Irene Epple

Irene Epple

Personal information
Born	(1957-06-18) 18 June 1957 Seeg, Bavaria, West Germany
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Alpine skiing
Club	TSV Seeg
Medal record Representing West Germany Winter Olympics 1980 Lake Placid Giant slalom World Championships 1978 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Downhill

Irene Epple-Waigel (German pronunciation: [ˌiˈʁeːnə ˈɛplə ˈvaɪ̯ɡl̩] ; born 18 June 1957) is a German former alpine skier. She won a total of 11 Alpine Skiing World Cup races and two World Cups, in giant slalom and combined (both in 1982). She also won a silver medal at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in giant slalom. In the 1978 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships at Garmisch-Partenkirchen she won the silver medal in the downhill. On 9 January 1983 she won the first women's World Cup Super-G race, held in Verbier.

In 1992 she completed her medical studies in Munich, and in November 1994 married Theo Waigel, who was the German Finance Minister from 1989 to 1998. In 1980 she was named the German Sportswoman of the Year. She is the sister of alpine skier Maria Epple.

World Cup victories

Date	Location	Race
12 March 1980	Saalbach	Giant slalom
3 December 1980	Val d'Isère	Giant slalom
6 December 1981	Val d'Isère	Giant slalom
10 December 1981	Pila	Giant slalom
18 December 1981	Piancavallo	Combined
8 January 1982	Pfronten	Giant slalom
14 January 1982	Pfronten	Combined
4 March 1982	Waterville Valley	Giant slalom
9 January 1983	Verbier	Super-G
7 December 1983	Val d'Isère	Downhill
11 December 1983	Val d'Isère	Combined

References

• Issig, Peter (3 March 2002). "Nur kochen muss der Theo nicht". Welt Online (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2010.
• "Athlete information: Irene Epple". International Ski Federation. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2010.

External links

• Irene Epple at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database