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Paula (Paola) Rosa Wiesinger (later Steger; February 27 1907 – June 12 2001) was a pioneering Italian alpine skier and mountain climber.Wiesinger was born in Bolzano. She won the 1932 women’s Downhill world championship in Cortina d’Ampezzo and competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics finishing 16th in the alpine skiing combined event.In 1935 Wiesinger was invited to view the Trofeo Mezzalama a competition that was only intended for male ski mountaineers.