Italy’s Federica Brignone Wins 30th Career FIS Alpine World Cup at St. Anton, Austria, While Lindsey Vonn Claims an Amazing 6th Place in Her 1st Comeback Downhill Race On a spectacular bluebird day in St. Anton, Austria, the world’s best female speed skiers battled it out on the Karl Schranz Downhill course. Victory went to Italy’s Federica Brignone, while second place went to rookie Malorie Blanc on her Downhill World Cup debut. The 21-year-old Swiss skier in bib 46 bumped down Czechia’s Ester Ledecka, who put down a […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 11, 2025 0 Comments
[VIDEO] FIS Profile: Ester Ledecká — First Person to Compete & Win in 2 Disciplines at a Winter Olympics Relive the historic moment Czech skier and snowboarder Ester Ledecká became the first person in history to not only compete but also win across two entirely different pieces of winter equipment at the Pyeongchang Winter Games in 2018. This FIS special focusses on Ester Ledecká who grew up adoring snowboarding and skiing. She initially started competing in Snowboarding, having […] Julia Schneemann | March 29, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] What Can’t She Do: Olympic Gold Medallist Showcases Incredible Waterskiing Skills Czech snowsports multi-talent Ester Ledecká showed off her waterskiing skills on social media. The 28-year-old is an incredible all rounder, who in 2018 became the first person in the world to win an Olympic Gold medal in both Alpine Skiing as well as Snowboarding. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Korea, Ledecká won Gold in the Super-G in Alpine skiing […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | September 6, 2023 0 Comments
Snowboarder Wins Gold in Women’s Skiing Super-G on Skis Borrowed from Mikaela Shiffrin Snowboarder Ester Ledecka came to the PyeongChang Games planning to make history as the first person to compete at the Olympics in both skiing and snowboarding. Instead, she shocked the world, and herself, with an astonishing upset victory in the women’s super-G. “I thought they were going to put a couple more seconds on my time,” Ledecka later said, laughing and […] Industry News Steven Agar | February 20, 2018 3 Comments