Tina Maze

She finished the season 30th in the overall standings with 268 points.

Tina Maze (born 2 May 1983) is a retired Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer.

Maze made her World Cup debut at age 15 in Slovenia in January 1999, in a giant slalom race at Maribor.

During her early World Cup seasons, Maze competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G, but scored World Cup points only in the first two disciplines.

At the 2001 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 16th place in slalom.

In January 2002, Maze won her first podium, a second place in giant slalom in Maribor.

At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the United States, Maze finished twelfth in the giant slalom in her Olympic debut at Park City, Utah.

On 26 October 2002, Maze won her first World Cup race at the season opener in Sölden, Austria.

She shared the giant slalom win with Nicole Hosp of Austria and Andrine Flemmen of Norway in the first-ever a three-way tie in a World Cup race.

Maze finished the 2003 season on the 38th place in the overall standings with 190 points, all in giant slalom.

At the 2003 World Championships, she finished 5th in giant slalom.

In the 2004 season, Maze scored one podium, a runner-up position in giant slalom, and finished 33rd in the overall standings with 244 points.

She scored her first points in super-G and started competing in downhill races.

She was awarded the title of the Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year in 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015, and with her four medals she is the most decorated Slovenian athlete at the Winter Olympics.

Maze started her career as a giant slalom specialist, but later competed in all five alpine skiing disciplines.

She is one of seven female racers who has won in all five World Cup disciplines and one of three to do so in a single season.

The 2005 season was a successful season for Maze as she won 3 giant slalom races and scored two super-G podiums, both 3rd places.

At the 2005 World Championships Maze finished sixth in super-G and 10th in the combined.

In the 2006 season, Maze won one giant slalom race and two more podiums, a third place in giant slalom and a runner-up position in super-G.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Maze competed in the giant slalom and super-G events, where she finished 12th and 39th, respectively.

The 2007 season was not as successful for her as the previous two seasons, with only 3 top 10 finishes.

At the 2007 World Championships, Maze's best result was a 14th place in super-G.

Following the declining results in the 2007 and 2008 seasons, Maze decided to break with the national ski team and founded her personal "Team to aMAZE" with her coach and partner Andrea Massi.

This move turned out to be a decisive step in Maze's career as her results began to improve significantly.

In February 2008, Maze won her first downhill in St. Moritz, Switzerland, which was the first downhill victory won by a Slovenian female skier.

It was also her first non-giant slalom victory.

She finished the 2008 season 28th overall with 287 points.

In the 2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup, Maze scored two wins, both in giant slalom, in Maribor, Slovenia, and in Åre, Sweden.

She also won three more podiums, finishing second in downhill and was third twice in super-G.

At the 2009 World Championships in Val-d'Isère, France, Maze won a silver medal in giant slalom, her first medal in a "big competition."

She finished the season 10th in the overall standings with 650 points: 366 in giant slalom, where she finished fourth.

She was also the world champion in giant slalom in 2011 and super-G in 2013.

Maze won a total of 26 World Cup races during her career, and won the World Cup overall title in 2013.

In that season, she won 11 races and tallied a record number of World Cup points – 2414, beating the previous record of Hermann Maier of 2000 points from the 2000 season.

She also won the super-G and giant slalom titles, and finished first in the combined event (although no globe was awarded) and finished second in slalom and downhill.

Maze also improved Maier's previous record of podium finishes in a single season (22) with 24 podiums.

Maze is the most successful Slovenian ski racer in history with a career that culminated with two gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Maze is the 2014 Olympic champion in downhill and giant slalom and the 2015 world champion in downhill and combined.

She finished the season 14th in the overall standings with 525 points and scored World Cup points in all disciplines for the first time.

In that race, she was only 15th after the first run but excelled in the second, "because she was angry."