Andrea Fischbacher was an Austrian alpine skier who specialised in speed disciplines. She finished 13th in the super G event at the 2006 Torino Olympics. Four years later at Vancouver she won the gold medal in the super G and placed an unfortunate fourth in the downhill. In 2009, Fischbacher won the bronze medal in the super G at the World Championships, having won the Youth World Championships in the same event in 2004 and 2005.
In total, Fischbacher won five World Cup races, two of them with the Austrian team. In 2009 and 2010, she was awarded the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria. Also in 2010, she was elected Sportswoman of the Year in Austria. She was a great cousin of her teammates Hermann and Alexander Maier.
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