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Foreshadowing her future versatility, she triumphed in the downhill and super-G in Haus Im Ennstal AUT , and in the slalom in Levi FIN.

There's no question that if Hoefl-Riesch is healthy heading to Sochi, she will be considered capable of turning in another Olympic performance like she did four years ago.

Says on her website she's a big fan of Elton John and Italian musical acts Zucchero and Gianna Nannini.

She stood out at every age category, making a name for herself on the international junior circuit from 1999 onwards, winning nine medals — including five golds — at the FIS World Junior Championships, spread across every Alpine discipline.

Still, before that error, Hoefl-Riesch enjoyed a seven-race, season-opening run in which she showed off her vast skills by never finishing worse than eighth and even turned in a second-place result in a slalom at Levi, Finland.

A week later in the slalom event itself, the confident Bavarian made light of difficult conditions, keeping her head to hold off the challenge of Marlies Schild AUT to top the standings and capture her second gold.

And the four World Cup discipline titles.

I worked so hard to achieve that aim.

There also was the overall World Cup title in 2011.

During that period, she also obtained five small crystal globes one in downhill, one in combined, two in slalom and one in super-G , 27 individual victories and 81 podium berths, from 356 starts.