Ski drama in Garmisch 30 years ago: Companion remembers world champion's fatal fall. Ulrike “Ulli” Maier died at the age of 26 on January 29, 1994 World Cup debut: 1984 Greatest successes: World Cup gold in Super-G (1989, 1991) Association: USK Rauris Ulli Maier became world champion while pregnant in 1989.
At the time, Maier was three months pregnant, daughter Melanie was waiting on her father's arm at the finish.