Riml moves to Canadian women's team

One day after Canadian Head Coach Marjan Cernigoj announced his retirement, Alpine Canada named Patrick Riml to the position.
    Riml announced his retirement from the U.S. team at the close of the U.S. Alpine Championships last week.
    An Austrian native whose wife is from Lethbridge, Alberta, Riml has spent the past seven seasons with the U.S. Ski Team, including guiding the women’s World Cup team for the last five. His coaching accomplishments include coaching Julia Mancuso to Olympic giant slalom gold in 2006 and Lindsey Vonn to the overall and downhill World Cup titles last season.
    “This is a really exciting opportunity for me with a program that is clearly on the rise and focused on the goal of being the best as we head into the 2010 Olympics,” said Riml, who will also become director of special projects with the Canadian Alpine Ski Team.

One day after Canadian Head Coach Marjan Cernigoj announced his retirement, Alpine Canada named Patrick Riml to the position.
    Riml announced his retirement from the U.S. team at the close of the U.S. Alpine Championships last week.
    An Austrian native whose wife is from Lethbridge, Alberta, Riml has spent the past seven seasons with the U.S. Ski Team, including guiding the women’s World Cup team for the last five. His coaching accomplishments include coaching Julia Mancuso to Olympic giant slalom gold in 2006 and Lindsey Vonn to the overall and downhill World Cup titles last season.
    “This is a really exciting opportunity for me with a program that is clearly on the rise and focused on the goal of being the best as we head into the 2010 Olympics,” said Riml, who will also become director of special projects with the Canadian Alpine Ski Team.
    “We need to build on the success of our Ladies speed team while continuing to improve our younger skiers. I also intend to help some veteran skiers on the technical side return from injuries to the form they have shown in the past,” Riml added.
    With 22 months before the Olympics, Alpine Canada Alpin Chief Athletics Officer Max Gartner said adding Riml brings sharpened focus to Canada’s Ladies team, who are coming off its best performance since 1986 with seven World Cup podiums including downhill victories by Britt Janyk and Emily Brydon.
    — Alpine Canada