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hanni wenzel

hannelore -lrb- hanni -rrb- wenzel -lrb- born 14 december 1956 -rrb- is a former alpine ski racer from liechtenstein , an olympic , world cup , and world champion .
she won the country 's first olympic medal at the 1976 winter olympics in innsbruck , austria .
born in straubing , west germany , wenzel moved to liechtenstein at an early age .
after she and her younger brother andreas had success in ski racing -- hanni won the gold medal in slalom and silver in the combined at the 1974 world championships -- the family was granted liechtenstein citizenship .
at the 1976 winter olympics in innsbruck , she won the country 's first olympic medal , a bronze in the slalom at axamer lizum , and also picked up another world championship medal in the combined .
after winning the world cup overall title in 1978 , wenzel 's best year came in 1980 .
at the 1980 winter olympics in lake placid , she won gold medals in the slalom and giant slalom , and just missed out on a sweep by taking the silver in the downhill at whiteface mountain .
she also easily won the world championship gold medal in the combined event , its final edition as a `` paper race '' and her fourth world championship medal in that event .
at the same olympics , her brother also won a silver medal , placing liechtenstein high in the medal ranking of the games .
in addition to her olympic success , she won nine world cup races in 1980 and captured the overall , giant slalom , and combined season titles , and brother andreas won the men 's overall for a wenzel family sweep of the overall titles .
wenzel was banned from the 1984 winter olympics by the international ski federation -lrb- fis -rrb- for accepting promotional payments directly , rather than through the national ski federation .
ingemar stenmark of sweden was also banned ; both were double gold medalists in 1980 .
wenzel retired following the 1984 season with two olympic titles , four world titles , two overall world cups , three discipline world cups plus three combined titles , and 33 world cup victories .
-lrb- through 1980 , the olympics were also the world championships . -rrb-
through the 2014 winter olympics , liechtenstein has won a total of nine medals at the winter olympics , with eight won by two sets of siblings -- the wenzels earned six , while brothers willi and paul frommelt are responsible for two more .
