{"id":2458780,"date":"2020-05-23T19:20:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T01:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/olympic-ski-champion-anna-veith-retires\/"},"modified":"2020-05-23T19:20:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T01:20:01","slug":"austrian-great-and-olympic-ski-racing-champion-anna-veith-retires-at-age-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/austrian-great-and-olympic-ski-racing-champion-anna-veith-retires-at-age-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Austrian great and Olympic ski racing champion Anna Veith retires at age 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.8793103448276\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-326262-552\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled gallery-container\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Veith_Retires_Skiing_93126-5c8b2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Veith_Retires_Skiing_93126-5c8b2-1024x677.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Marco Tacca | AP file photo | AP | Austria's Anna Veith, who twice returned to the top from serious knee injuries but called it a career a year after blowing out her knee for the third time, announced her retirement Saturday.\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Austria&#8217;s Anna Veith, who twice returned to the top from serious knee injuries but called it a career a year after blowing out her knee for the third time, announced her retirement Saturday.<\/strong><br \/>Marco Tacca | AP file photo | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Veith_Retires_Skiing_93126-5c8b2-1024x677.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Austria's Anna Veith, who twice returned to the top from serious knee injuries but called it a career a year after blowing out her knee for the third time, announced her retirement Saturday.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Veith_Retires_Skiing_93126-5c8b2-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Veith_Retires_Skiing_93126-5c8b2-2-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | The Canadian Press | FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, Anna Veith, of Austria, skis down the course during a training run for the women's World Cup downhill ski race in Lake Louise, Alberta. Veith, who twice returned to the top from serious knee injuries but called it a career a year after blowing out her knee for the third time, announced her retirement Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Frank Gunn\/The Canadian Press via AP, File)\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"21\">\n<p><strong>FILE &#8211; In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, Anna Veith, of Austria, skis down the course during a training run for the women&#8217;s World Cup downhill ski race in Lake Louise, Alberta. Veith, who twice returned to the top from serious knee injuries but called it a career a year after blowing out her knee for the third time, announced her retirement Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Frank Gunn\/The Canadian Press via AP, File)<\/strong><br \/>AP | The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Veith_Retires_Skiing_93126-5c8b2-2-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, Anna Veith, of Austria, skis down the course during a training run for the women's World Cup downhill ski race in Lake Louise, Alberta. Veith, who twice returned to the top from serious knee injuries but called it a career a year after blowing out her knee for the third time, announced her retirement Saturday, May 23, 2020. (Frank Gunn\/The Canadian Press via AP, File)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Veith_Retires_Skiing_93126-5c8b2-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Veith_Retires_Skiing_93126-5c8b2-3-1024x664.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2018, file photo Austria's Anna&nbsp;Veith reacts in the finish area after competing in the women's super-G at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Jeongseon, South Korea. Veith, who twice returned to the top from serious knee injuries but called it a career a year after blowing out her knee for the third time, announced her retirement Saturday, May 23, 2020. (AP Photo\/Christophe Ena, File)\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"3.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"18\">\n<p><strong>FILE &#8211; In this Feb. 17, 2018, file photo Austria&#8217;s Anna&nbsp;Veith reacts in the finish area after competing in the women&#8217;s super-G at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Jeongseon, South Korea. Veith, who twice returned to the top from serious knee injuries but called it a career a year after blowing out her knee for the third time, announced her retirement Saturday, May 23, 2020. (AP Photo\/Christophe Ena, File)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Veith_Retires_Skiing_93126-5c8b2-3-1024x664.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2018, file photo Austria's Anna&nbsp;Veith reacts in the finish area after competing in the women's super-G at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Jeongseon, South Korea. Veith, who twice returned to the top from serious knee injuries but called it a career a year after blowing out her knee for the third time, announced her retirement Saturday, May 23, 2020. (AP Photo\/Christophe Ena, File)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Veith_Retires_Skiing_93126-5c8b2-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Veith_Retires_Skiing_93126-5c8b2-5-1024x610.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2017, file photo, Austria's Anna Veith celebrates her third place finish in the in the women's World Cup super-G ski race in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Veith, who twice returned to the top from serious knee injuries but called it a career a year after blowing out her knee for the third time, announced her retirement Saturday, May 23, 2020.(AP Photo\/Alessandro Trovati, File)\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"4\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"19\">\n<p><strong>FILE &#8211; In this Jan. 29, 2017, file photo, Austria&#8217;s Anna Veith celebrates her third place finish in the in the women&#8217;s World Cup super-G ski race in Cortina d&#8217;Ampezzo, Italy. Veith, who twice returned to the top from serious knee injuries but called it a career a year after blowing out her knee for the third time, announced her retirement Saturday, May 23, 2020.(AP Photo\/Alessandro Trovati, File)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Veith_Retires_Skiing_93126-5c8b2-5-1024x610.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2017, file photo, Austria's Anna Veith celebrates her third place finish in the in the women's World Cup super-G ski race in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Veith, who twice returned to the top from serious knee injuries but called it a career a year after blowing out her knee for the third time, announced her retirement Saturday, May 23, 2020.(AP Photo\/Alessandro Trovati, File)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/olympic-ski-champion-anna-veith-retires\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/olympic-ski-champion-anna-veith-retires\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">VIENNA \u2014 Olympic ski champion Anna Veith has twice returned to the top from serious knee injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A year after blowing out her knee for the third time, the 2014 super-G gold medalist from Austria is leaving the sport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Veith announced her retirement live on Austrian TV on Saturday, ending a career marred by injuries since she won her second overall World Cup title in 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt was not a difficult decision. For me it feels 100% right,\u201d said Veith, who turns 31 in June.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Veith\u2019s announcement in a prime-time TV show resembled the way Marcel Hirscher said farewell to ski racing almost nine months ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Veith was the last active overall World Cup champion from Austria since Hirscher\u2019s retirement. The record eight-time men\u2019s overall champion grew up in the same region as Veith in the Salzburg province, and the two spent time at school together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Veith won 15 World Cup races from 2011 to 2017, and collected eight medals from major events, including four golds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Her most recent medal was silver in super-G at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, where she was famously beaten to the title by Ester Ledecka, the Czech athlete who later also won gold in snowboarding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt was the most emotional day of my career,\u201d Veith said. \u201cIt was important during my recovery from injury that I could dream of something. That gave me motivation for training. In Korea I felt I achieved that dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">She competed under her maiden name, Fenninger, until she married former snowboarder Manuel Veith four years ago and was at the peak of her career in 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">After winning the Olympic super-G in 2014 (\u201cI had dreamed of that since I was 5 years old\u201d), Veith claimed the sport\u2019s biggest prize, the overall World Cup, for a second straight year and left the world championships in Vail and Beaver Creek with two golds and a silver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In the offseason, Veith fought out a bitter dispute with the Austrian ski federation about her then manager, and about her wish to have one of the team physicians working exclusively for her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Veith even threatened to leave the federation and she provokingly appeared in an advertising campaign for Mercedes, a rival brand of the federation\u2019s car sponsor, Audi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">But Veith broke with her manager and was back on speaking terms with the federation before the start of the new season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">However, she badly damaged her right knee in a training crash in Soelden, Austria, three days before the opening race in October 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Veith returned to the slopes in December 2016, only to cut her season short two months later with left knee problems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">She successfully worked her way back to the circuit again, triumphing for the final time in a World Cup in December 2017 and winning her third Olympic medal two months later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Veith staged another comeback after tearing the ACL in her right knee again in January 2019, but she managed just two top-10 results from 11 starts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe body told me how much training was possible. I missed a lot of training days,\u201d she said. \u201cI still liked to race but the real motivation was lacking after Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Austrian broadcaster ORF showed tributes from several competitors, including former overall champions Maria Hoefl-Riesch (\u201cCongratulations, you have achieved everything\u201d), Tina Maze (\u201cWe had the best competition in the World Cup\u201d) and Lara Gut (\u201cAustria can be proud of you, as an athlete and as a human being\u201d).<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Hirscher also praised Veith in a video message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI have closely followed your career from the very start,\u201d Hirscher said. \u201cYou were a role model.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/olympic-ski-champion-anna-veith-retires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austria&#8217;s Anna Veith, who twice returned to the top from serious knee injuries but called it a career a year after blowing out her knee for the third time, announced her retirement Saturday.Marco Tacca | AP file photo | AP FILE &#8211; In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, Anna Veith, of Austria, skis down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2458780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-17 08:55:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}