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Erika Hess

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Erika Hess (born 6 March 1962) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. One of the best female racers of the 1980s, Hess had 31 World Cup wins (22 in slalom), four slalom titles (1981–83 and 1985), and two overall titles (1982, 1984). She also won six World Championship gold medals between 1982 and 1987, and took bronze in the slalom at the 1980 Winter Olympics at age 17. Hess missed another medal in 1985, when she led after the first run of the slalom at the "Stelvio" course at Bormio, but failed to finish the second leg. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erika Hess is the 140th most popular skier (down from 133rd in 2019), the 608th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 613th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Swiss Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Erika Hess ranks 140 out of 817. Before her are Assar Rönnlund, Jure Franko, Georg Thoma, Niilo Halonen, Tora Berger, and Toni Nieminen. After her are Miran Tepeš, Ossi Reichert, Edy Reinalter, Annie Famose, Rauno Miettinen, and Blanca Fernández Ochoa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Erika Hess ranks 360. Before her are Rita Sargsyan, Jure Franko, Amina Annabi, Erika Salumäe, Amy Chua, and Choi Soon-ho. After her are Lee Arenberg, Danny Faure, Stephen Keshi, Garth Brooks, Néstor Clausen, and Timo Soini.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Erika Hess ranks 608 out of 1,015. Before her are Denise Biellmann (1962), Klaus Tschütscher (1967), Diogo Costa (1999), Albert Scherrer (1908), Denis Oswald (1947), and René-Pierre Quentin (1943). After her are Urs Bühler (1971), Marco Giampaolo (1967), Oswald Zappelli (1913), Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (1939), Alain Geiger (1960), and Georges Stuber (1925).

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Among SKIERS In Switzerland

Among skiers born in Switzerland, Erika Hess ranks 13. Before her are Marie-Theres Nadig (1954), Walter Steiner (1951), Hedy Schlunegger (1923), Simon Ammann (1981), Heini Hemmi (1949), and Antoinette Meyer (1920). After her are Edy Reinalter (1920), Didier Cuche (1974), Michela Figini (1966), Edmund Bruggmann (1943), Lara Gut-Behrami (1991), and Maria Walliser (1963).

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