Tina Maze

Tina Maze (born 2 May 1983) be retired Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer."Tina Maze profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 21 October 2022.

 Career 
Maze be de most successful Slovenian ski racer for history insyd plus career wey culminate plus two gold medals for de 2014 Winter Olympics.Herman, Martyn (12 February 2014). "Maze amazes as she wins Slovenia's first gold". Reuters. Rosa Khutor, Russia. Retrieved 12 February 2014. Na dem award am de title of de Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year insyd 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 den 2015, den plus ein four medals she be de most decorated Slovenian athlete for de Winter Olympics."Slovenia". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

Maze start ein career as giant slalom specialist, buh later compete insyd all five alpine skiing disciplines. She be one of seven female racers wey win insyd all five World Cup disciplines den one of three make dem do so insyd single season. Maze be de 2014 Olympic champion insyd downhill den giant slalom den de 2015 world champion insyd downhill den combined. She sanso be de world champion insyd giant slalom insyd 2011"Skiing: Maze Takes G-Slalom Gold (I)". STA. 17 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2011. den super-G insyd 2013.

Maze win total of 26 World Cup races during ein career,Tina Maze at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation wey she win de World Cup overall title insyd 2013.Ž. K., M. R. (24 February 2013). "Mazejeva osvojila veliki kristalni globus!" (insyd Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 24 February 2013. For dat season insyd, she win 11 races den tally record number of World Cup points – 2414,"Šampionka, kot je še ni bilo: 11. zmaga sezone in 2.414 točk!". Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija. dey beat de previous record of Hermann Maier of 2000 points from de 2000 season.New York Daily News, "Tina Maze is the Slovenian beauty who'll be Lindsey Vonn's biggest adversary at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014", Nathaniel Vinton, 16 March 2013. She sanso win de super-G den giant slalom titles, den fini first insyd de combined event (although na dem no award globe) wey she fini second insyd slalom den downhill. Maze sanso improve Maier ein previous record of podium finishes insyd single season (22) plus 24 podiums.

 Early years 
Maze make ein World Cup debut for age 15 insyd Slovenia for January 1999 insyd, insyd giant slalom race for Maribor. During ein early World Cup seasons, Maze compete insyd slalom, giant slalom, den super-G, buh she score World Cup points per insyd de first two disciplines. For de 2001 World Championships, na Maze ein best result be 16th place insyd slalom. Insyd January 2002, Maze win ein first podium, second place insyd giant slalom for Maribor insyd."MAZE Tina - Biographie". Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 4 March 2014. For de 2002 Winter Olympics insyd de United States, Maze fini twelfth insyd de giant slalom for ein Olympic debut for Park City, Utah."CONTENTdm" (PDF).

 2003–2004 seasons 
For 26 October 2002, Maze win ein first World Cup race for de season opener insyd Sölden, Austria. She share de giant slalom win plus Nicole Hosp of Austria den Andrine Flemmen of Norway insyd de first-ever three-way tie insyd World Cup race."Tina MAZE | Alpine Skiing | Slovenia". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. 23 February 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014. Maze fini de 2003 season for de 38th place insyd de overall standings plus 190 points, all insyd giant slalom. For de 2003 World Championships, she fini 5th insyd giant slalom.

Insyd de 2004 season, Maze score one podium, runner-up position insyd giant slalom, wey she fini 33rd insyd de overall standings plus 244 points. She score ein first points insyd super-G den start dey compete insyd downhill races.

 2005–2008 seasons 
Na de 2005 season be successful season give Maze as she win 3 giant slalom races wey she score two super-G podiums, both 3rd places. She fini de season 10th insyd de overall standings plus 650 points: 366 insyd giant slalom, wer na she fini fourth. For de 2005 World Championships Maze fini sixth insyd super-G den 10th insyd de combined.

 2009–2010 seasons: De breakthru 
Dey follow de declining results insyd de 2007 den 2008 seasons, Maze decide make she break plus de national ski team wey she found ein personal "Team to aMAZE" plus ein coach den partner Andrea Massi."Tina Maze". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 22 February 2015. Dis move turn out make e be decisive step insyd Maze ein career as ein results begin dey improve significantly. Insyd de 2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup, Maze score two wins, both insyd giant slalom, insyd Maribor, Slovenia, den insyd Åre, Sweden. She sanso win three more podiums, dey fini second insyd downhill wey na she be third twice insyd super-G. For de 2009 World Championships insyd Val-d'Isère, France, Maze win silver medal insyd giant slalom, ein first medal insyd "big competition." Insyd dat race, na she be 15th per after de first run buh she excel insyd de second, "because she was angry." Insyd addition to de silver medal, Maze fini 14th insyd de downhill den fifth insyd de super-G. Maze conclude de 2009 season sixth insyd de overall standings plus 852 points, ein best result to dat date. She sanso fini third insyd de giant slalom standings.right|thumb|340x340px|Maze plus ein silver medal for de 2010 Olympics

 2011–2012 seasons 
Maze begin de 2011 season strong plus several good results den podiums. Dat season, she win de first races insyd ein career insyd super combined (Tarvisio, Italy) den slalom (Lenzerheide, Switzerland). She fini for podium six more times. Maze fini de 2011 season third insyd de overall standings plus 1139 points.

For de 2011 World Championships insyd Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Maze win de silver medal insyd de super combined den de gold medal insyd de giant slalom. She fini 5th insyd de slalom den downhill, den 11th insyd de super-G.

Na de 2012 season be very interesting one as Maze get no victories buh she get ten podium finishes. She fini de season second insyd de overall standings plus 1402 points, behind Lindsey Vonn of United States.

 2013: De record breaking season 
Maze start de 2013 season plus win insyd giant slalom insyd Sölden, Austria. She then win de 2nd giant slalom insyd Aspen, United States, follow by two wins insyd St.Moritz, Switzerland, both insyd giant slalom den super combined. She then win again insyd giant slalom insyd Courchevel, France make am 4 wins out of de first 4 races insyd dis discipline. She collect 11 podiums till de New Year, plus five wins, two 2nd den four 3rd places, dey gain sizable lead insyd de overall standings. She sanso break de records for most points insyd calendar year (2,180) den most podiums (19) insyd calendar year. Ein first victory insyd super-G for 13 January 2013 insyd St. Anton make ein member of de small group of all-event winners insyd alpine skiing.left|thumb|Maze for press conference, 2014

 2014 season 
Maze start de 2014 season less successfully, plus one victory den three more podiums before de Winter Olympics insyd February. De decline for results na dem attribute partially to de change of de coach from de previous season, when Walter Ronconi replace Livio Magoni. Insyd January 2014, na Mauro Pini replace Ronconi, wey, according to Maze ein team, bring positive change to de team."Z novim trenerjem je v ekipo Tine Maze prišla tudi dobra volja". delo.si. Dey follow de Olympics, Maze win two more podiums, two third places. For de end of de season, na she completely exhaust den fini de last races plus difficulties, she fulfil ein goals plus two Olympic gold medals."Fenningerjevi še zmaga v veleslalomskem seštevku :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija". Rtvslo.si. Retrieved 16 March 2014. She win third place insyd de downhill standings wey she fini 4th overall.right|thumb|250x250px|Maze, Gisin, den Gut for Rosa Khutor after de 2014 Olympic downhill

 2015 season 
Na de start of de 2015 season be stronger dan de previous year give Maze. She win three races den four additional podiums, Maze cam to de 2015 World Championships insyd Vail / Beaver Creek, Colorado, United States, as de overall World Cup leader wey na she be, as insyd 2013, dem see am as potential candidate make she win medal insyd all five disciplines.Keating, Steve (12 February 2015). "Kjus ready to welcome Maze to five-medal club". Reuters. Retrieved 22 February 2015. She take silver insyd de super-G race, dem continue plus wey she win gold both insyd downhill den super-combined wey she then fini 5th insyd giant slalom den 8th insyd slalom, what na be ein her best overall performance at World Championships.right|thumb|Maze insyd 2017, shortly before ein retirement

 Retirement 
Insyd May 2015, Maze announce dat she go take a break from de sport for a year, she no compete insyd de 2015–16 season wey na she focus for ein studies top instead.R. K. (7 May 2015). "Tina Maze prekinila kariero, a vrat povsem še ni zaprla" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 1 February 2017. For 20 October 2016 insyd Sölden, Maze announce ein retirement from competitive skiing.M. Ž. (20 October 2016). "Tina Maze bo v Mariboru zaključila bogato kariero" (insyd Slovenian). Delo. Retrieved 1 February 2017. She officially conclude ein career for 7 January 2017 at de giant slalom race insyd Maribor, at de venue wer na she make ein World Cup debut insyd 1999.Mitja Lisjak (7 January 2017). "Maze: Živim za trenutek, in ta trenutek je moj najpomembnejši" (insyd Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

 World Cup results 

 Season titles 
4 titles (1 overall, 1 giant slalom, 1 super-G, 1 super-combined)
SeasonDiscipline2013OverallSuper-GGiant slalomCombined[A]

 Season standings 
Place (points)
SeasonOverallSlalomGiant
slalomSuper-GDownhillCombined200154 (109)44 (16)23 (93)———200236 (236)44 (12)8 (224)———200338 (190)—13 (190)———200433 (244)—8 (234)47 (10)——200510 (650)39 (17)4 (366)9 (236)31 (31)—200614 (525)46 (7)7 (309)13 (164)37 (36)32 (9)200730 (268)51 (7)19 (81)10 (143)—19 (37)200828 (287)—30 (24)19 (98)18 (125)17 (40)20096 (852)—3 (368)7 (202)6 (256)21 (26)20104 (943)6 (272)3 (372)8 (200)25 (67)14 (32)20113 (1139)7 (295)6 (208)18 (83)8 (261)2 (212)20122 (1402)3 (413)5 (367)4 (257)9 (210)2 (125)20131 (2414)2 (655)1 (800)1 (420)2 (339)1 (200)[A]20144 (964)16 (148)13 (184)7 (183)3 (409)6 (40)20152 (1531)3 (439)5 (266)3 (390)3 (356)2 (80)

 Race victories 

 26 wins – (4 DH, 1 SG, 14 GS, 4 SL, 3 SC)
 81 podiums – (11 DH, 17 SG, 28 GS, 17 SL, 6 SC, 2 PSL)

SeasonDateLocationDiscipline200326 October 2002Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom200522 December 2004St. Moritz, SwitzerlandGiant slalom8 January 2005Santa Caterina, ItalyGiant slalom22 January 2005Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom200622 October 2005Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom20082 February 2008St. Moritz, SwitzerlandDownhill200910 January 2009Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom14 March 2009Åre, SwedenGiant slalom201011 March 2010Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyGiant slalom20114 March 2011Tarvisio, ItalySuper combined18 March 2011Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandSlalom201327 October 2012Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom24 November 2012Aspen, USAGiant slalom7 December 2012St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSuper combined9 December 2012Giant slalom16 December 2012Courchevel, FranceGiant slalom13 January 2013St. Anton, AustriaSuper-G27 January 2013Maribor, SloveniaSlalom24 February 2013Méribel, FranceSuper combined2 March 2013Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyDownhill10 March 2013Ofterschwang, GermanySlalom17 March 2013Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandGiant slalom201425 January 2014Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill201515 November 2014Levi, FinlandSlalom5 December 2014Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill12 December 2014Åre, SwedenGiant slalom

 Olympic results 
  Year  Age Slalom Giant
slalom Super-GDownhillCombined200218—12———200622—1239——20102692218520143081514

 World Championship results 
  Year  Age Slalom Giant
slalom Super-GDownhillCombined200117162232——200319DNF15———200521DNF2DNF16—10200723DNF12214—DNF2200925—2514DNF22011275111522013295217220153185211

 Ein life matter 
Wen she no dey compete anaa dey train abroad, Maze dey live insyd Črna na Koroškem. She dey insyd relationship plus Andrea Massi, wey sanso be de head of Maze ein team.Aleš Fevžer; MaPa; Martin Pavčnik; Sportida (26 April 2015). "Tina Maze in Andrea Massi: v čigavih rokah je daljinec?" (insyd Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 7 January 2017. Insyd November 2017, dem announce dem dey expect kiddie togeda.alp (13 November 2017). "Tina Maze potrdila, da je noseča" (insyd Slovenian). Dnevnik. Retrieved 15 February 2018. She give birth to girlie insyd February 2018.K. K. (8 February 2018). "Tina Maze je povila deklico" (insyd Slovenian). Ljubljana: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 15 February 2018."Tina Maze: Vsi nestrpno čakajo, kdaj bo spet pokazala hčerko" (insyd Slovenian). Zadovoljna.si. 15 July 2019. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

Insyd 2012, Maze record pop-rock single My Way Is My Decision, Raay produce am."VIDEO: Tina Maze predstavlja videospot za svojo prvo pesem" (insyd Slovenian). Ljubljana/Sölden: 24ur. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

During de year-long break from competing, Maze conclude ein studies for de Faculty of Education, University of Maribor, she obtain elementary school teacher degree.J. P. (17 May 2016). "Nova velika zmaga Tine Maze: diploma v žepu" (insyd Slovenian). Delo. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

 Awards 
YearCategoryVoted byResult2005Slovenian Sportswoman of the YearSlovene sports journalists associationShe win2010Slovenian Sportswoman of the YearSlovene sports journalists associationShe win2011Slovenian Sportswoman of the YearSlovene sports journalists associationShe win2012Prince of Asturias AwardsSports categoryDem nominate am2013Sportswoman of the YearWomen's Sports FoundationDem nominate amSerge Lang Trophy – Skier of the YearInternational Association of Ski JournalistsShe winSlovenian Sportswoman of the YearSlovene sports journalists associationShe winWorld Athlete of the YearChicago Tribune's 27th annual international sports award2ndEuropean Athlete of the YearEuropean Press Agencies led by PAP; women's categoryShe win20142013 AIPS European Female Athlete of the YearInternational Sports Press Association2ndLaureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the YearVarious World Media journalistsDem nominate amSlovenian Sportswoman of the YearSlovene sports journalists associationShe winWorld Sportswoman of the YearGazzetta dello Sport readershipShe win2015Slovenian Sportswoman of the YearSlovene sports journalists associationShe winL'Équipe Champion of ChampionsL'Équipe readership5th

 A Crystal globes insyd combined na dem no officially award am give 2013 season. However, athletes still get dema medals.

 References 

 External links 

 Tina Maze at FIS (alpine)
 Tina Maze at Olympics.com
 Tina Maze at Olympedia
 Tina Maze at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database 
 Tina Maze – alpine racers at Stöckli Skis at de Wayback Machine (archived 3 December 2016)
 Official website (insyd Slovene, Italian, den English)

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