Michael Tritscher (born 6 November 1965) is an Austrian alpine skier. He was born in
Schladming
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[Michael Tritscher]
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He finished seventh in the slalom at the 1989 World Championships in
Vail, Colorado
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, and won the bronze medal in slalom at the
1992 Winter Olympics
The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Albertville '92 (Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile '92''), were a winter multi-sport event held from 8 to 23 February 1992 in and aroun ...
in
Albertville
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[Michael Tritscher]
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'', February 23, 1992
He has also won several World Cup races.
[Cimento, Matt (1995) "Tomba rips course when streak ends", ]USA Today
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, February 20, 1995
Achievements
References
1965 births
Living people
Austrian male alpine skiers
Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
Olympic alpine skiers for Austria
20th-century Austrian sportsmen
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