Andrea ELLENBERGER
SwitzerlandEvents and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alpine Skiing |
Mixed Team Parallel | 6 |
Schedule
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Highlights
Historical Results
| World Championship | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| 10 | Giant Slalom Ladies | 2019 | Are, SWE | 2:04.39 |
| World Cup Rankings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | All | Giant Slalom | Parallel |
| 2021/2022 | 62 | 26 | 12 |
| 2020/2021 | 80 | 33 | |
| 2019/2020 | 71 | 23 | |
| 2018/2019 | 88 | 32 | |
| World Cup - Best Achievements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Giant Slalom | Parallel | Parallel Giant Slalom |
| 2021/2022 | 1 x 13th | 1 x 12th | |
| 2020/2021 | 1 x 11th | 1 x 18th | |
| 2019/2020 | 1 x 12th | 1 x 24th | |
| 2018/2019 | 1 x 11th | ||
| Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Season | Location | Result |
| 12 | Parallel | 2021/2022 | Lech / Zuers, AUT | |
| 13 | Giant Slalom | 2021/2022 | Kranjska Gora, SLO | 2:18.24 |
| 19 | Giant Slalom | 2021/2022 | Kronplatz, ITA | 2:05.49 |
| 19 | Giant Slalom | 2021/2022 | Lienz, AUT | 2:05.79 |
| 24 | Giant Slalom | 2021/2022 | Soelden, AUT | 2:10.80 |
| 25 | Giant Slalom | 2021/2022 | Courchevel, FRA | 2:17.52 |
| 39 | Giant Slalom | 2021/2022 | Courchevel, FRA | |
Cooking, baking, all sports, time with family and friends. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021)
Athlete
Bachelor of Science degree in psychology. Pursuing a Master's degree. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021)
Father, Manfred. Mother, Margrith. Brother, Marco.
German
Ski Club Hergiswil
National: Alois Prenn (ITA)
2008 FIS event in Zinal (Slalom - 19th)
2012 World Cup in Courchevel (Giant slalom - DNF1)
9 December 2020: Tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her left knee during giant slalom training in Zinal, ending her 2020/21 season. Returned to racing 11 months later, finishing 12th in the parallel in Lech/Zuers. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021; archyde.com, 11 Dec 2020)
Spring 2017: During her rehabilitation from knee surgery and after six years of managing back pain, she underwent surgery to remove an intervertebral disc, at the time seemingly ending her career. Financed her own return to sport and was back racing in February 2018 and back to the World Cup in October 2018, four years after her last World Cup race. (andreaellenberger.ch)
January 2016: Tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her right knee. Continued competing with a knee brace but eventually had surgery in October 2016, missing the entire 2016/17 season. Returned to on-snow training in September 2017 and to racing in February 2018. During this time she was dropped from the Swiss ski team. (andreaellenberger.ch)
7 January 2010: Suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) at a FIS giant slalom in Zinal ending her 2009/10 season. Missed most of the 2010/11 season, returning to competition in a series of FIS races in April 2011. (andreaellenberger.ch)
2010
Began skiing when she was three years old, encouraged by her parents. Progressed quickly, joining the local Hergiswil Ski Club. As a young junior racer, she was competing at the same level as future Swiss stars Wendy Holdener and Michelle Gisin, both from the same 1993 birth year as her. But a succession of serious injuries hampered her career. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021; andreaellenberger.ch)
Utilizes occlusion training, a technique that limits blood supply to the arms or legs. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021)
Her many comebacks from injury. Finishing 10th in the giant slalom at the 2019 World Championships in Are. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021)
Alpine skier Bode Miller (USA), six-time Olympic and five-time World Championship medallist. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021)
Her family. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021)
Always puts her left ski on first. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021)
"The greatest pleasure in life is doing things that other people think you can't do." (andreaellenberger.ch)
