Irene Epple

Irene Epple

Personal information
Born	18 June 1957 (1957-06-18) (age 67) Seeg, Bayern, Germany
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Alpine skiing
Club	TSV Seeg
Medal record Representing West Germany Winter Olympics 1980 Lake Placid Giant slalom World Championships 1978 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Downhill

Irene Epple-Waigel (born 18 June 1957) is a German former alpine skier. She won a total of 11 Alpine Skiing World Cup races, and two World Cups in giant slalom and combined (both in 1982). She also won an Olympics silver medal at Lake Placid in 1980 in giant slalom.

In 1992 she completed her medical studies in Munich, and in November 1994 married Theo Waigel, who was the German Finance Minister from 1989 to 1998. In 1980 she was named the German Sportswoman of the Year. She is the sister of alpine skier Maria Epple.

World Cup victories

Date	Location	Race
12 March 1980	Saalbach	Giant Slalom
3 December 1980	Val d'Isère	Giant Slalom
6 December 1981	Val d'Isère	Giant Slalom
10 December 1981	Pila	Giant Slalom
18 December 1981	Piancavallo	Combined
8 January 1982	Pfronten	Giant Slalom
14 January 1982	Pfronten	Combined
4 March 1982	Waterville Valley	Giant Slalom
9 January 1983	Verbier	Super-G
7 December 1983	Val d'Isère	Downhill
11 December 1983	Val d'Isère	Combined

Awards
Preceded by Christa Kinshofer	German Sportswoman of the Year 1980	Succeeded by Ulrike Meyfarth

External links

• Ski-DB.com – Results – Irene Epple