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Alpine Skiing At The 1964 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Innsbruck, Austria, from January 30 to February 8, 1964. The men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel (above Igls), the other five events at Axamer Lizum. This was the first Olympics in which the finishing times were recorded in hundredths of a second, rather than tenths. It was the third and final Winter Olympics in which East and West Germany competed as the United Team of Germany. Mild weather led to a lack of snow, which was trucked in and packed down by the Austrian army. During a training run for the men's downhill at Patscherkofel on January 25, Ross Milne of Australia lost control and left the course; he hit a tree and later died of a head injury. The Winter Olympics returned to Innsbruck just 12 years later in 1976, after Denver returned its winning bid in November 1972 (Innsbruck was awarded the 1976 games in February 1973). Medal summary Four nations won medals in alpine skiing, with Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patscherkofel
Patscherkofel is a mountain and ski area in the Alps, in Tyrol in western Austria, 7 km (4 mi.) south of Innsbruck. The peak rises to a summit elevation of above sea level. The town of Igls at its northwest base is at , a vertical drop of . Geology and Soils Quartz phyllite is the dominant bedrock, with gneiss and feldspar at the peak. Calcium-rich bedrock such as basalt, chalk and dolomite also occurs but is too scarce to have much influence on the soils of this severely glaciated mountain. Acid brown earth, podzolized brown earth and iron-humus podzol are the dominant soil types. Winter Olympics During both the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics, the mountain was the venue for the men's downhill race, along with the bobsleigh and luge competitions in neighboring Igls. The other five alpine skiing events were held at Axamer Lizum. :de:Olympische Winterspiele 1976/Ski Alpin Ski legend Franz Klammer of Austria, then age 22, won his Olympic gold medal at Patscherkofel, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denver
Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Western United States, in the South Platte River, South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains (United States), High Plains east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. With a population of 715,522 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010 United States census, 2010, Denver is the List of United States cities by population, 19th most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. Denver is the principal city of the Denver metropolitan area, Denver Metropolitan area (which includes over 3 million people), as well as the economic and cultural center of the broader Front Range Urban Corridor, Front Range, home to more than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Zimmermann
Edith Zimmermann (born 1 November 1941) is an Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics. She was born in Lech am Arlberg Lech am Arlberg ( Alemannic: ''Lääch'') is a mountain village and an exclusive ski resort in the Bludenz district in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, on the banks of the river Lech. In terms of both geography and history, Lech .... In 1964 she won the silver medal in the downhill event. In the slalom competition she finished fifth and in the giant slalom contest she finished sixth. She is the sister of Heidi Zimmermann (born 1 May 1946), double medalist at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships 1966. References * 1941 births Living people Austrian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Austria Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics 20th-century Austrian sportswomen 21st-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christl Haas
Christl Haas (19 September 1943 – 8 July 2001) was an Austrian Alpine skier. She competed at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively. Biography Haas grew up in Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel, known for its alpine skiing courses. At the World Cup she won four downhill competitions in total. At the Alpine skiing World Championship 1962 in Chamonix, France, she won gold in the downhill competition. Haas became a national hero as a twenty-year-old Olympic champion in the downhill event at the first Innsbruck Winter Olympics. She became an instant superstar in her homeland as she won the gold medal in her home nation. Haas followed up her success at Innsbruck with a bronze medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. After retiring from competitions Haas became a ski instructor and opened a sporting goods store in Sankt Johann. As an Austrian gold medalist, Haas was selected with luger Josef Feistmantl to light the Olympic torch for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmie Heuga
James Frederic Heuga (September 22, 1943 – February 8, 2010) was an American alpine ski racer who became one of the first two members of the U.S. men's team to win an Olympic medal in his sport. After multiple sclerosis prematurely ended his athletic career, he became an advocate of exercise and activity to combat the disease. Born in San Francisco, California, Heuga grew up in Squaw Valley, California, where his father Pascal (1909–2011), a Basque immigrant from southwestern France, opened a grocery store in 1945 in Lake Forest and later operated the resort's cable car (1968–1988). Heuga was on skis at age two and began to compete in the sport at age five; he appeared in a Warren Miller ski film at age nine. Heuga was named to the U.S. Ski Team in 1958, becoming the youngest man ever to make the squad as a fifteen-year-old. He went to the University of Colorado in Boulder, where he was coached by Bob Beattie. A three-time letterman, Heuga won the NCAA c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Kidd
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Josef Stiegler
Josef "Pepi" Stiegler (born 20 April 1937 in Lienz, Austria) is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. He was a member of the Austrian national ski team during the late 1950s and early 1960s and was one of the world's premier racers. His two children were on the U.S. Ski Team: daughter Resi (b. 1985) was on the World Cup team and son Seppi (b. 1988) was on the Nor-Am circuit. At the 1960 Winter Olympics of Squaw Valley, Stiegler won a silver medal in the giant slalom and took fifth place in the slalom. At the 1964 Winter Olympics of Innsbruck, he took the bronze medal in giant slalom at Axamer Lizum and then won the gold in slalom, edging out American medalists Billy Kidd and Jimmie Heuga. - He became "Austrian sportsman of the Year 1964". Pepi Stiegler later made appearances at many ski events in the United States and wrote articles for ski magazines. In 1965, he became the first ski school director at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where he served for 29 years, fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Schranz
Karl Schranz (born 18 November 1938) is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria, one of the best of the 1960s and early 1970s. Born and raised in St. Anton, Tyrol, Schranz had a lengthy ski racing career, from 1957 to 1972. He won twenty major downhills, many major giant slalom races and several major slaloms. Late in his career he was the successor to Jean-Claude Killy as the World Cup overall champion; Schranz won the title at age 30 in the third World Cup season of 1969, and repeated in 1970. He was also the downhill champion for those two seasons and was the giant slalom season champion in 1969. Schranz won both the "classic downhills" four times each: the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbühel, Austria (1966, 1969, 1972, 1972), and the Lauberhorn at Wengen, Switzerland (1959, 1963, 1966, 1969). He also excelled at the legendary Arlberg-Kandahar events, winning nine times, from 1957 (Chamonix) to 1970 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen). Early years Schranz' father was a tunnel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Bonlieu
François Pierre Philippe Bonlieu (21 March 1937 – 18 August 1973) was a French alpine skier. Bonlieu debuted for the French alpine skiing national team when he was 15 years old. He was a four time French Champion (twice in the giant slalom, once in the slalom and Alpine Combined), and won the gold medal in the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria in the Giant slalom. He was killed in a fight in 1973. Early life François Pierre Philippe Bonlieu was born at Juvincourt-et-Damary, Aisne, on 21 March 1937. He experienced difficulty in childhood and was "virtually homeless". He never knew his father, and after the end of World War II his mother moved to Contamines in the Alps. He became interested in skiing at a young age while living in the Alps, teaching himself. Career Bonlieu debuted for the French alpine skiing national team when he was 15 years old, after winning a youth cup. At the age of 17 he placed second in the Alpine World Ski Championships in 1954. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Bartels
Wolfgang Bartels (14 July 1940 – 6 February 2007) was a German Alpine skiing, alpine skier who competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1964 Winter Olympics. He was born in Bischofswiesen and died in Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden. In 1964 he won the bronze medal in the Alpine downhill event. In the Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom, slalom competition he finished ninth. He also competed in the Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom, giant slalom contest but did not finish the race. References * 1940 births 2007 deaths German male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the United Team of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léo Lacroix
Léo Lacroix (born 26 November 1937) is a French alpine skier who competed in the 1960s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the men's downhill event at Innsbruck in 1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ....Wallechinsky, David. (1984). "Alpine Skiing: Men's Downhill". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 602. References 1937 births Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics French male alpine skiers Living people Olympic alpine skiers for France Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France Oath takers at the Olympic Games 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-alpine-skiing- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egon Zimmermann
Egon Zimmermann (8 February 1939 – 23 August 2019), often referred to as Egon Zimmermann II, was a World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. Zimmermann won the Olympic downhill at Patscherkofel in 1964 and won several medals on the professional tour in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Early life Zimmermann was raised on a farm near Lech, Vorarlberg, with two brothers. Lech blossomed into a ski resort while he was growing up, and his family converted their farm house into a pensione. His childhood coincided with the post-World War II poverty of Austria, so not only did Zimmermann have no formal training, but his skis were often "fourth or fifth-hand." At 15, his father forced him to learn a trade, and he enrolled in a chef program in Paris. Zimmermann returned to Austria by the time he reached 18, and won a clean sweep of the 1958 Junior Championships. When he was promoted to the National team, he commented: "For me it was also the realization of a ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
