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{{short description|Austrian alpine skier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox alpine ski racer
| name           = Anita Wachter
| image          = Anita Wachter Semmering 1996.jpg
| caption        = Wachter in December 1996
| gender         = f
| disciplines    = [[Giant slalom]], [[Slalom skiing|slalom]], [[Alpine skiing combined|combined]], [[super-G]], [[Downhill (ski competition)|downhill]]
| club           = WSV [[Tschagguns]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1967|2|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Bartholomäberg]], [[Montafon]], [[Vorarlberg]], [[Austria]]
| death_date     = <!-- {{Death date and age|20YY|MM|DD|1967|2|12|df=yes}} -->
| death_place    = 
| height         = 1.64 m
| wcdebut        = 17 March [[1985 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1985]] (age 18)<br />(first top 15)
| retired        = March [[2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2001]] (age 34)
| website        = 
| olympicteams   = 3 – ([[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]], [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]], [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]])
| olympicmedals  = 3
| olympicgolds   = 1
| worldsteams    = 8 – [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987|(1987]]–[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2001|2001)]]
| worldsmedals   = 5
| worldsgolds    = 0
| wcseasons      = 16 – [[1986 Alpine Skiing World Cup|(1986]]–[[2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2001)]]
| wcwins         = 19 – (14 [[Giant slalom|GS]], 2 [[Super-G|SG]], 1 [[Slalom skiing|SL]], 2 [[Alpine skiing combined|K]])
| wcpodiums      = 76
| wcoveralls     = 1 – ([[1993 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1993]])
| wctitles       = 2 – (2 [[Super-G|SG]]; [[1993 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1990]], [[1994 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1994]])
| medals         = 
{{MedalSport | Women's [[alpine skiing]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUT}} }}
{{MedalCount|total=yes|type=World Cup race podiums
| Slalom       | 1 | 4 | 4
| Giant slalom | 14 | 21 | 10
| Super-G      | 2 | 5 | 7
| Combined     | 2 | 2 | 3
}}
{{MedalCount| total = yes|type=International competitions
|[[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]                  | 1 | 2 | 0
|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]]              | 0 | 2 | 3
|[[World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships|World Junior Championships]] | 2 | 1 | 0
}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Calgary]] | [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's combined|Combined]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Albertville]] | [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's combined|Combined]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Albertville]] | [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|Giant slalom]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1993|1993 Morioka]] | Giant slalom }}
{{MedalSilver | [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996|1996 Sierra Nevada]] | Combined }}
{{MedalBronze | [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991|1991 Saalbach]] | Super G }}
{{MedalBronze | [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1993|1993 Morioka]] | Combined }}
{{MedalBronze | [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999|1999 Vail]] | Giant slalom }}
{{MedalCompetition | Junior World Ski Championships }}
{{MedalGold | {{nowrap|1985 Jasná}} | Giant&nbsp;Slalom }}
{{MedalGold | {{nowrap|1985 Jasná}} | Slalom }}
{{MedalSilver | {{nowrap|1985 Jasná}} | Combined }}
| show-medals   = yes
}}
'''Anita Wachter''' (born 12 February 1967) is a former [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] [[Alpine skiing|alpine ski racer]] and [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|Olympic]] gold medalist from [[Austria]]. She focused on the technical events and specialized in [[Giant slalom skiing|giant slalom]].<ref name=FIS>{{cite web|url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=AL&listid=&competitorid=64816|title=Anita Wachter profile|website=fis-ski.com|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref>

==Biography==
Born in [[Bartholomäberg]], [[Montafon]], [[Vorarlberg]], Wachter won the World Cup overall title in [[1993 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1993]],<ref name=wwwcti>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7B8zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3zgHAAAAIBAJ&pg=5122%2C4149637 |newspaper=Bangor Daily News |location=Maine |agency=Associated Press |title=Wachter wins World Cup title |date=29 March 1993 |page=11}}</ref> and the giant slalom title twice ([[1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1990]] and [[1994 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1994]]). She was the gold medalist in the [[Alpine skiing combined|combined]] at the [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Winter Olympics]],<ref name=mdhfanewstr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2ioqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sioEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7136%2C5709363 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |agency=(Los Angeles Times) |title=Men's downhill finds a new star |date=February 22, 1988 |page=4C}}</ref> and won two silver medals in [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] (combined and giant slalom). Wachter also won five medals at the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]]; she represented Austria in three Olympics, twice also as [[List of flag bearers for Austria at the Olympics|flag bearer]] ([[1992 Winter Olympics national flag bearers|1992]] and [[1994 Winter Olympics national flag bearers|1994]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/flagbearers?country_id=AUT |title=Flagbearers for Austria |website=olympedia.org |publisher=[[OlyMADMen]] |access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref> and eight World Championships.

Wachter retired from competition after the [[2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2001]] season with 19 World Cup wins (14 Giant slalom, 2 Super G, 1 Slalom, 2 Combined), attained 76 podiums, and had 175 top ten finishes. She is living together with her longtime companion [[Rainer Salzgeber]]; they have two daughters.

==World Cup results==
===Season standings===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
! Season !! Age !! Overall !! Slalom !! Giant<br />Slalom !! Super G !! Downhill !! Combined
|-
| [[1985 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1985]] || ''18'' || 89 || — || 44 || — || — || —
|-
| [[1986 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1986]] || ''19'' || 17 || 40 || 8 || 7 || — || 15
|-
| [[1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1987]] || ''20'' || 14 || 14 || 21 || 5 || 23 || —
|-
| [[1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1988]] || ''21'' || bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 || bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 || 4 || 11 || 28 || bgcolor="silver" | 2
|-
| [[1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1989]] || ''22'' || 5 || 7 || 5 || bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 || — || —
|-
| [[1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1990]] || ''23'' || bgcolor="silver" | 2 || 5 || bgcolor="gold" | 1 || 8 || — || bgcolor="gold" | 1
|-
| [[1991 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1991]] || ''24'' || 6 || 14 || bgcolor="silver" | 2 || 11 || — || 9
|-
| [[1992 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1992]] || ''25'' || 12 || 15 || 9 || 27 || 52 || bgcolor="cc9966" | 3
|-
| [[1993 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1993]] || ''26'' || bgcolor="gold" | 1 || 4 || bgcolor="silver" | 2 || 4 || 19 || bgcolor="gold" | 1
|-
| [[1994 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1994]] || ''27'' || 4 || 9 || bgcolor="gold" | 1 || 9 || — || 7
|-
| [[1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1995]] || ''28'' || 8 || 16 || 7 || 14 || 31 || —
|-
| [[1996 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1996]] || ''29'' || bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 || 9 || bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 || 8 || 17 || 1
|-
| [[1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1997]] || ''30'' || 7 || 11 || bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 || 24 || 32 || bgcolor="cc9966" | 3
|-
| [[1998 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1998]] || ''31'' || 27 || 27 || 15 || 39 || — || 12
|-
| [[1999 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1999]] || ''32'' || 8 || 18 || bgcolor="silver" | 2 || — || — || —
|-
| [[2000 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2000]] || ''33'' || 16 || 26 || bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 || — || — || —
|-
| [[2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2001]] || ''34'' || 51 || 26 || 29 || — || — || —
|}

===Season titles===
* 1 Overall, 2 Giant slalom
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
! Season !! Discipline
|-
| [[1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1990]] || [[Giant slalom]]
|-
| [[1993 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1993]] || '''Overall'''
|-
| [[1994 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1994]] || Giant slalom
|}

===Race victories===
* 19 wins: (14 Giant slalom, 2 Super G, 1 Slalom, 2 Combined)
* 76 podiums
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
! Date
! Location
! Discipline
|-
| rowspan=1 align=center | '''[[1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1988]]''' || align=right | 30 Nov 1987 || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Courmayeur]], [[Italy]] || align=center | [[Slalom skiing|Slalom]]
|-
| rowspan=2 align=center | '''[[1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1990]]''' || align=right | 9 Aug 1989 || {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Las Leñas]], [[Argentina]] || align=center | [[Super giant slalom skiing|Super G]]
|-
| align=right | 3 Dec 1989 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vail Ski Resort|Vail]], [[United States|USA]] || align=center | [[Giant slalom skiing|Giant slalom]]
|-
| rowspan=1 align=center | '''[[1991 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1991]]''' || align=right | 10 Feb 1991 || {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Zwiesel]], [[Germany]] || align=center | Giant slalom
|-
| rowspan=2 align=center | '''[[1993 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1993]]''' || align=right | 5 Dec 1992 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steamboat Ski Resort|Steamboat Springs]], USA || align=center | Giant slalom
|-
| align=right | 17 Jan 1993 || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]], Italy || align=center | [[Alpine skiing combined|Combined]]
|-
| rowspan=3 align=center | '''[[1994 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1994]]''' || align=right | 31 Oct 1993 || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Sölden]], [[Austria]] || align=center | Giant slalom
|-
| align=right | 26 Nov 1993 || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Santa Caterina di Valfurva|Santa Caterina]], Italy || align=center | Giant slalom
|-
| align=right | 16 Jan 1994 || {{flagicon|Italy}} Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy || align=center | Giant slalom
|-
| rowspan=3 align=center | '''[[1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1995]]''' || align=right | 7 Jan 1995 || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Haus im Ennstal]], Austria || align=center | Super G
|-
| align=right | 23 Jan 1995 || {{flagicon|Italy}} Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy || align=center | Giant slalom
|-
| align=right | 18 Feb 1995 || {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Åre Ski Area|Åre]], [[Sweden]] || align=center | Giant slalom
|-
| rowspan=2 align=center | '''[[1996 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1996]]''' || align=right | 17 Dec 1995 || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Sankt Anton am Arlberg|St. Anton]], Austria || align=center | Combined
|-
| align=right | 31 Jan 1996 || {{flagicon|Italy}} Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy || align=center | Giant slalom
|-
| rowspan=4 align=center | '''[[1999 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1999]]''' || align=right | 27 Dec 1998 || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Semmering, Austria|Semmering]], Austria || align=center | Giant slalom
|-
| align=right | 2 Jan 1999 || {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Mariborsko Pohorje Ski Resort|Maribor]], [[Slovenia]] || align=center | Giant slalom
|-
| align=right | 24 Feb 1999 || {{flagicon|Sweden}} Åre, Sweden || align=center | Giant slalom
|-
| align=right | 13 Mar 1999 || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Sierra Nevada Ski Station|Sierra Nevada]], [[Spain]]  || align=center | Giant slalom
|-
| rowspan=1 align=center | '''[[2000 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2000]]''' || align=right | 28 Dec 1999 || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Lienz]], Austria || align=center | Giant slalom
|}

==World Championship results==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
! &nbsp; Year &nbsp; !! &nbsp;Age&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Giant&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! Super G !! Downhill !! Combined
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987|1987]] || ''20'' || — || — || — || — || 5
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989|1989]] || ''22'' || — || 13 || 9 || — || 5
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991|1991]] || ''24'' || 12 || 11 || style="background:#c96;" | 3 || — || —
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1993|1993]] || ''26'' || — || style="background:silver;" | 2 || 6 || — || style="background:#c96;" | 3
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996|1996]] || ''29'' || DNF1 || 4 || 16 || — || style="background:silver;" | 2
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997|1997]] || ''30'' || 22 || 4 || — || — || 10
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999|1999]] || ''32'' || 9 || style="background:#c96;" | 3 || — || — || —
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2001|2001]] || ''34'' || — || DNF1 || — || — || —
|}

== Olympic results==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
! &nbsp; Year &nbsp; !! &nbsp;Age&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Giant&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! Super G !! Downhill !! Combined
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] || ''20'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|7]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's Super-G|5]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|—]] || style="background:gold;" | [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's combined|1]]
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] || ''24'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|—]] || style="background:silver;" | [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|2]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's Super-G|9]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|—]] || style="background:silver;" | [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's combined|2]]
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] || ''26'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|4]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's Super-G|9]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's combined|—]]
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] || ''30'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's Super-G|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's combined|—]]
|}
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====Super G====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Location
|-
| align=right | 9 Aug 1989 || {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Las Leñas]] || align=center | [[Super giant slalom skiing|Super G]]
|-
| align=right | 7 Jan 1995 || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Haus im Ennstal]] || align=center | Super G
|}

====Slalom====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Location
|-
| align=right | 30 Nov 1987 || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Courmayeur]] || align=center | [[Slalom skiing|Slalom]]
|}

====Combined====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Location
|-
| align=right | 17 Jan 1993 || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]] || align=center | Combined
|-
| align=right | 17 Dec 1995 || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Sankt Anton am Arlberg|St. Anton]] || align=center | Combined
|}-->

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIS alpine skier}}
* {{Ski-DB}}
* [http://classic.mountainzone.com/ski/2000/worldcup/alpine/bios/wachter.html MountainZone.com – profile – Anita Wachter]
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031205154441/http://www.montafon.com/Anita-Wachter/ |title=Montafon.com – profile – Anita Wachter |date=mdy}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|anita-wachter}}
* {{Team Austria|anita-wachter/692}}

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| before = {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Petra Kronberger]]
| title = [[Austrian Sportspersonality of the year|Austrian Sportswoman of the year]]
| years = 1993
| after = {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Emese Hunyady]]
}}
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