Jessica HILZINGER

Germany

Alpine Skiing

Date of Birth: 26 May 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Place of birth: GRABS

Birth Country:

Switzerland

Residence: OBERSTDORF

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Alpine Skiing	Women's Alpine Skiing

Schedule

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Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
22	Slalom Ladies	2017	St. Moritz, SUI	1:41.65

World Cup Rankings
Season	All	Slalom	Alpine Combined
2021/2022	88	32
2020/2021	93	39
2019/2020	86	39	29
2018/2019	102	46
2017/2018	104	44
2015/2016	118	54

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Slalom	Alpine combined	Parallel	Parallel Slalom
2021/2022	1 x 21st
2020/2021	1 x 18th		1 x 46th
2019/2020	1 x 21st	1 x 18th		1 x 30th
2018/2019	1 x 23rd			1 x 19th
2017/2018				1 x 13th
2015/2016	1 x 25th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
21	Slalom	2021/2022	Zagreb, CRO	2:02.52
22	Slalom	2021/2022	Levi, FIN	1:48.46
25	Slalom	2021/2022	Levi, FIN	1:49.57

Nickname:

Jess. (dsv-jahrbuch.de)

Hobbies:

Windsurfing, hiking, travel. (dsv-jahrbuch.de)

Occupation:

Athlete, customs officer

Education:

Attended a sports school in Liechtenstein and later in Dornbirn (AUT). In 2015 she began living at a ski boarding school in Oberstdorf (GER), later graduating from high school. (dsv-jahrbuch.de)

Family:

Father, Guenther. Brother, Alexander. (dsv-jahrbuch.de)

Languages spoken:

German, English

Club name:

SC Oberstdorf

Sporting relatives:

Father Guenther Hilzinger (Alpine skiing): Was a ski instructor and coach. (dsv-jahrbuch.de)

Debut:

2013 FIS event in Zinal (Slalom - 14th)
2015 World Cup in Aspen (Slalom - 25th)

Injuries:

January 2018: Fractured her right tibial plateau on the eve of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games while training for the Junior World Championships. She missed about six weeks of competition and was back in mid-March 2018. (dsv-jahrbuch.de)

December 2015: Suffered a ligament tear in her right knee ending her 2015/16 season.

February 2014: Damaged the meniscus in her left knee and bruised the fibula head on her right leg, ending her 2013/14 season. Returned to racing in November 2014.

Start:

Her father Guenter was a coach and ski instructor and taught her and her brother Alexander to ski. She was already following her older brother on skis when she was just one-and-a-half years old. (dsv-jahrbuch.de)

General Interest

CHANGE OF NATION
Born in Switzerland to a German father, the family lived in Liechtenstein. In June 2015 the International Ski Federation approved her change of nation from Liechtenstein to Germany.

Milestones

Finished 22nd in slalom at the 2017 World Championships in St. Moritz.

At the 2017 Junior World Championships in Are, she finished 10th in slalom.

Scored World Cup points in her first race, finishing 25th in slalom at Aspen in November 2015, before going out with an injury later in the season. Her career best is an 18th in slalom at Jasna in March 2021 and an 18th in Alpine combined at Altenmarkt in January 2020.

Has six Europa Cup victories in slalom and giant slalom. Won the 2020 Europa Cup slalom title and was third overall in 2020 and 2021.

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/jess.hilzinger/
Athlete Website: https://jessicahilzinger.com/

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