FORERUNNER
INDUSTRY REPORT
Vonn Tops World Cup Loot List BY HANK MCKEE
The women outpowered the men in dollar power on the World Cup this season
— at least at the top of the prize money list. Lindsey Vonn pocketed $459,847
for her 11-win, four-title World Cup season. Second-ranked was Maria Riesch with
$332,617.
Didier Cuche led the men’s list with $312,681 and World Cup champion Carlo Janka
collected $285,436 for his season.
Ted Ligety won $127,136, Bode Miller $59,319 and Julia Mancuso $25,679. The
top Canadian was Erik Guay who got virtually all of his $88,360 prize money in the
last three weeks of racing,
The list (in dollars and converted from Swiss francs on March 24) is at right.
Audi FIS Ski World Cup Prize Money, Season 2009/2010
Ladies
1. Lindsey Vonn (USA) $459,847
2. Maria Riesch (GER) 332,617
3. Kathrin Zettel (AUT) 254,179
4. Anja Paerson (SWE) 181,763
5. Sandrine Aubert (FRA) 139.135
6. Marlies Schild (AUT) 137,034
7. Tina Maze (SLO) 136,334
8. Kathrin Hoelzl (GER) 113,059
9. Tanja Poutiainen (FIN) 102,717
10. Fabienne Suter (SUI) 85,792
11. Elisabeth Goergl (AUT) 80,306
12. Ingrid Jacquemod (FRA) 69,101
13. Nadia Styger (SUI) 62,447
14. Susanne Riesch (GER) 57,755
15. Sarka Zahrobska (CZE) 56,821
16. Nadia Kamer (SUI) 52,292
17. Viktoria Rebensburg (GER) 48,277
18. Dominique Gisin (SUI) 47,390
19. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (SWE) 46,456
20. Michaela Kirchgasser (AUT) 45,522
21. Andrea Fischbacher (AUT) 44,822
22. Fraenzi Aufdenblatten (SUI) 38,752
23. Emily Brydon (CAN) 37,352
24. Manuela Moelgg (ITA) 36,371
25. Tessa Worley (FRA) 32,683
26. Federica Brignone (ITA) 32,683
27. Marie Marchand-Arvier (FRA) 30,582
28. Johanna Schnarf (ITA) 29,415
29. Nadia Fanchini (ITA) 26,613
30. Julia Mancuso (USA) 25,679
Men
1. Didier Cuche (SUI) CHF 312,681
2. Carlo Janka (SUI) 285,436
3. Benjamin Raich (AUT) 193,085
4. Ivica Kostelic (CRO) 172,168
5. Reinfried Herbst (AUT) 163,717
6. Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 161,173
7. Julien Lizeroux (FRA) 145,263
8. Aksel-Lund Svindal (NOR) 135,190
9. Felix Neureuther (GER) 133,066
10. Ted Ligety (USA) 127,136
11. Michael Walchhofer (AUT) 124,195
12. Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI) 107,947
13. Giuliano Razzoli (ITA) 96,171
14. Erik Guay (CAN) 88,360
15. Mario Scheiber (AUT) 84,228
16. Manuel Osborne-Paradis (CAN) 81,847
17. Manfred Moelgg (ITA) 81,474
18. Massimiliano Blardone (ITA) 78,765
19. Werner Heel (ITA) 75,999
20. Didier Defago (SUI) 70,128
21. Bode Miller (USA) CHF 59,319
22. Davide Simoncelli (ITA) 55,514
23. Andrej Sporn (SLO) 53,810
24. Manfred Pranger (AUT) 53,553
25. Kjetil Jansrud (NOR) 53,296
26. Andrej Jerman (SLO) 49,444
27. Hannes Reichelt (AUT) 37,352
28. Andre Myhrer (SWE) 34,013
29. Romed Baumann (AUT) 31,737
30. Marco Buechel (LIE) 33’187.
NBC PHOTO/MI TCHELL HAASE TH; GEPA
When U.S. Ski Team members discovered in late February that close friend and former ski technician Pam
Warman was diagnosed with breast cancer and needed
expensive medical treatment, they jumped to action.
Jake Zamansky quickly began to collect items to auction off and organize a fundraiser event. Bode Miller
joined the effort by donating a helmet he wore at the
Games — that alone pulled in $8,100 in an eBay auction.
“Bode has always been an extremely generous guy,”
said Warman, originally from Portillo, Chile. “I remember him buying U.S. Ski Team jackets for the Development Team a while ago. No one knew where they came
from. Bode didn’t want the credit, he just wanted to
help out.”
The fundraiser that Zamansky helped organize is
scheduled for April 13th at Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort. The
event will feature live music, dual GS racing and an auc-
U.S. Ski Team members pitch in for former technician
BY ERIC WILLIAMS
tion of U.S. Ski Team memorabilia and other prizes.
“Pam is such a friend to so many members of our
team,” said Zamansky. “It was really easy for us to get
moving on this. We are putting together what we can,
but Bode’s helmet was such a big item, we wanted to get
that up right away. There will be more items that we’ll
auction down the line.”
During her career with the U.S. Ski Team, Warman
worked with current World Cup racer Steven Nyman.
The two maintain a close friendship.
“Pam was an incredible tech,” said Nyman. “Not only
were we her kids, the skis were also her children. She
was meticulous with their preparation. It was nice to
have a female’s presence on the ski tour. She was awe-
some because there wasn’t another woman tech on the
tour so all the boys would wonder what she was doing.
She had trouble fitting in at first with all the Euros. But
she made super-fast skis so that silenced them.”
