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Tina Maze

Tina Maze (Slovene: [ˈtiːna ˈmaːzɛ]; born 2 May 1983) is a retired Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer.[1]

Tina Maze
Personal information
Born (1983-05-02) 2 May 1983 (age 40)
Slovenj Gradec, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, combined
ClubCRN – SK Črna
World Cup debut2 January 1999 (age 15)
Retired7 January 2017 (age 33)
Websitetina-maze.com
Olympics
Teams4 – (200214)
Medals4 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams8 – (200115)
Medals9 (4 gold)
World Cup
Seasons17 – (19992015)
Wins26
Podiums81
Overall titles1 – (2013)
Discipline titles2 – (GS, SG in 2013)
Medal record

Career edit

Maze is the most successful Slovenian ski racer in history with a career that culminated with two gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[2] She was awarded the title of the Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year in 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015, and with her four medals she is the most decorated Slovenian athlete at the Winter Olympics.[3]

Maze started her career as a giant slalom specialist, but later competed in all five alpine skiing disciplines. She is one of seven female racers who has won in all five World Cup disciplines and one of three to do so in a single season. Maze is the 2014 Olympic champion in downhill and giant slalom and the 2015 world champion in downhill and combined. She was also the world champion in giant slalom in 2011[4] and super-G in 2013.

Maze won a total of 26 World Cup races during her career,[5] and won the World Cup overall title in 2013.[6] In that season, she won 11 races and tallied a record number of World Cup points – 2414,[7] beating the previous record of Hermann Maier of 2000 points from the 2000 season.[8] She also won the super-G and giant slalom titles, and finished first in the combined event (although no globe was awarded) and finished second in slalom and downhill. Maze also improved Maier's previous record of podium finishes in a single season (22) with 24 podiums.

Early years edit

Maze made her World Cup debut at age 15 in Slovenia in January 1999, in a giant slalom race at Maribor. During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines. At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom. In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor.[9] At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City, Utah.[10]

2003–2004 seasons edit

On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria. She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race.[11] Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom. At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom.[9]

In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium, a runner-up position in giant slalom, and finished 33rd in the overall standings with 244 points. She scored her first points in super-G and started competing in downhill races.[9]

2005–2008 seasons edit

The 2005 season was a successful season for Maze as she won 3 giant slalom races and scored two super-G podiums, both 3rd places. She finished the season 10th in the overall standings with 650 points: 366 in giant slalom, where she finished fourth. At the 2005 World Championships Maze finished sixth in super-G and 10th in the combined.[9]

In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G. She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively.[12]

The 2007 season was not as successful for her as the previous two seasons, with only 3 top 10 finishes. She finished the season 30th in the overall standings with 268 points. At the 2007 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 14th place in super-G.[9]

In February 2008, Maze won her first downhill in St. Moritz, Switzerland, which was the first downhill victory won by a Slovenian female skier. It was also her first non-giant slalom victory. She finished the 2008 season 28th overall with 287 points.[9]

2009–2010 seasons: The breakthrough edit

 
Maze with her silver medal
at the 2010 Olympics

Following the declining results in the 2007 and 2008 seasons, Maze decided to break with the national ski team and founded her personal "Team to aMAZE" with her coach and partner Andrea Massi.[13] This move turned out to be a decisive step in Maze's career as her results began to improve significantly. In the 2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup, Maze scored two wins, both in giant slalom, in Maribor, Slovenia, and in Åre, Sweden. She also won three more podiums, finishing second in downhill and was third twice in super-G. At the 2009 World Championships in Val-d'Isère, France, Maze won a silver medal in giant slalom, her first medal in a "big competition." In that race, she was only 15th after the first run but excelled in the second, "because she was angry."[11] In addition to the silver medal, Maze finished 14th in the downhill and fifth in the super-G. Maze concluded the 2009 season sixth in the overall standings with 852 points, her best result to that date. She also finished third in the giant slalom standings.[9]

In the 2010 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and had runner-up finishes in slalom and giant slalom. That season, Maze had fifteen top 10 results and finished fourth in the overall standings. Again, she finished third in the giant slalom standings.[9]

Maze was the flag bearer for Slovenia at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She won two silver medals – in super-G and giant slalom at Whistler. These were the first silver medals at Winter Olympics for independent Slovenia (athletes only won bronze medals before 2010). Maze was fifth in the super combined, ninth in slalom, and 18th in downhill.[14]

2011–2012 seasons edit

Maze began the 2011 season strong with several good results and podiums. That season, she won the first races in her career in super combined (Tarvisio, Italy) and slalom (Lenzerheide, Switzerland). She finished on podium six more times. Maze finished the 2011 season third in the overall standings with 1139 points.[9]

At the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Maze won the silver medal in the super combined and the gold medal in the giant slalom. She finished 5th in the slalom and downhill, and 11th in the super-G.[9]

The 2012 season was a very interesting one as Maze had no victories but had ten podium finishes. She finished the season second in the overall standings with 1402 points, behind Lindsey Vonn of United States.[9]

2013: The record breaking season edit

Maze at a press conference, 2014

Maze started the 2013 season with a win in giant slalom in Sölden, Austria. She then won the 2nd giant slalom in Aspen, United States, followed by two wins in St.Moritz, Switzerland, both in giant slalom and super combined. She then won again in giant slalom in Courchevel, France making it 4 wins out of the first 4 races in this discipline. She collected 11 podiums till the New Year, with five wins, two 2nd and four 3rd places, gaining a sizable lead in the overall standings. She also broke the records for most points in a calendar year (2,180) and most podiums (19) in a calendar year. Her first victory in super-G on 13 January 2013 in St. Anton made her a member of the small group of all-event winners in alpine skiing. On 26 January, Maze finished second in giant slalom in Maribor to clinch her first World Cup title in GS, then won the slalom the following day.[9]

On 24 February, she won the second super combined of the season in Méribel, France, and secured the overall World Cup title with nine races remaining.[15] Despite having the most points in super combined standings, the crystal globe for this discipline is no longer awarded due to a lack of events.[16]

On 1 March, Maze finished second in super-G in Garmisch, her 19th podium of the season, breaking the previous ladies' record. The next day, she won the downhill to record a win in all disciplines in a single season, previously accomplished by only two female skiers. In this race, Maze also surpassed 2,000 World Cup points in a single season and therefore broke Hermann Maier's record from the 2000 season, which was exactly 2,000 points. The last downhill race of the season at the World Cup finals was cancelled, so Maze finished as runner-up in the downhill standings, a single point behind Lindsey Vonn, whose season had ended in February after a knee injury at the World Championships. The last super-G race was also cancelled and Maze won the super-G title. In the last race, a giant slalom on 17 March, she gained her eleventh victory of the season and finished with a record 2,414 points.[17][9]

Maze broke various statistical records in this season. They include the highest number of podiums in a single 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), highest 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). In fact, Maze collected more World Cup points than second and third skier combined.[18] 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.[18] In addition to the overall title, Maze won the super-G and giant slalom titles, finished at the top of the combined list by winning both races in the season, and finished second in the downhill and slalom listing. The titles went to Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, respectively. She also came extremely close to sweeping all 6 titles, losing the downhill title to Vonn by a mere 1 point with the seasons final race cancelled due to bad weather, and where Maze would have needed only a top 15 finish to pass the injured Vonn. Shiffrin needed to beat Maze in the seasons final slalom race to steal away the season slalom title from points leader Maze, and overcome an over second deficit on Maze after the first run to do so.[18]

Maze came to the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria, as a favorite. At the time, she was the leader in the World Cup standings in three of the five disciplines (giant slalom, super-G, and super combined), second in slalom and third in downhill. Several former alpine skiers stated that she is capable of winning a medal in every single discipline.[19][20] In the first race at Planai, Maze won the gold medal in super-G[21] and three days later won the silver medal in super combined.[22] She then finished seventh in downhill, won another silver medal in giant slalom, and took fifth in slalom.[9]

In October 2013, Maze was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for her record-breaking performances during the previous season, thereby becoming the first Slovenian skier to receive the honour since its inception in 1963.[23]

2014 season edit

 
Maze, Gisin, and Gut at Rosa Khutor
after the 2014 Olympic downhill

Maze started the 2014 season less successfully, with one victory and three more podiums before the Winter Olympics in February. The decline in results was partially attributed to the change of the coach from the previous season, when Walter Ronconi replaced Livio Magoni. In January 2014, Ronconi was replaced by Mauro Pini, who, according to Maze's team, brought a positive change to the team.[24] Following the Olympics, Maze won two more podiums, two third places. At the end of the season, she was completely exhausted and finished the last races with difficulties, having fulfilled her goals with two Olympic gold medals.[25] She won a third place in the downhill standings and finished 4th overall.[9]

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Maze finished fourth in the super combined at Rosa Khutor. The second event was the downhill, where Maze tied for first place with Dominique Gisin of Switzerland. This was the first gold medal for Slovenia at any Winter Olympics and the first time that a gold medal was shared at an Olympic alpine skiing event.[26] Maze finished fifth in super-G, won another gold in the giant slalom,[27] and was eighth in the slalom. Following her Olympic success, Maze was nominated for the Laureus Award for the second year in a row.[28]

2015 season edit

 
Maze in 2017, shortly before her retirement

The start of the 2015 season was stronger than the previous year's for Maze. Winning three races and four additional podiums, Maze came to the 2015 World Championships in Vail / Beaver Creek, Colorado, United States, as the overall World Cup leader[29] and was, as in 2013, seen as a potential candidate to win a medal in all five disciplines.[30] She took silver in the super-G race, continued with winning gold both in downhill and super-combined and then finished 5th in giant slalom and 8th in slalom, what was her best overall performance at World Championships.[9]

Following the World Championships, Maze was tired and did not finish any of the two races in Maribor, which meant that she started to lose advantage over Anna Fenninger.[31] Final races of the season were a close battle between Maze and Fenninger. Maze won six more podiums until the end of the season and was leading 18 points in the overall standings before the last race but Fenninger won the last giant slalom and defended her overall title from the 2014 season.[32] Maze finished the season second, with her second-highest number of season points. She also finished third in the slalom, super-G, and downhill standings. At the end of the season, Maze hinted that she may retire from competitive sport in the following months.[33]

Retirement edit

In May 2015, Maze announced that she would take a break from the sport for a year, not competing in the 2015–16 season and focusing on her studies instead.[34] On 20 October 2016 in Sölden, Maze announced her retirement from competitive skiing.[35] She officially concluded her career on 7 January 2017 at the giant slalom race in Maribor, at the venue where she made her World Cup debut in 1999.[36]

World Cup results edit

[9]

Season titles edit

4 titles (1 overall, 1 giant slalom, 1 super-G, 1 super-combined)

Season standings edit

Place (points)

Season Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill 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)[A]
2014 4 (964) 16 (148) 13 (184) 7 (183) 3 (409) 6 (40)
2015 2 (1531) 3 (439) 5 (266) 3 (390) 3 (356) 2 (80)

Race victories edit

Season Date Location Discipline
2003 26 October 2002   Sölden, Austria Giant slalom
2005 22 December 2004   St. Moritz, Switzerland Giant slalom
8 January 2005   Santa Caterina, Italy Giant slalom
22 January 2005   Maribor, Slovenia Giant slalom
2006 22 October 2005   Sölden, Austria Giant slalom
2008 2 February 2008   St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill
2009 10 January 2009   Maribor, Slovenia Giant slalom
14 March 2009   Åre, Sweden Giant slalom
2010 11 March 2010   Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Giant slalom
2011 4 March 2011   Tarvisio, Italy Super combined
18 March 2011   Lenzerheide, Switzerland Slalom
2013 27 October 2012   Sölden, Austria Giant slalom
24 November 2012   Aspen, USA Giant slalom
7 December 2012   St. Moritz, Switzerland Super combined
9 December 2012 Giant slalom
16 December 2012   Courchevel, France Giant slalom
13 January 2013   St. Anton, Austria Super-G
27 January 2013   Maribor, Slovenia Slalom
24 February 2013   Méribel, France Super combined
2 March 2013   Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Downhill
10 March 2013   Ofterschwang, Germany Slalom
17 March 2013   Lenzerheide, Switzerland Giant slalom
2014 25 January 2014   Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill
2015 15 November 2014   Levi, Finland Slalom
5 December 2014   Lake Louise, Canada Downhill
12 December 2014   Åre, Sweden Giant slalom

Olympic results edit

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2002 18 12
2006 22 12 39
2010 26 9 2 2 18 5
2014 30 8 1 5 1 4

World Championship results edit

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2001 17 16 22 32
2003 19 DNF1 5
2005 21 DNF2 DNF1 6 10
2007 23 DNF1 22 14 DNF2
2009 25 2 5 14 DNF2
2011 27 5 1 11 5 2
2013 29 5 2 1 7 2
2015 31 8 5 2 1 1

Personal life edit

When not competing or training abroad, Maze lives in Črna na Koroškem. She is in a relationship with Andrea Massi, who is also the head of Maze's team.[37] In November 2017, they announced they are expecting a child together.[38] She gave birth to a girl in February 2018.[39][40]

In 2012, Maze recorded a pop-rock single My Way Is My Decision, produced by Raay.[41]

During the year-long break from competing, Maze concluded her studies at the Faculty of Education, University of Maribor, obtaining an elementary school teacher degree.[42]

Awards edit

Year Category Voted by Result
2005 Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year Slovene sports journalists association Won
2010 Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year Slovene sports journalists association Won
2011 Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year Slovene sports journalists association Won
2012 Prince of Asturias Awards Sports category Nominated
2013 Sportswoman of the Year Women's Sports Foundation Nominated
Serge Lang Trophy – Skier of the Year International Association of Ski Journalists Won
Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year Slovene sports journalists association Won
World Athlete of the Year Chicago Tribune's 27th annual international sports award 2nd
European Athlete of the Year European Press Agencies led by PAP; women's category Won
2014 2013 AIPS European Female Athlete of the Year International Sports Press Association 2nd
Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year Various World Media journalists Nominated
Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year Slovene sports journalists association Won
World Sportswoman of the Year Gazzetta dello Sport readership[43] Won
2015 Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year Slovene sports journalists association Won
L'Équipe Champion of Champions L'Équipe readership 5th
  • A Crystal globes in combined have not been officially awarded for 2013 season. However, athletes still get their medals.

References edit

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External links edit

  • Tina Maze at FIS (alpine) 
  • Tina Maze at Olympics.com 
  • Tina Maze at Olympedia 
  • Tina Maze at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database  
  • at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 December 2016)
  • Official website (in Slovene, Italian, and English)

tina, maze, slovene, ˈtiːna, ˈmaːzɛ, born, 1983, retired, slovenian, world, alpine, racer, personal, informationborn, 1983, 1983, slovenj, gradec, slovenia, yugoslaviaoccupationalpine, skierheight1, skiing, careerdisciplinesdownhill, super, giant, slalom, slal. Tina Maze Slovene ˈtiːna ˈmaːzɛ born 2 May 1983 is a retired Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer 1 Tina MazePersonal informationBorn 1983 05 02 2 May 1983 age 40 Slovenj Gradec SR Slovenia YugoslaviaOccupationAlpine skierHeight1 72 m 5 ft 8 in Skiing careerDisciplinesDownhill super G giant slalom slalom combinedClubCRN SK CrnaWorld Cup debut2 January 1999 age 15 Retired7 January 2017 age 33 Websitetina maze comOlympicsTeams4 2002 14 Medals4 2 gold World ChampionshipsTeams8 2001 15 Medals9 4 gold World CupSeasons17 1999 2015 Wins26Podiums81Overall titles1 2013 Discipline titles2 GS SG in 2013 Medal record Women s alpine skiing Representing Slovenia World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 4 5 8 Giant slalom 14 8 6 Downhill 4 4 3 Super G 1 6 10 Combined 3 3 0 Parallel 0 2 0 Total 26 28 27 International competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 2 0 World Championships 4 5 0 Total 6 7 0 Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Downhill 2014 Sochi Giant slalom 2010 Vancouver Super G 2010 Vancouver Giant slalom World Championships 2011 Garmisch Partenkirchen Giant slalom 2013 Schladming Super G 2015 Beaver Creek Downhill 2015 Beaver Creek Combined 2009 Val d Isere Giant slalom 2011 Garmisch Partenkirchen Combined 2013 Schladming Combined 2013 Schladming Giant slalom 2015 Beaver Creek Super G Contents 1 Career 1 1 Early years 1 2 2003 2004 seasons 1 3 2005 2008 seasons 1 4 2009 2010 seasons The breakthrough 1 5 2011 2012 seasons 1 6 2013 The record breaking season 1 7 2014 season 1 8 2015 season 1 9 Retirement 2 World Cup results 2 1 Season titles 2 2 Season standings 2 3 Race victories 3 Olympic results 4 World Championship results 5 Personal life 6 Awards 7 References 8 External linksCareer editMaze is the most successful Slovenian ski racer in history with a career that culminated with two gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics 2 She was awarded the title of the Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year in 2005 2010 2011 2013 2014 and 2015 and with her four medals she is the most decorated Slovenian athlete at the Winter Olympics 3 Maze started her career as a giant slalom specialist but later competed in all five alpine skiing disciplines She is one of seven female racers who has won in all five World Cup disciplines and one of three to do so in a single season Maze is the 2014 Olympic champion in downhill and giant slalom and the 2015 world champion in downhill and combined She was also the world champion in giant slalom in 2011 4 and super G in 2013 Maze won a total of 26 World Cup races during her career 5 and won the World Cup overall title in 2013 6 In that season she won 11 races and tallied a record number of World Cup points 2414 7 beating the previous record of Hermann Maier of 2000 points from the 2000 season 8 She also won the super G and giant slalom titles and finished first in the combined event although no globe was awarded and finished second in slalom and downhill Maze also improved Maier s previous record of podium finishes in a single season 22 with 24 podiums Early years edit Maze made her World Cup debut at age 15 in Slovenia in January 1999 in a giant slalom race at Maribor During her early World Cup seasons Maze competed in slalom giant slalom and super G but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines At the 2001 World Championships Maze s best result was a 16th place in slalom In January 2002 Maze won her first podium a second place in giant slalom in Maribor 9 At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City Utah 10 2003 2004 seasons edit On 26 October 2002 Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Solden Austria She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first ever a three way tie in a World Cup race 11 Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points all in giant slalom At the 2003 World Championships she finished 5th in giant slalom 9 In the 2004 season Maze scored one podium a runner up position in giant slalom and finished 33rd in the overall standings with 244 points She scored her first points in super G and started competing in downhill races 9 2005 2008 seasons edit The 2005 season was a successful season for Maze as she won 3 giant slalom races and scored two super G podiums both 3rd places She finished the season 10th in the overall standings with 650 points 366 in giant slalom where she finished fourth At the 2005 World Championships Maze finished sixth in super G and 10th in the combined 9 In the 2006 season Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums a third place in giant slalom and a runner up position in super G She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time At the 2006 Winter Olympics Maze competed in the giant slalom and super G events where she finished 12th and 39th respectively 12 The 2007 season was not as successful for her as the previous two seasons with only 3 top 10 finishes She finished the season 30th in the overall standings with 268 points At the 2007 World Championships Maze s best result was a 14th place in super G 9 In February 2008 Maze won her first downhill in St Moritz Switzerland which was the first downhill victory won by a Slovenian female skier It was also her first non giant slalom victory She finished the 2008 season 28th overall with 287 points 9 2009 2010 seasons The breakthrough edit nbsp Maze with her silver medalat the 2010 Olympics Following the declining results in the 2007 and 2008 seasons Maze decided to break with the national ski team and founded her personal Team to aMAZE with her coach and partner Andrea Massi 13 This move turned out to be a decisive step in Maze s career as her results began to improve significantly In the 2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup Maze scored two wins both in giant slalom in Maribor Slovenia and in Are Sweden She also won three more podiums finishing second in downhill and was third twice in super G At the 2009 World Championships in Val d Isere France Maze won a silver medal in giant slalom her first medal in a big competition In that race she was only 15th after the first run but excelled in the second because she was angry 11 In addition to the silver medal Maze finished 14th in the downhill and fifth in the super G Maze concluded the 2009 season sixth in the overall standings with 852 points her best result to that date She also finished third in the giant slalom standings 9 In the 2010 season Maze won one giant slalom race and had runner up finishes in slalom and giant slalom That season Maze had fifteen top 10 results and finished fourth in the overall standings Again she finished third in the giant slalom standings 9 Maze was the flag bearer for Slovenia at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver British Columbia Canada She won two silver medals in super G and giant slalom at Whistler These were the first silver medals at Winter Olympics for independent Slovenia athletes only won bronze medals before 2010 Maze was fifth in the super combined ninth in slalom and 18th in downhill 14 2011 2012 seasons edit Maze began the 2011 season strong with several good results and podiums That season she won the first races in her career in super combined Tarvisio Italy and slalom Lenzerheide Switzerland She finished on podium six more times Maze finished the 2011 season third in the overall standings with 1139 points 9 At the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch Partenkirchen Germany Maze won the silver medal in the super combined and the gold medal in the giant slalom She finished 5th in the slalom and downhill and 11th in the super G 9 The 2012 season was a very interesting one as Maze had no victories but had ten podium finishes She finished the season second in the overall standings with 1402 points behind Lindsey Vonn of United States 9 2013 The record breaking season edit source source source source source source source Maze at a press conference 2014 Maze started the 2013 season with a win in giant slalom in Solden Austria She then won the 2nd giant slalom in Aspen United States followed by two wins in St Moritz Switzerland both in giant slalom and super combined She then won again in giant slalom in Courchevel France making it 4 wins out of the first 4 races in this discipline She collected 11 podiums till the New Year with five wins two 2nd and four 3rd places gaining a sizable lead in the overall standings She also broke the records for most points in a calendar year 2 180 and most podiums 19 in a calendar year Her first victory in super G on 13 January 2013 in St Anton made her a member of the small group of all event winners in alpine skiing On 26 January Maze finished second in giant slalom in Maribor to clinch her first World Cup title in GS then won the slalom the following day 9 On 24 February she won the second super combined of the season in Meribel France and secured the overall World Cup title with nine races remaining 15 Despite having the most points in super combined standings the crystal globe for this discipline is no longer awarded due to a lack of events 16 On 1 March Maze finished second in super G in Garmisch her 19th podium of the season breaking the previous ladies record The next day she won the downhill to record a win in all disciplines in a single season previously accomplished by only two female skiers In this race Maze also surpassed 2 000 World Cup points in a single season and therefore broke Hermann Maier s record from the 2000 season which was exactly 2 000 points The last downhill race of the season at the World Cup finals was cancelled so Maze finished as runner up in the downhill standings a single point behind Lindsey Vonn whose season had ended in February after a knee injury at the World Championships The last super G race was also cancelled and Maze won the super G title In the last race a giant slalom on 17 March she gained her eleventh victory of the season and finished with a record 2 414 points 17 9 Maze broke various statistical records in this season They include the highest number of podiums in a single 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 highest 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 In fact Maze collected more World Cup points than second and third skier combined 18 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 18 In addition to the overall title Maze won the super G and giant slalom titles finished at the top of the combined list by winning both races in the season and finished second in the downhill and slalom listing The titles went to Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin respectively She also came extremely close to sweeping all 6 titles losing the downhill title to Vonn by a mere 1 point with the seasons final race cancelled due to bad weather and where Maze would have needed only a top 15 finish to pass the injured Vonn Shiffrin needed to beat Maze in the seasons final slalom race to steal away the season slalom title from points leader Maze and overcome an over second deficit on Maze after the first run to do so 18 Maze came to the 2013 World Championships in Schladming Austria as a favorite At the time she was the leader in the World Cup standings in three of the five disciplines giant slalom super G and super combined second in slalom and third in downhill Several former alpine skiers stated that she is capable of winning a medal in every single discipline 19 20 In the first race at Planai Maze won the gold medal in super G 21 and three days later won the silver medal in super combined 22 She then finished seventh in downhill won another silver medal in giant slalom and took fifth in slalom 9 In October 2013 Maze was awarded the Skieur d Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for her record breaking performances during the previous season thereby becoming the first Slovenian skier to receive the honour since its inception in 1963 23 2014 season edit nbsp Maze Gisin and Gut at Rosa Khutorafter the 2014 Olympic downhill Maze started the 2014 season less successfully with one victory and three more podiums before the Winter Olympics in February The decline in results was partially attributed to the change of the coach from the previous season when Walter Ronconi replaced Livio Magoni In January 2014 Ronconi was replaced by Mauro Pini who according to Maze s team brought a positive change to the team 24 Following the Olympics Maze won two more podiums two third places At the end of the season she was completely exhausted and finished the last races with difficulties having fulfilled her goals with two Olympic gold medals 25 She won a third place in the downhill standings and finished 4th overall 9 At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia Maze finished fourth in the super combined at Rosa Khutor The second event was the downhill where Maze tied for first place with Dominique Gisin of Switzerland This was the first gold medal for Slovenia at any Winter Olympics and the first time that a gold medal was shared at an Olympic alpine skiing event 26 Maze finished fifth in super G won another gold in the giant slalom 27 and was eighth in the slalom Following her Olympic success Maze was nominated for the Laureus Award for the second year in a row 28 2015 season edit nbsp Maze in 2017 shortly before her retirement The start of the 2015 season was stronger than the previous year s for Maze Winning three races and four additional podiums Maze came to the 2015 World Championships in Vail Beaver Creek Colorado United States as the overall World Cup leader 29 and was as in 2013 seen as a potential candidate to win a medal in all five disciplines 30 She took silver in the super G race continued with winning gold both in downhill and super combined and then finished 5th in giant slalom and 8th in slalom what was her best overall performance at World Championships 9 Following the World Championships Maze was tired and did not finish any of the two races in Maribor which meant that she started to lose advantage over Anna Fenninger 31 Final races of the season were a close battle between Maze and Fenninger Maze won six more podiums until the end of the season and was leading 18 points in the overall standings before the last race but Fenninger won the last giant slalom and defended her overall title from the 2014 season 32 Maze finished the season second with her second highest number of season points She also finished third in the slalom super G and downhill standings At the end of the season Maze hinted that she may retire from competitive sport in the following months 33 Retirement edit In May 2015 Maze announced that she would take a break from the sport for a year not competing in the 2015 16 season and focusing on her studies instead 34 On 20 October 2016 in Solden Maze announced her retirement from competitive skiing 35 She officially concluded her career on 7 January 2017 at the giant slalom race in Maribor at the venue where she made her World Cup debut in 1999 36 World Cup results edit 9 Season titles edit 4 titles 1 overall 1 giant slalom 1 super G 1 super combined Season Discipline 2013 Overall Super G Giant slalom Combined A Season standings edit Place points Season Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super G Downhill 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 A 2014 4 964 16 148 13 184 7 183 3 409 6 40 2015 2 1531 3 439 5 266 3 390 3 356 2 80 Race victories edit 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 Season Date Location Discipline 2003 26 October 2002 nbsp Solden Austria Giant slalom 2005 22 December 2004 nbsp St Moritz Switzerland Giant slalom 8 January 2005 nbsp Santa Caterina Italy Giant slalom 22 January 2005 nbsp Maribor Slovenia Giant slalom 2006 22 October 2005 nbsp Solden Austria Giant slalom 2008 2 February 2008 nbsp St Moritz Switzerland Downhill 2009 10 January 2009 nbsp Maribor Slovenia Giant slalom 14 March 2009 nbsp Are Sweden Giant slalom 2010 11 March 2010 nbsp Garmisch Partenkirchen Germany Giant slalom 2011 4 March 2011 nbsp Tarvisio Italy Super combined 18 March 2011 nbsp Lenzerheide Switzerland Slalom 2013 27 October 2012 nbsp Solden Austria Giant slalom 24 November 2012 nbsp Aspen USA Giant slalom 7 December 2012 nbsp St Moritz Switzerland Super combined 9 December 2012 Giant slalom 16 December 2012 nbsp Courchevel France Giant slalom 13 January 2013 nbsp St Anton Austria Super G 27 January 2013 nbsp Maribor Slovenia Slalom 24 February 2013 nbsp Meribel France Super combined 2 March 2013 nbsp Garmisch Partenkirchen Germany Downhill 10 March 2013 nbsp Ofterschwang Germany Slalom 17 March 2013 nbsp Lenzerheide Switzerland Giant slalom 2014 25 January 2014 nbsp Cortina d Ampezzo Italy Downhill 2015 15 November 2014 nbsp Levi Finland Slalom 5 December 2014 nbsp Lake Louise Canada Downhill 12 December 2014 nbsp Are Sweden Giant slalomOlympic results edit Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super G Downhill Combined 2002 18 12 2006 22 12 39 2010 26 9 2 2 18 5 2014 30 8 1 5 1 4World Championship results edit Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super G Downhill Combined 2001 17 16 22 32 2003 19 DNF1 5 2005 21 DNF2 DNF1 6 10 2007 23 DNF1 22 14 DNF2 2009 25 2 5 14 DNF2 2011 27 5 1 11 5 2 2013 29 5 2 1 7 2 2015 31 8 5 2 1 1Personal life editWhen not competing or training abroad Maze lives in Crna na Koroskem She is in a relationship with Andrea Massi who is also the head of Maze s team 37 In November 2017 they announced they are expecting a child together 38 She gave birth to a girl in February 2018 39 40 In 2012 Maze recorded a pop rock single My Way Is My Decision produced by Raay 41 During the year long break from competing Maze concluded her studies at the Faculty of Education University of Maribor obtaining an elementary school teacher degree 42 Awards editYear Category Voted by Result 2005 Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year Slovene sports journalists association Won 2010 Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year Slovene sports journalists association Won 2011 Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year Slovene sports journalists association Won 2012 Prince of Asturias Awards Sports category Nominated 2013 Sportswoman of the Year Women s Sports Foundation Nominated Serge Lang Trophy Skier of the Year International Association of Ski Journalists Won Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year Slovene sports journalists association Won World Athlete of the Year Chicago Tribune s 27th annual international sports award 2nd European Athlete of the Year European Press Agencies led by PAP women s category Won 2014 2013 AIPS European Female Athlete of the Year International Sports Press Association 2nd Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year Various World Media journalists Nominated Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year Slovene sports journalists association Won World Sportswoman of the Year Gazzetta dello Sport readership 43 Won 2015 Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year Slovene sports journalists association Won L Equipe Champion of Champions L Equipe readership 5th A Crystal globes in combined have not been officially awarded for 2013 season However athletes still get their medals References edit Tina Maze profile fis ski com Retrieved 21 October 2022 Herman Martyn 12 February 2014 Maze amazes as she wins Slovenia s first gold Reuters Rosa Khutor Russia Retrieved 12 February 2014 Slovenia Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 22 February 2015 S kiing Maze Takes G Slalom Gold I STA 17 February 2011 Archived from the original on 25 March 2012 Retrieved 17 February 2011 Tina Maze at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation Z K M R 24 February 2013 Mazejeva osvojila veliki kristalni globus in Slovenian RTV Slovenija Retrieved 24 February 2013 Sampionka kot je se ni bilo 11 zmaga sezone in 2 414 tock Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal MMC RTV Slovenija 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 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q MAZE Tina Biographie Data fis ski com Retrieved 4 March 2014 CONTENTdm PDF a b 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 Official Results 2006 page 1 PDF Tina Maze Encyclopaedia Britannica Retrieved 22 February 2015 Two Times Silver Tina Maze Arrives Home dax photo com 28 February 2010 Archived from the original on 20 March 2012 Retrieved 17 February 2011 Video Mazejeva osvojila veliki kristalni globus Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal MMC RTV Slovenija In favor of super combined crystal globe not awarded stepping back only in slalom fisalpine com 13 June 2012 Retrieved 25 February 2013 Alpine Skiing FIS SKI Archived from the original on 21 March 2013 Retrieved 17 March 2013 a b c Vsi rekordi in obrazi Tine Maze Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal MMC RTV Slovenija 1 Archived 6 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine Riescheva Tina lahko zmaga v vseh disciplinah zurnal24 Super Tina Maze do prvega zlata Planet Siol net Tina Maze svetovna podprvakinja v superkombinaciji zlato Rieschevi delo si Snow Kings Ski Site Ski Racing Skieur d Or Award Snowkings co uk Archived from the original on 19 September 2010 Retrieved 26 October 2013 Z novim trenerjem je v ekipo Tine Maze prisla tudi dobra volja delo si Fenningerjevi se zmaga v veleslalomskem sestevku Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal MMC RTV Slovenija Rtvslo si Retrieved 16 March 2014 Video Tina Maze Sloveniji prinesla prvo zlato olimpijsko medaljo Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal MMC RTV Slovenija Rtvslo si Retrieved 4 March 2014 R K 18 February 2014 Nov zlati kamencek v kroni smucarske kraljice Tine Maze in Slovenian RTV Slovenija Retrieved 18 February 2014 Biggest names in Sport celebrate Nomination for 2015 Laureus World Sports Awards laureus com Archived from the original on 22 February 2015 Retrieved 22 February 2015 McMillan Kelley 10 February 2015 Tina Maze Wins the Alpine Combined and Basks Atop the Skiing World The New York Times Retrieved 22 February 2015 Keating Steve 12 February 2015 Kjus ready to welcome Maze to five medal club Reuters Retrieved 22 February 2015 Tina vs Anna obeta se razburljiv finis sezone Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal MMC RTV Slovenija Kljub odlicnemu nastopu Tina Maze izgubila bitko za globus Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal MMC RTV Slovenija Sklepno Tinino dejanje Odgovor bomo dobili julija Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal MMC RTV Slovenija R K 7 May 2015 Tina Maze prekinila kariero a vrat povsem se ni zaprla in Slovenian RTV Slovenija Retrieved 1 February 2017 M Z 20 October 2016 Tina Maze bo v Mariboru zakljucila bogato kariero in Slovenian Delo Retrieved 1 February 2017 Mitja Lisjak 7 January 2017 Maze Zivim za trenutek in ta trenutek je moj najpomembnejsi in Slovenian RTV Slovenija Retrieved 1 February 2017 Ales Fevzer MaPa Martin Pavcnik Sportida 26 April 2015 Tina Maze in Andrea Massi v cigavih rokah je daljinec in Slovenian Siol Retrieved 7 January 2017 alp 13 November 2017 Tina Maze potrdila da je noseca in Slovenian Dnevnik Retrieved 15 February 2018 K K 8 February 2018 Tina Maze je povila deklico in Slovenian Ljubljana RTV Slovenija Retrieved 15 February 2018 Tina Maze Vsi nestrpno cakajo kdaj bo spet pokazala hcerko in Slovenian Zadovoljna si 15 July 2019 Archived from the original on 19 August 2019 Retrieved 19 August 2019 VIDEO Tina Maze predstavlja videospot za svojo prvo pesem in Slovenian Ljubljana Solden 24ur 26 October 2012 Retrieved 15 February 2018 J P 17 May 2016 Nova velika zmaga Tine Maze diploma v zepu in Slovenian Delo Retrieved 15 February 2018 Referendum Gazzetta Nibali re del mondo Maze ed Errigo le regine in Italian Gazzetta dello Sport Retrieved 31 December 2014 External links editTina Maze at FIS alpine nbsp Tina Maze at Olympics com nbsp Tina Maze at Olympedia nbsp Tina Maze at Ski DB Alpine Ski Database nbsp Tina Maze alpine racers at Stockli Skis at the Wayback Machine archived 3 December 2016 Official website in Slovene Italian and English Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tina Maze amp oldid 1219802150, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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