Zali Steggall - Citizendia

Women's Alpine ski
Olympic medal record
Bronze	Nagano 1998	Slalom
World Championships
Gold	1999 Vail	Slalom

Zali Steggall (born April 14, 1974 in Sydney) was Australia's most internationally successful alpine skier, winning a bronze medal in slalom at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, and a World Championship gold medal in 1999. Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is a recreational activity and Sport involving sliding down Snow -covered hills with long Skis attached The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1998 The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999 were held in Vail and Beaver Creek, Colorado, U Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is a recreational activity and Sport involving sliding down Snow -covered hills with long Skis attached The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1998

Steggall's long Olympic career extended from Albertville in 1992 to Salt Lake City in 2002. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Later in her career Steggall was unable to fully adapt to the new slalom skis.

Zali was educated in Sydney at the Queenwood School for Girls. Queenwood School for Girls is an independent, Non-denominational, Christian Day school, located in the suburb of Mosman, on the She and her family lived in France from 1978 until 1988, and she started ski racing while living there. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Her other sporting interests included figure skating and windsurfing. Figure skating is an athletic Sport in which individuals pairs or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging Windsurfing is a surface water sport using a windsurf board also commonly called a sailboard usually two to five meters long and powered by a single sail Steggall retired in 2002 after the Olympics, becoming a mother in 2003. She now lives in Sydney and spends time on the motivational speaking circuit. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4

External links

Biography

Alpine Beach: a family adventure, Susan Steggall, ISBN 0-957-73560-X

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