Josef Egon Norbert Zimmermann (19 February 1933 – 27 February 2016) was an Austrian alpine skier. He placed tenth in the downhill event at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Valley ...

. He should not be confused with the fellow Olympic alpine skier

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 severa ...

who also competed in the 1960s. At the

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in Austria, Zimmermann met American skier Penny Pitou. They married in 1961 and had two children, living in

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, U.S. After a divorce in 1968 Zimmermann returned to Austria.

References

1933 births 2016 deaths Austrian male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Austria 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-alpine-skiing-bio-stub