The life of a top athlete.

2017-06-11

Maria Höfl-Riesch, Top athlete, Olympic champion, Entrepreneur

Maria Höfl-Riesch is a former German World Cup alpine ski racer. She is a three-time Olympic champion, two-time world champion, and an overall World Cup champion.

Born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Höfl-Riesch was a prodigious talent as a junior and won seven medals in all of the disciplines at four Junior World Championships. Höfl-Riesch made her World Cup debut in February 2001.

After bringing her career in sports to an end, Maria now works as a reputed expert on TV. She has successfully developed her own fitness programs and online portals, designing fitness and fashion collections and working as a popular brand ambassador for renowned companies. At the beginning of 2017, she published her book “Maria macht dich fit”.

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