Editing Hanni Wenzel (section)

==Biography==
Born in [[West Germany]] at [[Straubing]], [[Bavaria]], Wenzel moved to Liechtenstein at an early age. After she and her younger brother [[Andreas Wenzel|Andreas]] had success in ski racing – Hanni won the gold medal in slalom and silver in the combined at the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974|1974 World Championships]] – the family was granted Liechtenstein citizenship. Winning the slalom title on 8 February 1974, she did become the youngest female Alpine Skiing World Champion in the slalom discipline (17 years, 1 month, 25 days) - ousting [[Esme Mackinnon]] who was the first female Alpine Skiing Champion in 1931; the British racer was 17 years, 2 month and 17 days young when she was victorious in the slalom race on 19 February 1931. 
At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, she won the country's first Olympic medal, a bronze in the [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|slalom]] at [[Axamer Lizum]], and also picked up another world championship medal in the [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics#World championships|combined]].

After winning the [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] overall title in [[1978 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1978]], Wenzel's best year came in [[1980 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1980]]. At the [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980 Winter Olympics]] in [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]], she won gold medals in the [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|slalom]] and [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|giant slalom]], and just missed out on a sweep by taking the silver in the [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|downhill]] at [[Whiteface Mountain]]. She also easily won the world championship gold medal in the [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics#World championships|combined]] event, its final edition as a "paper race" and her fourth world championship medal in that event. At the same Olympics, her brother also won a silver medal, placing Liechtenstein high in the medal ranking of the games.  In addition to her Olympic success, she won nine World Cup races in 1980 and captured the overall, giant slalom, and combined season titles, and brother Andreas won the men's overall for a Wenzel family sweep of the overall titles. Her daughter [[Tina Weirather]] won a bronze medal in [[Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G|Super-G]] for [[Liechtenstein at the Winter Olympics|Liechtenstein]] at the [[2018 Winter Olympics]] in [[PyeongChang]].

Wenzel was banned from the [[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984 Winter Olympics]] by the [[International Ski Federation]] (FIS) for accepting promotional payments directly, rather than through the national ski federation. [[Ingemar Stenmark]] of [[Sweden at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] was also banned; both were double gold medalists in [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]].<ref name=ssbfol>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RaQyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P-8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2860%2C3088475 |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |agency=Reuters |title=Ski stars banned from Olympics |date=26 November 1983 |page=71}}</ref><ref name=rssten>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IZZTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M4cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5732%2C3230141 |newspaper=Bend (OR) Bulletin |agency=UPI |title=Ruling slaps Stenmark |date=7 November 1983 |page=D-4}}</ref><ref name=wowotth>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xQEtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ns4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2946%2C3648076 |newspaper=Palm Beach Post |title=Winter Olympics will take place without three alpine skiers |agency=wire services |date=25 January 1984 |page=D4}}</ref>

Wenzel retired following the [[1984 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1984 season]] with two Olympic titles, four World titles, two overall World Cups, three discipline World Cups plus three combined titles, and 33 World Cup victories. (Through [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]], the Olympics were also the World Championships.)

Through the [[2018 Winter Olympics]], Liechtenstein has won a total of ten medals at the Winter Olympics, with eight won by two sets of siblings – the Wenzels earned six, while brothers [[Willi Frommelt|Willi]] and [[Paul Frommelt]] are responsible for two more.