Anita Wachter (born 12 February 1967) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria.

She focused on the technical events and specialized in giant slalom.

Wachter also won five medals at the World Championships; she represented Austria in three Olympics, twice also as flag bearer (1992 and 1994)[4] and eight World Championships.

Wachter retired from competition after the 2001 season with 19 World Cup wins (14 Giant slalom, 2 Super G, 1 Slalom, 2 Combined), attained 76 podiums, and had 175 top ten finishes.

She is living together with her longtime companion Rainer Salzgeber; they have two daughters.