Maria Tviberg Announces Retirement

Maria Tviberg (NOR) is retiring from active alpine skiing.

‘I'm grateful for everything I've experienced as an athlete and that I managed to achieve what I did. Of course, I'm going to miss the girls and the team around the national alpine team, and performing every weekend throughout the winter. Today, I'm proud to have made this choice - to quit, and I'm also proud that I didn't quit before, I've experienced so much, especially in the last years of my career.

Now it's time for a new stage in life, and I'm dreading and looking forward to it. I just have to thank my family, the Norwegian Ski Association, Olympiatoppen, sponsors and not least the health team for taking care of my body after all the injuries I've sustained,’ says Tviberg.

A career studded with injuries but also with great achievements, Maria became world champion in parallel giant slalom in 2023, and was also part of the silver team in team parallel at the same championships in Meribel, France. Tviberg was also on the bronze team at the 2018 Beijing Olympics in the same event, and she has a career-best fifth place in the World Cup in Soelden 2021.

Maria Therese Tviberg (born 7 April 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the Super-G, Downhill, and Combined. On 28 November 2017, Tviberg was injured during a downhill training run at Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada. was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital, and missed the remainder of the season.

"Maria has performed at the top level in all disciplines over a period of around 10 years. Maria's career has been characterised by many serious injuries, but the way she has dealt with them and come back is impressive. We will miss Maria's energy and determination, and wish her all the best for the future,’ says Claus Johan Ryste, Head of Alpine Skiing at the Norwegian Ski Association.