Veronika Bauer

Veronika Bauer
Bauer in Parade of Champions in Calgary (2014)
Personal information
Born (1979-11-17) November 17, 1979 (age 45)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sport
SportFreestyle skiing
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Whistler Aerials
Silver medal – second place 2003 Deer Valley Aerials

Veronika Bauer (born October 17, 1979 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian freestyle skier.[1]

Bauer competes in aerials, and made her World Cup debut in August 1997 at Mount Buller in Australia. Her first World Cup podium also came at that venue, two years later. Her first career World Cup win came in 2002, when she won an event at Lake Placid.[2]

Over her career, Bauer has placed on the podium at World Cup events 18 times, with four of these being victories. Her most successful season came in 2003, as she placed 3rd overall in the World Cup standings. That season saw her claim three of her four titles, two at Mt. Buller and one in Fernie. She has made the podium twice at the World Championships. She won a gold medal at Whistler in 2001, then finished less than three points behind Alisa Camplin to earn silver in 2003.[2]

Bauer has competed in three Olympic games, 2002, 2006 and 2010.[1] In the first two she made the final, with her top finish 10th place in 2002.[3] In 2006, she finished 12th and last in the final, after qualifying in 5th place.[4] At the 2010 event she qualified third after the first qualifying jump, but a disastrous second jump cost her a place in the finals.

World Cup Podiums

[2]

Date Location Rank
September 12, 1999 Mount Buller 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
August 12, 2000 Mount Buller 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
August 13, 2000 Mount Buller 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
January 12, 2002 Mont Tremblant 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
January 18, 2002 Lake Placid 1st place, gold medalist(s)
September 7, 2002 Mount Buller 1st place, gold medalist(s)
September 8, 2002 Mount Buller 1st place, gold medalist(s)
January 26, 2003 Fernie 1st place, gold medalist(s)
February 7, 2003 Steamboat 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
September 7, 2003 Mount Buller 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
January 25, 2004 Fernie 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
February 14, 2004 Harbin 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
January 21, 2005 Fernie 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
January 28, 2005 Deer Valley 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
December 18, 2005 Changchun 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
January 14, 2006 Deer Valley 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
January 7, 2007 Mount Gabriel 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
December 19, 2008 Adventure Mountain 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ a b "Veronika Bauer Biography and Statistics". Olympics at Sportsreference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "FIS-biography". fis-ski.com. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  3. ^ "Salt Lake 2002 Official Report - Results" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-06. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  4. ^ "Torino 2006 Official Report - Freestyle Skiing" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
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