Franz Gabl (29 December 1921 – 23 January 2014) was an

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether ...

and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal in the downhill at the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1948 (; ), were a winter multi-sport event held from 30 January to 8 February 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the ...

St. Moritz St. Moritz ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in the administrative region of Maloja in the Swiss ...

."1948 Winter Olympics – St. Moritz, Switzerland – Alpine Skiing"
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* 1921 births 2014 deaths Olympic alpine skiers for Austria Austrian male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1948 Winter Olympics 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub