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SKI 4 PROFILES
Name:
Sonja Nef DOB:
19/04/1972 Height:
163 cm Weight:
60 kg
2002/03: 1st, World Cup giant slalom, Bormio
2002/03: 1st, World Cup giant slalom, Altenmarkt-Zauchen
The Lowdown
Specialises in the giant slalom, and made her World Cup debut in 1993
Ranked in the World Cup top five giant slalom competitors since 1998
After undergoing her sixth knee operation in 1996 she was advised to retire. Instead she has regular injections of shark oil to lubricate her damaged ligaments
Her fiancée is a trainer on the Austrian men's team
Caught pneumonia during a World Cup race in Colorado
