Tina Maze : biography
Maze broke various statistical records in this season. They include the highest number of podiums in a season (24, record previously held by Hermann Maier (22) and by Hanni Wenzel and Pernilla Wiberg for ladies (18)), highest number of top 5 finishes (31, previously Hermann Maier and Pernilla Wiberg (24)), highest number of points after first 10 races (677, previously Katja Seizinger, 643), largest percent of possible points won (69%, previously 61% by Pernilla Wiberg), and the highest point difference to the second-placed skier (1313, compared to 743 for Hermann Maier and 578 for Lindsey Vonn).http://www.rtvslo.si/sport/zimski-sporti/vsi-rekordi-in-obrazi-tine-maze/304695 Maze finished on podium in all Giant slalom events of the season, a feature previously achieved only by Vreni Schneider in the 1989 season. She is also the only woman to remain at the top of the overall ranking throughout the season – a feature only achieved at men’s Cup by Bode Miller. In addition to the overall title, Maze won the Super-G and Giant slalom titles, finished at the top of the Combined list by winnig both races in the season, and finished second in the Downhill and Slalom listing. The titles went to Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, respectively.
Alpine Ski World Championships 2013
She came to the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria as a favorite and not surprisingly so, at the time the championship started she was the leader in the 2013 World Cup rankings in 3 out of 5 disciplines, Giant Slalom, Super-G and Super Combined, 2nd in Slalom and 3rd in Downhill. Several former alpine skiers stated that she is capable of winning a medal in every single discipline.http://www.dnevnik.si/sport/zimski-sporti/alpsko-smucanje/porocevalec-iz-schladminga-glavna-tema-je-moznost-osvojitve-petih-kolajn-tine-maze-http://www.zurnal24.si/riesch-tina-lahko-osvoji-pet-kolajn-clanek-181425 In the first race Maze won the gold medal in the Super-Ghttp://www.siol.net/sportal/zimski_sporti/schladming_2013/novice/2013/02/schladming_superveleslalom_zenske.aspx and then 3 days later won the silver medal in the combined.http://www.delo.si/sport/sp-v-smucanju/tina-maze-svetovna-podprvakinja-v-superkombinaciji-zlato-rieschevi.html She then finished 7th in the downhill and won another silver medal in the giant slalom. She then finished 5th in the slalom.
World Cup results
Season standings
Place (points)
| Season | Overall | SL | GS | SG | DH | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 54 (109) | 44 (16) | 23 (93) | – | – | – |
| 2002 | 36 (236) | 44 (12) | 8 (224) | – | – | – |
| 2003 | 38 (190) | – | 13 (190) | – | – | – |
| 2004 | 33 (244) | – | 8 (234) | 47 (10) | – | – |
| 2005 | 10 (650) | 39 (17) | 4 (366) | 9 (236) | 31 (31) | – |
| 2006 | 14 (525) | 46 (7) | 7 (309) | 13 (164) | 37 (36) | 32 (9) |
| 2007 | 30 (268) | 51 (7) | 19 (81) | 10 (143) | – | 19 (37) |
| 2008 | 28 (287) | – | 30 (24) | 19 (98) | 18 (125) | 17 (40) |
| 2009 | 6 (852) | – | 3 (368) | 7 (202) | 6 (256) | 21 (26) |
| 2010 | 4 (943) | 6 (272) | 3 (372) | 8 (200) | 25 (67) | 14 (32) |
| 2011 | 3 (1139) | 7 (295) | 6 (208) | 18 (83) | 8 (261) | 2 (212) |
| 2012 | 2 (1402) | 3 (413) | 5 (367) | 4 (257) | 9 (210) | 2 (125) |
| 2013 | 1 (2414) | 2 (655) | 1 (800) | 1 (420) | 2 (339) | 1 (200) |
