Eva Twardokens
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's alpine skiing | ||
| World Championships | ||
| Bronze medal – third place | 1985 Bormio | Giant slalom |
Eva Twardokens (born April 28, 1965) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 1982.
Twardokens achieved a significant milestone early in her career, winning the bronze medal in the giant slalom at the 1985 World Championships.[1] She went on to represent the U.S. in two Winter Olympics (1992, 1994).[2] On the World Cup circuit, she had three podiums and 34 top ten finishes.[3] She retired from international competition after the 1995 season.
In 2007, Twardokens won the Masters National Weightlifting Champion in the 40-45 age group in the 63 kg (139 lb) class, with a 60 kg (132 lb) snatch and a 79 kg (174 lb) clean and jerk for a 139 kg (306 lb) total. [4]
She was inducted to the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame class of 2011 on April 14, 2012.
Her father, Jerzy Twardokens, was an Olympian who represented Poland in fencing at the 1952 Olympics. He defected to the United States in Philadelphia in 1958.[2] Later, he became a professor at the University of Nevada in Reno.[5]
In February 2019, Twardokens was seriously injured in a private plane crash near Watsonville, California.[5]
World Cup results
[edit ]Season standings
[edit ]| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 17 | 66 | — | — | — | — | 24 |
| 1984 | 18 | 77 | — | — | — | — | 30 |
| 1985 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 10 | — | — | 23 |
| 1986 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 25 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 21 | 40 | 23 | 25 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 22 | ||||||
| 1989 | 23 | 80 | 37 | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 24 | 64 | 27 | 39 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 25 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 35 | — | 19 |
| 1992 | 26 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 21 | — | — |
| 1993 | 27 | 101 | — | 40 | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 28 | 23 | 37 | 9 | 60 | — | — |
| 1995 | 29 | 38 | — | 13 | 34 | — | — |
Race podiums
[edit ]| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 26 Jan 1985 | Switzerland Arosa, Switzerland | Super-G | 2nd |
| 1991 | 10 Feb 1991 | Germany Zwiesel, Germany | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 1992 | 20 Jan 1992 | Italy Piancavallo, Italy | Giant slalom | 3rd |
World Championship results
[edit ]| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 19 | 10 | 3 | — | — | 7 |
| 1987 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 14 | — | 8 |
| 1989 | 23 | 8 | 17 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 25 | — | 5 | — | — | — |
Olympic results
[edit ]| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 26 | DNF1 | 7 | 8 | — | — |
| 1994 | 28 | DNF2 | 6 | — | — | — |
References
[edit ]- ^ International Ski Federation 1985 results
- ^ a b New York Times, February 18, 1992
- ^ "FIS-Ski.com International Ski Federation - Eva Twardokens". Archived from the original on 2007年05月09日. Retrieved 2008年11月09日.
- ^ "2007 National Masters Weightlifting Championships Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016年03月04日. Retrieved 2013年03月24日.
- ^ a b "U.S. Ski Team alumna Twardokens injured in plane crash". U.S. Ski & Snowboard. February 15, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
External links
[edit ]- Eva Twardokens at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Eva Twardokens World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Eva Twardokens at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Eva Twardokens at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
- U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame – Eva Twardokens
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