Karl Cordin (born 3 November 1948) is an

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n former

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who did only compete in Downhill Races; he competed in the

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Euro ...

, becoming 7th silver medal at

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970 The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970 were held 8–15 February in Gröden/Val Gardena, Italy. :de:Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 1970 For the only time, results from a World Championships were included in the World Cup points standings, then ...

in downhill.

Biography

Cording did win three World Cup races: on February 21, 1970, at

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, on December 20th, 1970, at Val-d’Isère, and on December 18, 1973, at

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; he did become five-times second and twice third too. He also could achieve the Downhill World Cup in 1969-70. He won the silver medal in the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships 1970 and became fourth in the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships 1974; in both races he was overtaken by a racer with a higher number. In 1970, he was in lead (and it looked that he could gain the gold medal) - but

Bernhard Russi Bernhard Russi (born 20 August 1948) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Andermatt in the canton of Uri, he is an Olympic, World Cup, and World champion in the downhill event.Willi Frommelt Willi Frommelt (born 18 November 1952) is a former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein who won a bronze medal in the slalom at the 1976 Olympics. Curiously during his career, Frommelt had only one podium finish in the World Cup events but four at th ...

did catch it.

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* 1948 births Living people Austrian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Austria Alpine skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions People from Dornbirn Sportspeople from Vorarlberg 20th-century Austrian people 21st-century Austrian people {{austria-alpine-skiing-bio-stub