Hanni Wenzel

Hannelore "Hanni" Wenzel, born 14 December 1956 in Straubing, Bavaria, is a retired alpine ski racer who represented Liechtenstein after her family took its citizenship. She became world slalom champion in 1974 at seventeen and won Liechtenstein's first Olympic medal, a bronze, at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. At the 1980 Games in Lake Placid she won gold in slalom and giant slalom and silver in the downhill. She took World Cup overall titles in 1978 and 1980, finished with 33 World Cup victories, and was banned from the 1984 Olympics over promotional payments. She is the mother of Tina Weirather.