Kathrin Zettel


Kathrin Zettel is an Austrian retired World Cup alpine ski racer. She won many races and took a bronze medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. In 2021 she was a partner in a company creating domestic size wind turbines in lower Austria.

Life

Zettel was born in 1986 in Scheibbs, Lower Austria, and from Göstling, she competed primarily in the technical events of Giant slalom and slalom. Zettel made her World Cup debut in March 2004 and won her first World Cup race in November 2006.
In January 2010, Zettel won both technical events at Maribor, for her first victory in slalom. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she was the bronze medalist in Alpine skiing at the 2014 [Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|slalom] at Rosa Khutor, her first podium since October and just two days after her grandmother died.
After she retired in 2015 she went to live in Styria. She took a share in "Blue Power" a wind turbine company. The turbines are small and designed to be used by a home owner. Zettel handles the social media for the company.

World Cup results

Race victories

  • 9 wins –
  • 50 podiums
SeasonDateLocationDiscipline
200725 Nov 2006Aspen, USAGiant slalom
200728 Dec 2006Semmering, AustriaGiant slalom
200925 Oct 2008Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom
200928 Dec 2008Semmering, AustriaGiant slalom
200925 Jan 2009Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyGiant slalom
20096 Mar 2009Ofterschwang, GermanyGiant slalom
201016 Jan 2010Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom
201017 Jan 2010Maribor, SloveniaSlalom
201325 Nov 2012Aspen, USASlalom