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Alpine Skiing At The 1956 Winter Olympics
At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, the six alpine skiing events were held from Friday, 27 January to Friday, 3 February. Toni Sailer of Austria won all three men's events to become the first alpine ski racer to win three gold medals in a single Olympics. The feat has been repeated once, by Jean-Claude Killy in 1968. The races were held at the adjacent Tofana, except for the men's giant slalom, which was held at Monte Faloria. The men's downhill was the final event. Medal summary Men's events Source: Women's events Source: Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal table Course information Source: World championships From 1948 through 1980, the alpine skiing events at the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships, held every two years. With the addition of the giant slalom, the combined event was dropped for 1950 and 1952, but returned as a World Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tofane
Tofane is a mountain group in the Dolomites of northern Italy, west of Cortina d'Ampezzo in the province of Belluno, Veneto. Most of the Tofane lie within the Ampezzo Dolomites Natural Park. Peaks The highest peaks of the Tofane group are ''Tofana di Mezzo'' (), ''Tofana di Dentro'' (), and '' Tofana di Rozes'' (). Tofana di Mezzo is the third highest peak in the Dolomites, after Marmolada () and Antelao (). All three peaks were first climbed by Paul Grohmann along with local mountain guides, in 1863 (Tofana di Mezzo - with Francesco Lacedelli), 1864 (Tofana di Rozes - with Francesco Lacedelli, Angelo Dimai and Santo Siorpaes) and 1865 (Tofana di Dentro - with Angelo Dimai).La Conquista delle vette dolomitiche – ''abcdolimiti.com'' (Retrieved on 19 September 2008) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiharu Igaya
is a former Olympic alpine ski racer and silver medalist from Japan. He competed in three Winter Olympics (1952, 1956, 1960). Ski racing Born in Tomari, Kunashiri ( ja), Hokkaidō, Igaya attended college in the United States at Dartmouth in New Hampshire, where he raced for the Big Green and graduated in 1957. "Chick" won the U.S. national title in slalom in 1954 at Aspen, Colorado, and took a third consecutive NCAA title in slalom, his sixth individual, in 1957 at Snowbasin, Utah. At the Olympics in 1952, Igaya finished eleventh in the slalom, 20th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the downhill. Four years later in 1956, he won the silver medal in the slalom, was eleventh in the giant slalom, but did not finish in the downhill. All three events were won by Toni Sailer of Austria. Igaya became the first ever Japanese and the first ever Asian to become a medalist at Olympic Winter Games. He remeins the only Japanese to win a medal at an Alpine skiing Olympic event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing
Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel Ski binding, bindings, unlike other types of skiing (Cross-country skiing, cross-country, Telemark skiing, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for recreation or for sport, it is typically practiced at ski resorts, which provide such services as ski lifts, artificial snow making, snow grooming, restaurants, and ski patrol. "Piste, Off-piste" skiers—those skiing outside ski area boundaries—may employ snowmobiles, heliskiing, helicopters or Snowcat, snowcats to deliver them to the top of a slope. Back country skiing, Back-country skiers may use specialized equipment with a free-heel mode, including 'sticky' Ski skins, skins on the bottoms of the skis to stop them sliding backwards during an ascent, then locking the heel and removing the skins for their descent. Alpine ski racing has been held at the Alpine skiing at the Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing At The 1980 Winter Olympics
Alpine Skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics consisted of six alpine skiing events. The races were held February 14–23 at Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington, New York, northeast of host This was the first Olympics in which the women's giant slalom consisted of two runs, rather than one, and both GS events ran only one run per day. This was the last Olympics which also served as World Championships for alpine skiing. Medal summary Eight nations won medals in Alpine skiing, with Liechtenstein leading the medal table, winning two gold, and two silver. Hanni Wenzel led the individual medal table, finishing on the podium in all three women's events, with two gold and one silver. Ingemar Stenmark was the leading male medalist, with two golds. Wenzel's two gold medals were the first, and to date, only, won by Liechtenstein at the Olympics. Medal table Source: Men's events Source: Women's events Source: Course information : Participating nations Thirty nations sent alpine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing At The 1948 Winter Olympics
At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the six alpine skiing events were held on Piz Nair from Monday, 2 February to Thursday, 5 February 1948. After these games, the giant slalom was added and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988. From 1956 through 1980, the combined continued as an FIS medal event for the concurrent World Championships, using the results from three events, conducted as a "paper race." Henri Oreiller of France earned a medal in all three events, with two golds and a bronze. Trude Beiser of Austria and Gretchen Fraser of the United States both won two medals, a gold and a silver each. The first Olympics after World War II did not invite Germany or Japan. Medal summary Men's events Source: Women's events Source: Medal table Source: Participating nations A total of 174 alpine skiers from 25 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeniya Sidorova
Yevgeniya Nikolaevna Sidorova (, later ''Kabina'' , 13 December 1930 – 29 January 2003) was a Russian alpine skier who competed for the Soviet Union at the 1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ..., 1960 Winter Olympics, 1960, and 1964 Winter Olympics. She was born in Moscow. In 1956, she won the bronze medal in the slalom event. In the Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill, downhill competition she finished 37th, and in the Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom, giant slalom contest she finished 40th. Four years later, she competed as Yevgeniya Kabina and finished 18th in the Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom, 1960 slalom event. In the same year, she finished 20th in the Alpine sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regina Schöpf
Regina Schöpf (later Bacher; 16 September 1935 – 30 October 2008) was an Austrian alpine skier who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics. She was born in Seefeld, Tirol Seefeld in Tirol is an old farming village, now a major tourist resort, in Innsbruck-Land District in the Austrian state of Tyrol with a local population of 3,312 (as of 1 January 2013). The village is located about northwest of Innsbruck on a pl .... In 1956 she won the silver medal in the slalom event. In the giant slalom competition she finished ninth. External links profile 1935 births 2008 deaths Austrian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Austria Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics 20th-century Austrian sportswomen {{Austria-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renée Colliard
Renée Colliard (24 December 1933 in Geneva – 15 December 2022) was a Swiss alpine skier. At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo (; , ; historical ) sometimes abbreviated to simply Cortina, is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomites, Dolomitic) Alps in the province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the ..., she became Olympic champion in Slalom. References 1933 births 2022 deaths Swiss female alpine skiers Sportspeople from Geneva Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics 20th-century Swiss sportswomen {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thea Hochleitner
Dorothea "Thea" Hochleitner (10 July 1925 – 11 May 2012) was an Austrian alpine skier who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics. She was born in Bad Gastein Bad Gastein ( is a spa town in the St. Johann im Pongau District. Picturesquely situated in a high valley of the Hohe Tauern mountain range, it is known for the Gastein waterfall and a variety of grand hotel buildings. Geography Bad Gastein i .... In 1956, she won the bronze medal in the giant slalom event. In the downhill competition, she finished seventh, and in the slalom contest, she finished twelfth. External links Thea Hochleitner's profile at Sports Reference.com 1925 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Putzi Frandl
Josefine "Putzi" Frandl (later ''Crotty'', born 5 July 1930) is an Austrian former alpine ski racer. She was among the world's best ski racers in the mid-1950s. She competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics, the 1958 Alpine World Ski Championships and the 1960 Winter Olympics. She was born in Radstadt, Austria. Major Competitions History In 1956 Winter Olympics she won the silver medal in the giant slalom event. In the slalom competition she finished fifth and had a 13th-place finish in the downhill contest. Four years later, at the Squaw Valley, California Winter Olympics, she finished 16th in the 1960 slalom event, 21st in the giant slalom competition, and 39th in the downhill contest. Frandl and some of her friends and teammates went out to ski the fresh powder snow. Unfortunately, while coming down one run, the tip of one of Frandl's skis went under a log hidden just under the newly fallen snow. Her shin hit the log hard, scraping it and straining her leg. Frandl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ossi Reichert
Rosa "Ossi" Reichert (25 December 1925 – 16 July 2006) was a German alpine skier. Her greatest victory was in the 1956 Winter Olympics giant slalom at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Germany's sole gold medal at these games (and Germany's first gold medal in Olympics after the Second World War). After having seriously injured an ankle in 1954, she was not expected to do well at these games. She also drew the #1 start position for the one-run event. Josefa „Putzi“ Frandl, who won the silver medal in the event, once stated that, "Ossi was disappointed to draw #1 as that was usually not a good position. The first racer down the course usually has to scrape off a bit of snow, which slows you down. But Ossi had a great run and overcame that difficulty." Reichert also participated in the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, where she won a silver medal in the slalom, beating her fellow German Annemarie Buchner for the bronze medal. Domestically Reichert won three German titles in 1956, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucille Wheeler
Lucile Wheeler (born January 14, 1935) is a former alpine ski racer from Canada. She was a double world champion in 1958, the first North American to win a world title in the downhill event. Early years Wheeler was born in Quebec and grew up in the village of Sainte-Jovite in the Laurentian Mountains. Her family was instrumental in promoting the sport of skiing and her grandfather George Wheeler built the famous Gray Rocks ski centre at Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. He had moved to Quebec from Chazy, New York in the late nineteenth century, hoping to make it rich in the lumber business, but was wiped out by a forest fire. Taught to ski at the age of two, Wheeler's skills were such that she was soon competing against older ski racers. At age 10, she finished seventh in a downhill event at Mont Tremblant in a race that was open to participants of all ages. She won the Canadian junior ski championship in 1947 at age 12 and at 14 was selected to compete for Canada at the World C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
