Marie-Thérèse Nadig biography
Marie-Thérèse Nadig, (born March 8, 1954, Tanneboden, Switzerland), Swiss Alpine skier who received shock victories over the pre-Olympic favorite, Austrian Annemarie Moser-Pröll, within the downhill and big slalom occasions on the 1972 Games in Sapporo, Japan.
At 17, Nadig had by no means received a World Cup race and was not thought of a menace to the favoured Pröll. When Nadig completed the downhill course with a time of 1 minute 36.68 seconds, virtually a 3rd of a second sooner than Pröll, the snowboarding world was surprised. Three days later, Nadig once more stunned Pröll within the big slalom occasion, ending 0.85 second forward of her rival. She was a member of the Swiss group on the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, however a bout with the flu saved her out of downhill competitors and contributed to a disappointing fifth-place end within the big slalom. Her ultimate look on the Olympics was on the 1980 Games in Lake Placid, New York, the place she was thought of the favorite to win the downhill occasion, after accumulating six downhill victories in the course of the 1980 World Cup season. Nadig was defeated within the downhill race by her longtime rival Moser-Pröll, however she did race effectively sufficient to earn a third-place Olympic bronze medal.
Considered among the finest feminine skiers of her technology, Nadig reportedly credited her gold-medal efficiency on the Sapporo Games to the inspiration of the film The Love Bug (1968), during which Herbie, a tiny Volkswagen automobile, races towards Grand Prix vehicles and wins. During the flat stretch earlier than the end line, Nadig is alleged to have imagined herself to be Herbie and sank right into a decrease and decrease crouch, giving her the lowered wind resistance that she wanted to win.
After retiring in 1981, Nadig was concerned in numerous enterprise ventures. From 1999 to 2005 she was a coach for the Swiss nationwide group.