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Tina Maze
Maze in January 2011
Personal information
Born (1983-05-02) May 2, 1983 (age 41)
Slovenj Gradec, SFR Yugoslavia
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight[undue weight? – discuss]
Sport
Country Slovenia
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G,
Giant Slalom, Slalom,
Super Combined
ClubCRN – SK Črna
World Cup debutJanuary 2, 1999 (age 15)
Websitetinamaze.com
Olympics
Teams3 – (2002–10)
Medals2 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams6 – (2001–11)
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons13th – (2001–13)
Wins13
Podiums41
Overall titles0 – (2nd in 2012)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in KB in 2011, 2012)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Slovenia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver Super-G
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver Giant Slalom
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Garmisch Giant Slalom
Silver medal – second place 2009 Val d'Isère Giant Slalom
Silver medal – second place 2011 Garmisch Combined

Tina Maze (born 2 May 1983 in Slovenj Gradec) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia.[1] She is the current world champion in giant slalom.[2]

Maze first competed in the 2001 World Championships at age 17 and in the 2002 Winter Olympics the following year. She started her career as a giant slalom specialist but later expanded and started competing in all disciplines. At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, Maze won the silver medal in the giant slalom. At the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, Maze won the silver medal in the combined and the gold medal in the giant slalom. She was the Slovenian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, where she won two silver medals in the Super-G and giant slalom.[3]

In February 2008, she won the first downhill in her career (also first Slovenian female downhill victory ever) in St. Moritz, Switzerland. She has one victory in super combined and one in slalom, both from 2011 season. In 2005, 2010 and 2011, she was awarded the title of the best Slovenian female athlete of the year.

As of November 2012, Maze has 14 World Cup victories, 10 of which were in giant slalom.

World Cup victories

Season standings

Place (points)

Season Overall SL GS SG DH Combined
2000–01 54 (109) 44 (16) 23 (93) – – –
2001–02 36 (236) 44 (12) 8 (224) – – –
2002–03 38 (190) – 13 (190) – – –
2003–04 33 (244) – 8 (234) 47 (10) – –
2004–05 10 (650) 39 (17) 4 (366) 9 (236) 31 (31) –
2005–06 14 (525) 46 (7) 7 (309) 13 (164) 37 (36) 32 (9)
2006–07 30 (268) 51 (7) 19 (81) 10 (143) – 19 (37)
2007–08 28 (287) – 30 (24) 19 (98) 18 (125) 17 (40)
2008–09 6 (852) – 3 (368) 7 (202) 6 (256) 21 (26)
2009–10 4 (943) 6 (272) 3 (372) 8 (200) 25 (67) 14 (32)
2010–11 3 (1139) 7 (295) 6 (208) 18 (83) 8 (261) 2 (212)
2011–12 2 (1402) 3 (413) 5 (367) 4 (257) 9 (210) 2 (125)

Individual races

Season Date Location Discipline
2003 26 Oct 2002 Austria Sölden, Austria Giant Slalom
2005 22 Dec 2004 Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland Giant Slalom
8 Jan 2005 Italy Santa Caterina, Italy Giant Slalom
22 Jan 2005 Slovenia Maribor, Slovenia Giant Slalom
2006 22 Oct 2005 Austria Sölden, Austria Giant Slalom
2008 2 Feb 2008 Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill
2009 10 Jan 2009 Slovenia Maribor, Slovenia Giant Slalom
14 Mar 2009 Sweden Åre, Sweden Giant Slalom
2010 11 Mar 2010 Germany Garmisch, Germany Giant Slalom
2011 4 Mar 2011 Italy Tarvisio, Italy Super Combined
18 Mar 2011 Switzerland Lenzerheide, Switzerland Slalom
2013 27 Oct 2012 Austria Sölden, Austria Giant Slalom
24 Nov 2012 United States Aspen, USA Giant Slalom

Personal life

Tina Maze
with silver medal
at 2010 Olympics

When not competing or training abroad, Maze lives in Črna na Koroškem. She is romantically involved with her current Italian coach, Andrea Massi.[4] Massi, who is 16 years older than her, comes from the border town of Gorizia and is a citizen of Italy.[5]

Music

While in primary school, in addition to skiing, Maze also played the piano.[6] During preparations for the 2013 season she recorded her first song "My Way Is My Decision".[7] She also blogged about the story on her trip into music.[8][9] The news of Maze becoming "popstar" or "rockstar" was a celebrity news in her country.[10][11][12][13] and she got some attention in foreign media too.[14][15][16]

The song "My Way Is My Decision" was produced by Raay, one of the top Slovenian producers and music written by Matjaž Jelen & Raay, lyrics by Charlie Mason & Leon Oblak.[17] It's a modern mainstream radio-friendly up-tempo song with a hint of rock. Song has become very popular at once. It was released on 26. October, the day before first race in Solden. The music video has become the most viewed new video on Youtube by a Slovenian music artist as it reached over 400,000 views in less than 3 days which is Slovenian fastest growing video in music business industry.[17]

References

Maze in
December 2010
  1. ^ Tina Maze at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  2. ^ "Skiing: Maze Takes G-Slalom Gold (I)". STA. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Two Times Silver Tina Maze Arrives Home". dax-photo.com. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Tina Maze in Andrea Massi: Zmagoslavni poljub" (in Slovene). 5 March 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. ^ "Tina Maze in Andrea Massi ramišljata o družini" (in Slovene). dax-photo.com. 29 March 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  6. ^ "About Tina Maze" (in Slovenian and English). tinamaze.com. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Text "urlhttp://www.tinamaze.com/" ignored (help)
  7. ^ "Tina Maze: My Way Is My Decision (Official Music Video)". Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  8. ^ "Tina's blog about her recording song My Way Is My Decision". Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  9. ^ "Tina's homepage". Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  10. ^ "First news about Tina's music trip" (in Slovene). 24ur.com. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  11. ^ "Premiere of Music Video for My Way Is My Decision" (in Slovene). 24ur.com. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  12. ^ "News about Tina recording song on national tv's web portal" (in Slovene). rtvslo.si. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  13. ^ "Music Video release on national's TV web-portal" (in Slovene). rtvslo.si. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  14. ^ "News about Tina's music video in Bulgaria" (in Bulgarian). ski.bg. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  15. ^ "Tina Maze is now Rockstar" (in German). blick.ch. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  16. ^ "Tina Maze will be singer news" (in German). bil.de. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  17. ^ a b "Pol milijona ogledov spota Mazejeve na YouTubu" (in Slovenian). rtvslo.si. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
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