Source: Keystone
Klaus Mayrhofer is the new trainer of Wendy Holdener (26). The Austrian is thus the successor of Werner Zurbuchen, who will look after the junior C team in the future.
The 47-year-old Mayrhofer has been responsible for the giant slalom and combi group of the ÖSV women’s team for the past three seasons as a World Cup coach. From 2012 until her resignation in 2017, he had coached the Czech Sarka Strachova (formerly Zahrobska). «We checked different options and chose it with Swiss-Ski. Klaus is a great guy. I have a very good gut feeling, ”said Olympic and World Champion Holdener to“ Blick ”.
She has known her new trainer for quite some time. «I’ve known Wendy for a long time. It is very ambitious and determined. I like working with people who are ready to go the hard way, »says Mayrhofer. After the call from Beat Tschuor, he doesn’t have to think long. “I am convinced that Wendy can also get the longed-for first slalom victory.”
Further changes at Swiss Ski
Jörg Roten also joins the group of technicians, which has been headed by Alois Prenn for many years. The Oberwalliser has been European Women’s Cup boss for the past two seasons, before that he had been involved as a World Cup group coach among Swiss men. The Roland Speeder women’s speed team now includes Cristian Locher. Locher, who most recently worked for the Bernese Oberland Ski Association (BOSV), replaces Florian Capaul.
There were also changes in the men’s team at the World Cup level. So Willi Dettling changes from giant slalom to speed group. Renzo Valsecchi is taking over from Dettling. Within the Speed perspective group, the former World Cup driver Vitus Lüönd is the new responsible group coach. In this role, he replaces Simon Rothenbühler, who is moving to the private sector. Mathias Briker, the former coach of the retired nine-time World Cup winner Tina Weirather, will join this training group.
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