The resignation wave in ski alpine does not end. Another ski racer ends her career with the South Tyrolean Petra Unterholzner.
Slalom runner Petra Unterholzner stops at the age of just 25. The Italian announced this with a video on Instagram.
“Peti is out,” she wrote about the clip, which shows several shots from her career. “Words cannot describe how grateful I am for these moments and for these memories,” it said.
Unterholzner was long in Italy as a youngster. But she never made it into the World Cup. Instead, she started in the second -class European Cup.
She celebrated the greatest success of her career at the Italian championships in 2022, when she won gold in the slalom completely surprisingly and left the World Cuper -experienced superstars behind.
Numerous ski alpinass resigns
With Vivien Insam, Manuel Ploner and Vera Tschurtschenthaler, three Italian ski alpine breed have already announced their end of their career.
During her career, Insam had to deal with numerous serious injuries such as cruciate ligament tears, meniscus damage, kneecap bractions and bone marrow injuries. Last season she was also thrown back by Pfeiffersche’s glandular fever.
Her best result was included in Switzerland: At the European Cup slalom in Gstaad, she became fifth in January 2021. She took part in World Cup races nine times.
Ploner’s decision also has a health background. “I thought a lot and finally understood that it was time to listen to my body and put my health in the first place,” he said on Instagram.
Tschurtschenthaler has often not belonged to the national team over the years and therefore had to organize themselves. “This is not only financially, but above all mentally a huge challenge,” she emphasized “Sportnews.bz.”