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Australia At The 1964 Winter Olympics
Australia competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Six athletes were sent, and Australia competed only in Alpine skiing. Australia's best result was Christine Smith's 27th place in downhill. The games were marred by tragedy due to the deaths of Australian skiing, skier Ross Milne (alpine skier), Ross Milne and Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki a Poland, Polish-born Great Britain, British luge athlete during practice. A minute's silence was given for them in the opening ceremony. Peter Brockhoff withdrew from the downhill event, saying "I simply cannot compete on this course where I lost my best friend". Australian reserve Peter Wenzel competed in the downhill along with Simon Brown. Investigation into Ross's death An inquiry held by the organising committee said that Ross "caught an edge". Hugh Weir reported to the Australian Olympic Federation that :''Because Ross Milne was only seventeen years of age, the question was raised at the [Innsbruck] IOC meeting as to whet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Olympic Committee
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia may also refer to: Places * Name of Australia relates the history of the term, as applied to various places. Oceania *Australia (continent), or Sahul, the landmasses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing At The 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's Downhill
The Men's downhill competition of the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria, was held at Patscherkofel on Thursday, 30 January. The defending world champion was Karl Schranz of Austria, and defending Olympic champion Jean Vuarnet of France had retired from competition. The race course had a number of casualties during training runs, including the death of Ross Milne of Australia, which led to a label of "Course of Fear." Zimmermann was favored by many to win the downhill and to the delight of the Austrian fans he won by 0.74 seconds. The starting gate was at an elevation of , and the vertical drop was . The course length was and Zimmerman's winning run resulted in an average speed of , with an average vertical descent rate of . Following the victory, Zimmerman was featured on the cover of ''Sports Illustrated'' in the United States. A dozen years later in 1976, Franz Klammer raced on a slightly shorter course (by ) and shaved more than 32 seconds off of Zimmerman's time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nations At The 1964 Winter Olympics
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Australia At The Winter Olympics
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Christine Smith (skier)
Christine Idris Smith (13 December 1946 – 8 May 1979 at the ''Australian Women's Register''.) was an Australian . She has been described as a "long-haired blonde with an 'all-Australian girl next door' image."Smith, Christine Idris (1946–1979) at the . Born in |
Alpine Skiing At The 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's Slalom ...
The Women's slalom competition of the Innsbruck 1964 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum, Austria. The defending world champion was Marianne Jahn of Austria. French sisters Christine Goitschel (gold) and Marielle Goitschel (silver) became the first sisters to win Olympic gold and silver in the same event. They would repeat the double-sibling podium, switching their gold-silver order, in the giant slalom two days later. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics - Women's giant slalom Women's giant slalom Alp 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing At The 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's Giant Slalom ...
The Women's giant slalom competition of the Innsbruck 1964 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum. The defending world champion was Marianne Jahn of Austria. The final results saw the second ever occurrence of female siblings on the same individual's event Olympic podium, with French sisters Marielle Goitschel (gold) and Christine Goitschel (silver) repeating (in reverse order) their top two finish in the slalom two days earlier. Results : References {{DEFAULTSORT:Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics - Women's giant slalom Women's giant slalom Alp 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 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 the 1964 Winter Olympics - Women's downhill Women's downhill 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), Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Forras
Judy Forras (22 November 1932 – 4 September 1996) was an Australian alpine skier. She competed in three events at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr .... References 1932 births 1996 deaths Australian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Australia Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Skiers from Melbourne 20th-century Australian women Sportswomen from Victoria (state) {{Australia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Brockhoff
Peter Brockhoff (born 3 October 1936) is an Australian alpine skier. He competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr .... References 1936 births Living people Australian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Australia Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Skiers from Melbourne Sportsmen from Victoria (state) {{Australia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |