Emma Aicher (born 13 November 2003) is a Swedish-born German World Cup alpine ski racer[2] who also holds Swedish citizenship.[3] In the alpine World Cup, she competes in all disciplines.
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| Born | 13 November 2003 Sundsvall, Sweden[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disciplines | Slalom, Super-G, Downhill, Giant slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Mahlstetten | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 13 November 2021 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 1 – (2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 3 – (2021–2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 4 – (2022–2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 1 - (1 DH) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 2 – (2 DH) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (40th in 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (23rd in SL, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aicher's achievements include an Olympic silver medal and a bronze medal in the World Championships, both in team events. Her first Wold Cup podium came in a downhill in February 2025. One day later, she won her first race, also a downhill.
Career
editA daughter of a Swedish mother and a German father,[4] Aicher grew up in Sundsvall where she started skiing and joined the local ski club. Later, she moved with her parents to Engelberg (Switzerland) and then back to Sundsvall.[5]
In March 2019 she won the U16 Slalom of the FIS Children Cup, representing Sweden.[5] Later that year, she took part in her first FIS races. In 2020, she joined the German Ski Association, for the reason of "better training opportunities in the Alps".[3] Making her debut in the Europa Cup in December 2020, she took her first podium in slalom in January 2021.[6]
Three weeks later, Aicher represented Germany at the World Championships, where she won bronze medal in the team event. That November on her eighteenth birthday, she made her World Cup debut in a parallel giant slalom at Lech/Zürs, Austria.
Having never been placed among the top 30 of a Wold Cup downhill race of the ongoing season, she finished 6th at the 2025 World Championships in February 2025. Three weeks later at the downhill races in Kvitfjell, she won her first podium and her first victory.[7][8]
World Cup results
editSeason standings
edit| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Parallel |
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| 2022 | 18 | 71 | 28 | — | — | — | 19 |
| 2023 | 19 | 40 | 23 | — | 28 | 29 | — |
| 2024 | 20 | 48 | 35 | 39 | 28 | 27 | |
| 2025 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 38 | 19 | 9 |
- Standings through 1 March 2025
Race podiums
edit| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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| 2025 | 28 Feb 2025 |  Kvitfjell, Norway |
Downhill | 2nd |
| 1 Mar 2025 | Downhill | 1st |
World Championship results
edit| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team Combined |
Parallel | Team event |
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| 2021 | 17 | DNF2 | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 3 |
| 2023 | 19 | 21 | 31 | — | DNF | 8 | — | — | |
| 2025 | 21 | DNF1 | 23 | 6 | 6 | — | 17 | — | — |
Olympic results
edit| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team event |
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| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 21 | — | — | — | 2 |
References
edit- ^ "Emma AICHER". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Emma AICHER". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ a b SVT Nyheter (6 February 2021). "Alpina talangen från Sundsvall tävlar för Tyskland och gör succé i Europacupen". Sveriges Television (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ Kein Weltcup-Rennen, aber WM-Bronze: Ski-Küken Aicher überrascht, dpa report via kicker.de (in German). 17 February 2021,. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ a b Luana Bösch (2005) gewinnt sensationell den FIS Children Cup 2019 im Riesenslalom. Emma Aicher (2003) gewinnt Gold im Slalom. Archived 5 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine Skiclub Engelberg (in German). 17 March 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ Zell am See (AUT) European Cup – Women's Slalom January 25, 2021 FIS website. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ ZK Goh: Emma Aicher follows Friday podium with first World Cup win in Kvitfjell downhill; Lindsey Vonn 16th. olympics.com, 1 March 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- '^ It is unbelievable': Aicher wins Kvitfjell Downhill for first World Cup victory. fis-ski.com, 1 March 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
External links
edit- Emma Aicher at FIS (alpine)
- Emma Aicher at Olympedia
- Emma Aicher at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Meet Germany's next golden girl Emma Aicher exclusive: I do it my way, olympics.com
