

  • 15 wins – (13 GS, 2 SL)
  • 32 podiums – (24 GS, 8 SL)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
19966 Jan 1996Slovenia Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom2nd
26 Jan 1996Italy Sestriere, ItalySlalom1st
199726 Jan 1997Italy Cortina d’Ampezzo, ItalyGiant slalom3rd
199828 Jan 1998Sweden Åre, SwedenGiant slalom2nd
199902 Jan 1999Slovenia Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom2nd
24 Feb 1999Sweden Åre, SwedenGiant slalom3rd
200031 Oct 1999France Tignes, FranceGiant slalom1st
5 Jan 2000Slovenia Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom2nd
17 Feb 2000Sweden Åre, SwedenGiant slalom1st
11 Mar 2000Italy Sestriere, ItalyGiant slalom1st
200116 Nov 2000United States Park City, USAGiant slalom1st
9 Dec 2000Italy Sestriere, ItalyGiant slalom3rd
19 Dec 2000Italy Sestriere, ItalyGiant slalom1st
28 Dec 2000Austria Semmering, AustriaSlalom2nd
30 Dec 2000Giant slalom1st
6 Jan 2001Slovenia Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom1st
21 Jan 2001Italy Cortina d’Ampezzo, ItalyGiant slalom1st
26 Jan 2001Germany Ofterschwang, GermanySlalom3rd
10 Mar 2001Sweden Åre, SwedenSlalom1st
11 Mar 2001Giant slalom1st
200227 Oct 2001Austria Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom2nd
21 Nov 2001United States Copper Mountain, USAGiant slalom3rd
9 Dec 2001Italy Sestriere, ItalySlalom3rd
16 Dec 2001France Val-d’Isère, FranceGiant slalom1st
4 Jan 2002Slovenia Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom1st
6 Jan 2002Slalom3rd
13 Jan 2002Austria Saalbach, AustriaSlalom2nd
31 Feb 2002Sweden Åre, SwedenGiant slalom3rd
9 Mar 2002Austria Altenmarkt, AustriaGiant slalom1st
200312 Dec 2002France Val-d’Isère, FranceGiant slalom2nd
4 Jan 2003Italy Bormio, ItalyGiant slalom1st
200429 Nov 2003United States Park City, USASlalom2nd

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
199825DNF1DNF1
200229DNF23

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
199623DNF1DNF2
199724DNF18
199926DNF211
20012871
20033068
200532DNF1DNF2

References

  1. "Sonja Nef profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  2. "archive.ph". archive.ph. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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