Irene Epple

Irene Epple-Waigel (; born 18 June 1957) is a German former alpine skier. She won a total of 11 Alpine Skiing World Cup races and two World Cups, in giant slalom and combined (both in 1982). She also won a silver medal at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in giant slalom. In the 1978 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships at Garmisch-Partenkirchen she won the silver medal in the downhill. On 9 January 1983 she won the first women's World Cup Super-G race, held in Verbier.

In 1992 she completed her medical studies in Munich, and in November 1994 married Theo Waigel, who was the German Finance Minister from 1989 to 1998. In 1980 she was named the German Sportswoman of the Year. She is the sister of alpine skier Maria Epple.

World Cup victories

Date	Location	Race
12 March 1980	Template:Flagicon Saalbach	Giant slalom
3 December 1980	Template:Flagicon Val d'Isère	Giant slalom
6 December 1981	Template:Flagicon Val d'Isère	Giant slalom
10 December 1981	Template:Flagicon Pila	Giant slalom
18 December 1981	Template:Flagicon Piancavallo	Combined
8 January 1982	Template:Flagicon Pfronten	Giant slalom
14 January 1982	Template:Flagicon Pfronten	Combined
4 March 1982	Template:Flagicon Waterville Valley	Giant slalom
9 January 1983	Template:Flagicon Verbier	Super-G
7 December 1983	Template:Flagicon Val d'Isère	Downhill
11 December 1983	Template:Flagicon Val d'Isère	Combined

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