Background
Born and raised in Jackson, Wyoming, Stiegler is the daughter of Olympic champion Josef "Pepi" Stiegler of Austria.
Born and raised in Jackson, Wyoming, Stiegler is the daughter of Olympic champion Josef "Pepi" Stiegler of Austria.
Junior Olympic and Nor-Am success while still a teenager led to a berth on the United States. Ski Team. She made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2002 at a slalom in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, where she finished a remarkable eleventh.
She primarily races in the technical events and specializes in slalom. She began skiing at age two and racing at six at Jackson Hole. Through March 2016, Stiegler has 21 World Cup top-ten finishes, with one podium.
She finished sixth in combined at the 2005 World Championships in Santa Caterina, Italy.
Stiegler made her Olympic debut at the 2006 Torino games at age 20, placing eleventh in the combined and twelfth in the slalom. Stiegler"s trademark is the tiger ears she usually wears atop her helmet.
After a series of injuries, Stiegler made her first World Cup podium in March 2012, a runner-up finish at a slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. lieutenant was her first top ten finish in over four years.
In a November, 2012 interview, Stiegler had recovered on schedule and was set to compete in the 2012–2013 season as planned.
Season standings Top tens 1 podium – (1 SL) 21 top tens – (1 GS, 16 SL, 1 Personal, 3 South Carolina).
At the 2003 Junior World Championships in France, she won bronze medals in slalom and combined, to which she added a tenth-place finish in combined at the "grown-up" World Championships that year in Saint Moritz, Switzerland. She won a well-publicized battle with the International Olympic Committee, allowing her to compete with the ears at the Torino Olympics.
