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Alpine Skiing At The 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's Downhill
The Women's downhill competition of the Innsbruck 1964 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum on Thursday, 6 February. The defending world champion was Christl Haas of Austria; she won the event and led a sweep of the medals for the home country, as Edith Zimmermann took the silver. Traudl Hecher also won the bronze medal in the 1960 downhill at age 16: her daughter Elisabeth Görgl won the same medal in the same event in 2010. The starting gate was at an elevation The elevation of a geographic location (geography), ''location'' is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational equipotenti ... of , and the vertical drop was . The course length was and Haas' winning run of 115.39 seconds resulted in an average speed of , with an average vertical descent rate of . Results Thursday, 6 February 1964 : References {{DEFAULTSORT:Alpine skiing at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axamer Lizum
Axamer Lizum is a village and ski resort in Tyrol, Austria, located southwest of the state capital Innsbruck. Known for its high-altitude terrain and long-lasting seasonal snow, Axamer Lizum features a variety of pistes and freeriding areas. It also hosted alpine skiing events during the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics. History At the 1964 Winter Olympics, Axamer Lizum hosted five of the six alpine skiing events: women's downhill, and men's and women's slalom and giant slalom. Men's downhill was held at Patscherkofel. Twelve years later in 1976, Axamer Lizum hosted the same alpine skiing events. Geography Axamer Lizum is located in the Stubai Alps, approximately southwest of the Tyrolean capital of Innsbruck. The altitude of the ski area ranges from . The highest location of the ski area is the mountain Hoadl at an altitude of 2,340 metres, which is relatively high for a ski area in this region of the Alps. Axamer Lizum therefore has a reputation of being among th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Terraillon
Christine Terraillon (16 September 1943 – 27 September 2023) was a French alpine skier. She competed in the women's downhill at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a .... References 1943 births 2023 deaths French female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for France Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics 20th-century French sportswomen {{France-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margo Walters
Margo Walters (March 11, 1942 – July 3, 2024) was an American alpine skier. She competed in the women's downhill at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a .... References External links * 1942 births 2024 deaths American female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the United States Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Rexburg, Idaho 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Adolf
Ruth Adolf (born 3 July 1943) is a Swiss alpine skier. She competed in two events at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a .... References 1943 births Living people Swiss female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Skiers from Bern 20th-century Swiss sportswomen {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theres Obrecht
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Pia Riva
Pia Riva (born 4 April 1935) is an Italian skier. She competed in Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a .... References External links * 1935 births Living people Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Italian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Italy Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi Obrecht
Heidi Obrecht (born 6 May 1942) is a Swiss alpine skier. She competed in two events at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a .... References 1942 births Living people Swiss female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Skiers from Bern FISU World University Games gold medalists for Switzerland FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Switzerland Winter World University Games medalists in alpine skiing Competitors at the 1964 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 1966 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 1968 Winter Universiade 20th-century Swiss sportswomen {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina Hathorn
Georgina Melissa "Gina" Hathorn (born 6 July 1946) is a British former alpine skier who competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics and 1968 Winter Olympics, where she finished fourth in the Slalom, and in the 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside .... References External links * 1946 births Living people British female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Great Britain Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics {{UK-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Hannah
Joan Hannah (born April 27, 1939) is a retired American alpine ski racer, a former member of the United States Ski Team. She competed at the Winter Olympics in 1960 and 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 .... Olympic results References External links * 1939 births Living people Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics American female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the United States Place of birth missing (living people) Skiers from Boston 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starr Walton
Starr Walton (born May 13, 1942) is an American alpine skier. She competed in the women's downhill at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a .... References External links * 1942 births Living people American female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the United States Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Yuba City, California 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Du Roy De Blicquy
Patricia du Roy de Blicquy (born 7 October 1943) is a Belgian alpine skier. She competed in three events at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a .... References 1943 births Living people Belgian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Belgium Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Skiers from Brussels {{Belgium-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burgl Färbinger
Burgl Färbinger (10 October 1945 – 6 June 2025) was a German alpine skier who competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics and 1968 Winter Olympics. She was born in Oberau, Bavaria, Germany. She had been married to the luger Max Leo. She died on 6 June 2025, aged 80. Olympic events 1964 Winter Olympics, competing for United Team of Germany: * Women's downhill – 12th place * Women's giant slalom – 18th place * Women's slalom – disqualified 1968 Winter Olympics, competing for West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...: * Women's downhill – 14th place * Women's giant slalom – 10th place * Women's slalom – 6th place References 1945 births 2025 deaths German female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine ski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
