Marina Kiehl

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Olympic medal record
Women's Alpine skiing
Gold 1988 Calgary Downhill

Marina Kiehl (born January 12, 1965 in Munich, Bavaria) is a German former Alpine skier.

Competing for West Germany, she won her first World Cup victory in a Super-G competition in the 1983/1984 season. In 1985 and 1986 Kiehl won the discipline World cups in Giant slalom and Super-G. The major highlight in Kiehl's career came at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, when she won a gold medal in the downhill ahead of Brigitte Oertli and Karen Percy.

Kiehl retired as alpine skier after the Olympics in Calgary only 23 years old.

[edit] World Cup victories

Date Location Race
March 4, 1984 Flag of Canada Mont Sainte-Anne Super-G
December 15, 1984 Flag of Italy Madonna di Campiglio Giant Slalom
January 26, 1985 Flag of Switzerland Arosa Super-G
March 10, 1985 Flag of Canada Banff Super-G
December 7, 1985 Flag of Italy Sestriere Super-G
March 16, 1986 Flag of the United States Vail Super-G
March 15, 1987 Flag of the United States Vail Super-G