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Annelise Coberger

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Annelise Coberger

Skiing champion Annelise Coberger was the first New Zealander to achieve international renown in the sport. At the height of her career she won a silver medal in the slalom event at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games. Here she is competing in the World Cup slalom, in Italy in 1993.

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Andrew Troup, Skiing – Ski racing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11872/annelise-coberger (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Andrew Troup, published 2 March 2009.