Alpine Skiing At The 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's Downhill
The Women's downhill competition of the Innsbruck 1976 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum on Sunday, 8 February. The defending world champion was Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion, but spent this year away from racing to care for her ailing father; Switzerland's Bernadette Zurbriggen led the current season. Defending Olympic champion Marie-Theres Nadig was entered in the race but did not start. Rosi Mittermaier won the gold medal, Brigitte Totschnig of Austria took the silver, and Cindy Nelson of the United States was the bronze medalist. Mittermaier also won the slalom and was the runner-up in the giant slalom. The starting gate was at an elevation of above sea level, with a vertical drop of . The course length was and Mittermaier's winning run of 106.16 seconds resulted in an average speed of , with an average vertical descent rate of . Results ''Sunday, February 8, 1976'' : References {{DEFAULTSORT:Al ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alpine Skiing
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 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. "Off-piste" skiers—those skiing outside ski area boundaries—may employ snowmobiles, helicopters or snowcats to deliver them to the top of a slope. Back-country skiers may use specialized equipment with a free-heel mode, including 'sticky' 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 skiing has been an event at the Winter Olympic Games since 1936. A competition corresponding to modern slalom was introduced in Oslo in 1886. Participants and venues ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alpine Skiing At The 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's Giant Slalom
The Women's giant slalom competition of the Innsbruck 1976 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum on Friday, 13 February. The defending world champion was Fabienne Serrat of France, while Austria's Annemarie Moser-Pröll was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion and Switzerland's Lise-Marie Morerod led the 1976 World Cup. Results : References {{DEFAULTSORT:Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics - Women's giant slalom Women's giant slalom Oly Oly may refer to: * Oly, informal name for Olympia, Washington, United States * OLY (: ), postnominals granted to participants in the Olympics People with the name * Oly (born 1992), American singer-songwriter and musician * Oly Hicks (born 1968 ... Women's giant slalom ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paola Hofer
Paola Hofer (born 29 January 1954) is a retired Italian alpine skier who competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a .... References External links * 1954 births Living people Italian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Italy Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Skiers from South Tyrol Germanophone Italian people Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Italian women {{italy-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Susan Patterson
Susan Patterson (born October 11, 1955, in Sun Valley, Idaho) is an United States Ski Team, American former FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer who competed in the United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics#Alpine skiing, 1976 Winter Olympics. She was fourteenth in the Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill, downhill, younger brother Pete Patterson, Pete (b.1957) was also on the U.S. Olympic team and was thirteenth in the Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill, men's downhill. Two years earlier at the United States Alpine Ski Championships, U.S. Alpine Championships, she won the Slalom skiing, slalom event at Pats Peak in Henniker, New Hampshire. In 1990, Patterson married explorer Ned Gillette in a ceremony at the Roundhouse on Sun Valley's Bald Mountain (Idaho), Bald Mountain. Eight years later, while they were trekking in the mountains of northern Pakistan, Gillette was shot and killed at their encam ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Evi Mittermaier
Evi Mittermaier (born 16 February 1953 in Munich) is a German former Alpine skiing, alpine skier who competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics and 1980 Winter Olympics. She won two World Cup races and attained 7 podiums. Biography She is the younger sister of double Olympic Champion, World Champion and World Cup winning alpine skier Rosi Mittermaier, sister in law of slalom specialist Christian Neureuther and aunt of world gold medalist Felix Neureuther. According to David Coleman who was commentating her sister Rosi's entry in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, she used to live in a hotel. Career Evi was a speed specialist and won two FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup downhill races, one on 16. December 1975 in Cortina d’Ampezzo and one on 18. January 1978 in Bad Gastein. She also had finished seven times on the podium. Music career The sisters recorded two albums of Bavarian folk music together. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mittermaier, Evi 1953 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Irmgard Lukasser
Irmgard Lukasser (born 3 February 1954 in Assling) is an Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics. After several Tyrolean and Austrian youth championships in both downhill and giant slalom events, Lukasser took part in the Ski World Cup for the first time in December 1972; at Val d'Isere, she finished in third place. In January 1973 she achieved two more medals in Pfronten. With several top 10 finishes, she qualified for the 1974 World Cup in St. Moritz. After two more podium finishes in January 1976 she went into the Olympic Winter Games 1976 in Innsbruck as favourite, but finished in twelfth pace. In 1977, she missed out on the World Cup due to injury. At the 1978 World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, she finished ninth. In February 1979 she announced her retirement from elite sport. She is married to the former football player Norbert Ebster Norbert is a Germanic given name, from '' nord'' "north" and ''berht'' "bright". Norbert is also occasion ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hanni Wenzel
Hannelore (Hanni) Wenzel. vancouver2010.com. 23 January 2010 (born 14 December 1956) is a retired Liechtensteiner alpine ski racer. Weirather is a former Olympic, World Cup, and world champion. She won Liechtenstein's first-ever Olympic medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, and its first two Olympic gold medals four years later in Lake Placid, New York. Biography Born in West Germany at Straubing, Bavaria, Wenzel moved to Liechtenstein at an early age. After she and her younger brother Andreas had success in ski racing – Hanni won the gold medal in slalom and silver in the combined at the 1974 World Championships – the family was granted Liechtenstein citizenship. Winning the slalom title on 8 February 1974, she did become the youngest female Alpine Skiing World Champion in the Slalom discipline (17 years, 1 month, 25 days) - ousting Esme Mackinnon who was the first female Alpine Skiing Champion in 1931; the British racer was 17 years, 2 month and 17 da ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Irene Epple
Irene Epple-Waigel (; born 18 June 1957) is a German former alpine skier. She won a total of 11 Alpine Skiing World Cup races and two World Cups, in giant slalom and combined (both in 1982). She also won a silver medal at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in giant slalom. In the 1978 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships at Garmisch-Partenkirchen she won the silver medal in the downhill. On 9 January 1983 she won the first women's World Cup Super-G race, held in Verbier. In 1992 she completed her medical studies in Munich, and in November 1994 married Theo Waigel Theodor Waigel (born 22 April 1939) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). He represented Neu-Ulm in the Bundestag from 1976 to 2002. Waigel is a lawyer, and earned a doctorate in 1967. He was a member of the Bu ..., who was the German Finance Minister from 1989 to 1998. In 1980 she was named the German Sportswoman of the Year. She is the sister of alpine skier Maria Epple. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Monika Kaserer
Monika Kaserer (born 11 May 1952) is a former Austrian alpine skier. World Cup results *8 World Cup race victories at Giant Slalom *2 World Cup victories at Slalom *Giant Slalom World Cup winner 1972/73 Olympics results 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck: * ninth place at alpine skiing Downhill * sixth place at alpine skiing Giant Slalom 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo: * seventh at alpine skiing Slalom World Championships results Alpine skiing World Championship 1974 in St. Moritz: * fifth place at Giant Slalom * fourth place at Downhill * seventh at Slalom * Bronze at Combined Alpine skiing World Championship 1978 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen: * Bronze at Slalom To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to: Sports ;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding * Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Super-G ... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaserer, Moni ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marlies Oberholzer
Marlies Oberholzer (born 25 April 1958 in Goldingen) is a retired Swiss alpine skier who competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics. Marlies Oberholzer grew up in Goldingen SG, practically next to the mountain railroads at Atzmännig. Her father was operations manager there for 30 years. At a young age she joined the Goldingen ski club. Later she moved to Wangen. Career Marlies Oberholzer stood on the podium of a World Cup race at the age of 17 on January 21, 1976. In the downhill race in Bad Gastein Bad Gastein (; formerly ''Badgastein''; Southern Bavarian: ''Bod Goschdei'') is a spa town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau, in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Picturesquely situated in a high valley of the Hohe Tauern mountain range, it i ..., Austria, which was plagued by fog and fresh snow, she finished second behind her compatriot Doris de Agostini. Three weeks later, she participated in the Olympic Games in Innsbruck, where she finished 8th in the downhill and 26th in the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jacqueline Rouvier
Jacqueline Rouvier (born 26 October 1949 in Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe (; frp, Bèlakonba) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Savoie department The following is a list of the 273 communes of the Savo ...) is a French alpine ski racer. External links * * * 1949 births Living people French female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for France Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Savoie Skiers from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes {{France-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Danièle Debernard
Danièle Debernard (born 21 July 1954) is a French former alpine skier who won two medals between the 1972 Winter Olympics and the 1976 Winter Olympics. Biography She was born in Aime. In 1972 she won the silver medal in the Olympic slalom event. Four years later she won the bronze medal in the 1976 Olympic giant slalom competition. She also finished fourth in the slalom contest and fifth in the downhill event. During her career she has achieved 15 results among the top 3 (5 victories) in the World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Debernard, Daniele 1954 births Living people French female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of France Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists for F ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |