Dagmar Rom (16 June 1928 – 13 October 2022) was an alpine ski racer from Austria. At age 21 she won two gold medals at the 1950 World Championships in

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, in the

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events. Two years later she won a silver medal in the giant slalom at the 1952 Olympics."1952 Winter Olympics – Oslo, Norway – Alpine Skiing"
(Retrieved on 27 February 2008) From 1950 to 1951, Rom did not take part in international races. With

Egon Schöpf Egon Schöpf (born 16 October 1925) is an Austrian alpine skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics and in the 1952 Winter Olympics. He was born in Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol a ...

, her partner in life, she established a business with sporting goods in Seefeld. Because of her popularity she got a leading role in the film "Nacht am Mont Blanc" (Night on the Mont Blanc) shot by

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. Because of winning two titles in the Championships of Austrian Skiing Association in the early days of the year 1952 she was qualified for the Olympic Games in Oslo. Directly after the Games she married Mr. Günter Peis, a journalist, and having a child in the same year. She didn't take part in races in the following years. She made a comeback in the winter 1954/55 and would finish 6th in the Slalom of

Kitzbühel Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol, Austria, about east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbühel district (). Kitzbühe ...

. But becoming a mother once more in 1955, she ended her sports career. In the 1960s she starred in the Austrian television series ''

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'', together with her son. Rom died in Innsbruck on 13 October 2022, at the age of 94.Ex-Riesentorlauf-Weltmeisterin Rom im Alter von 94 Jahren verstorben
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* * * * 1928 births 2022 deaths Austrian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Austria Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Innsbruck {{Austria-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub