Hilde Gerg

Mathilde Gerg (born 19 October 1975) is a German former alpine skier.^[1] She was an Olympic and World champion.

Hilde Gerg

Personal information
Born	(1975-10-19) 19 October 1975 (age 49) Lenggries, Bavaria, West Germany
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, combined
Club	Ski Club Lenggries
World Cup debut	17 January 1993 (age 17)
Retired	21 November 2005 (age 30)
Website	hilde-gerg.de
Olympics
Teams	3 – (1994-2002)
Medals	2 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	6 – (1996-2005)
Medals	4 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	13 – (1993–2005)
Wins	20 – (7 DH, 1 SL, 8 SG, 3 SC, 1 PS)
Podiums	59
Overall titles	0 – (2nd in 1999)
Discipline titles	4 – (2 SG, 2 SC)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  Germany World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 1 3 1 Giant slalom 0 0 1 Downhill 7 6 10 Super-G 8 5 9 Combined 3 2 1 Parallel 1 0 0 Total 20 16 22 International competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 1 World Championships 1 0 3 World Junior Championships 1 0 0 Total 3 0 4 Olympic Games 1998 Nagano Slalom 1998 Nagano Combined World Championships 2005 Bormio Team Event 1997 Sestriere Super-G 1997 Sestriere Combined 2001 Sankt Anton Super-G Junior World Ski Championships 1994 Lake Placid Super-G

Career

She was Olympic Champion in the slalom at the 1998 Winter Olympics, an astounding win as most of her career she was known as predominantly a speed specialist; with 1998 being the one year of her career she was a top slalom contender with 2 wins and numerous podiums on the World Cup, finishing 3rd in points for the season. At the World Championships she was bronze medallist in Combined and Super-G at Sestriere 1997, Bronze medallist in Super-G at St. Anton 2001, and gold medallist in Nation Team Event at Bormio in 2005.^[2]

In 1994, Gerg was Junior World Champion and in 1997 and 2002 she won the World Cup in her favorite discipline, Super-G. Her 1997 Super G season title came due to decisive points' leader Pernilla Wiberg going off course in the final Super G of the season. She also has twice won the combined season Crystal Globe, and twice narrowly missed the downhill season title, finishing 2nd in the points in both 2004 and 2005. She was 2nd in the Overall title standings in 1999, losing the Overall title to Alexandra Meissnitzer.

Gerg retired from professional skiing, because of severe injuries, in November 2005.

Her cousin, Annemarie Gerg, was also a member of the German alpine ski team.^[3]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
1993	17	106	48	–	–	–	—
1994	18	18	39	29	3	48	15
1995	19	37	43	34	17	45	8
1996	20	15	24	17	11	22	3
1997	21	3	15	9	1	7	2
1998	22	3	3	9	7	5	1
1999	23	2	17	14	6	4	1
2000	24	26	37	57	10	14	—
2001	25	32	–	–	28	11	11
2002	26	4	–	41	1	4	9
2003	27	14	–	39	7	8	—
2004	28	4	–	35	4	2	—
2005	29	7	–	–	5	2	23

Season titles

Season	Discipline
1997	Super-G
1998	Combined
1999	Combined
2002	Super-G

Race victories

• 20 wins – (7 DH, 1 SL, 8 SG, 3 SC, 1 Parallel slalom)

Season	Date	Location	Race
1994	6 February 1994	Sierra Nevada, Spain	Super-G
1997	12 December 1996	Val-d'Isère, France	Super-G
1998	28 November 1997	Mammoth Mountain, USA	Parallel slalom
	20 December 1997	Val-d'Isère, France	Combined
	11 January 1998	Bormio, Italy	Slalom
	31 January 1998	Åre, Sweden	Combined
1999	18 December 1998	Veysonnaz, Switzerland	Downhill
	20 December 1998	Veysonnaz, Switzerland	Combined
	2 January 1999	Maribor, Slovenia	Super-G
2001	8 March 2001	Åre, Sweden	Downhill
2002	15 December 2001	Val-d'Isère, France	Super-G
	11 January 2002	Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria	Downhill
	12 January 2002	Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria	Downhill
	25 January 2002	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Super-G
2003	29 November 2002	Aspen, USA	Super-G
	6 December 2002	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill
2004	7 January 2004	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Downhill
	11 January 2004	Veysonnaz, Switzerland	Super-G
2005	4 December 2004	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill
	21 December 2004	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Super-G

See also

• List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's race winners

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hilde Gerg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009.
2. "Hilde Gerg - Athlete Information". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
3. "1998 Nagano Olympics – Athlete profile: Hilde Gerg". CNNSI. 3 February 1998. Archived from the original on 15 May 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2013.

External links

• Hilde Gerg at FIS (alpine)
• Hilde Gerg at Olympedia
• Hilde Gerg at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database