Wendy Holdener (born 12 May 1993) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in slalom and combined. She is a two-time World champion in combined and a five-time Olympic medalist, four individual with one gold medal in the team event at Pyeongchang in 2018. Four years later in 2022, she won a silver medal in the combined.
Career
Holdener made her World Cup debut in Sölden in October 2010, and attained her first podium in March 2013, a second place in slalom at Ofterschwang. In 2016, she gained her first two World Cup victories and won the crystal globe title in the combined discipline.
Holdener's first win in a World Cup slalom came in November 2022 at Killington, shared with Anna Swenn-Larsson, after thirty previous podiums in the discipline without a victory. Another win came two weeks later at Sestriere, Italy.
Holdener finished the season in seventh place overall in the 2023 season and second in Slalom.
In the 2025 World Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, she won silver medals in team event and combined. That was the inaugural race of the team combined, where Holdener skied the slalom part, and Lara Gut-Behrami the downhill part. This was Holdener's 4th medal in the combined in the last 5 championships, and 6th out of 7 if Olympics are counted.
World Cup results
Season titles
- 2 titles – (2 combined)
Season standings
| Season | ||||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | |
| 2011 | 17 | 89 | 38 | — | — | 49 | 27 | —N/a |
| 2012 | 18 | 67 | 31 | — | — | — | 19 | |
| 2013 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 42 | — | — | 33 | |
| 2014 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 35 | — | — | 12 | |
| 2015 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 46 | 52 | — | 7 | |
| 2016 | 22 | 6 | 30 | 45 | — | |||
| 2017 | 23 | 8 | 22 | 53 | — | |||
| 2018 | 24 | 8 | 22 | 39 | ||||
| 2019 | 25 | 7 | 22 | 48 | 3 | |||
| 2020 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 27 | — | —N/a | 20 |
| 2022 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 46 | — | |
| 2023 | 29 | 7 | 17 | 24 | — | —N/a | ||
| 2024 | 30 | 57 | 21 | 41 | — | — | ||
| 2025 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | — | — | ||
| 2026 | 32 | 13 | 25 | — | — |
Race podiums
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2013 | 10 March 2013 | Ofterschwang, Germany | Slalom | 2nd |
| 2015 | 29 December 2014 | Kühtai, Austria | Slalom | 3rd |
| 2016 | 29 December 2015 | Lienz, Austria | Slalom | 2nd |
| 23 February 2016 | Stockholm, Sweden | City event | 1st | |
| 28 February 2016 | Soldeu, Andorra | Combined | 2nd | |
| 6 March 2016 | Jasná, Slovakia | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 13 March 2016 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Combined | 1st | |
| 2017 | 12 November 2016 | Levi, Finland | Slalom | 2nd |
| 27 November 2016 | Killington, United States | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 11 December 2016 | Sestriere, Italy | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 29 December 2016 | Semmering, Austria | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 8 January 2017 | Maribor, Slovenia | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 10 January 2017 | Flachau, Austria | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2018 | 12 November 2017 | Levi, Finland | Slalom | 3rd |
| 28 December 2017 | Lienz, Austria | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 1 January 2018 | Oslo, Norway | City event | 2nd | |
| 3 January 2018 | Zagreb, Croatia | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 7 January 2018 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 26 January 2018 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Combined | 1st | |
| 28 January 2018 | Slalom | 3rd | ||
| 30 January 2018 | Stockholm, Sweden | City event | 2nd | |
| 3 March 2018 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Super-G | 3rd | |
| 10 March 2018 | Ofterschwang, Germany | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 17 March 2018 | Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2019 | 9 December 2018 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Parallel slalom | 3rd |
| 29 December 2018 | Semmering, Austria | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 1 January 2019 | Oslo, Norway | City event | 3rd | |
| 5 January 2019 | Zagreb, Croatia | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2 February 2019 | Maribor, Slovenia | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 24 February 2019 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Combined | 3rd | |
| 9 March 2019 | Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 16 March 2019 | Soldeu, Andorra | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2020 | 23 November 2019 | Levi, Finland | Slalom | 2nd |
| 17 December 2019 | Courchevel, France | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 12 January 2020 | Altenmarkt, Austria | Combined | 2nd | |
| 9 February 2020 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Super-G | 3rd | |
| 15 February 2020 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 16 February 2020 | Slalom | 2nd | ||
| 2021 | 12 January 2021 | Flachau, Austria | Slalom | 3rd |
| 6 March 2021 | Jasná, Slovakia | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 13 March 2021 | Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2022 | 28 November 2021 | Killington, United States | Slalom | 3rd |
| 9 January 2022 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2023 | 20 November 2022 | Levi, Finland | Slalom | 2nd |
| 27 November 2022 | Killington, United States | Slalom | 1st | |
| 11 December 2022 | Sestriere, Italy | Slalom | 1st | |
| 28 January 2023 | Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 11 March 2023 | Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2024 | 26 November 2023 | Killington, United States | Slalom | 3rd |
| 2025 | 1 December 2024 | Killington, United States | Slalom | 2nd |
| 5 January 2025 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 14 January 2025 | Flachau, Austria | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2026 | 4 January 2026 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom | 3rd |
| 15 March 2026 | Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 24 March 2026 | Hafjell, Norway | Slalom | 2nd |
