Irene Epple

Irene Epple
Personal information
Born 18 June 1957 (1957-06-18) (age 59)
Seeg, Bayern, Germany
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport Alpine skiing
Club TSV Seeg

Irene Epple-Waigel (born 18 June 1957) is a German former alpine skier. She won a total of 11 Alpine Skiing World Cup races, and two World Cups in giant slalom and combined (both in 1982). She also won an Olympics silver medal at Lake Placid in 1980 in giant slalom.

In 1992 she completed her medical studies in Munich, and in November 1994 married Theo Waigel, who was the German Finance Minister from 1989 to 1998. In 1980 she was named the German Sportswoman of the Year. She is the sister of alpine skier Maria Epple.[1][2]

World Cup victories

Date Location Race
12 March 1980Austria SaalbachGiant Slalom
3 December 1980France Val d'IsèreGiant Slalom
6 December 1981France Val d'IsèreGiant Slalom
10 December 1981Italy PilaGiant Slalom
18 December 1981Italy PiancavalloCombined
8 January 1982Germany PfrontenGiant Slalom
14 January 1982Germany PfrontenCombined
4 March 1982United States Waterville ValleyGiant Slalom
9 January 1983Switzerland VerbierSuper-G
7 December 1983France Val d'IsèreDownhill
11 December 1983France Val d'IsèreCombined
Awards
Preceded by
Germany Christa Kinshofer
German Sportswoman of the Year
1980
Succeeded by
Germany Ulrike Meyfarth

References

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