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Alpine Skiing At The 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's Slalom
The women's slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on 30 January. It was run on the Col Druscie. The course was in length with a vertical drop. There were forty-one gates on the first run and forty-five gates for the second run. Forty-eight women from sixteen countries entered in the race. Twelve women were disqualified during the two runs. Swiss skier Renée Colliard won gold over Austrian Regina Schöpf, who placed second, and Russian Yevgeniya Sidorova, who won the bronze. Medalists Source:Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 592–593 Results ''*'' 5 seconds penalty added. Source: See also * 1956 Winter Olympics Notes References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics - Ladies' slalom Women's alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports compet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland At The 1956 Winter Olympics
Switzerland competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Medalists Alpine skiing ;Men ;Women Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing ;Men ;Men's 4 × 10 km relay Figure skating ;Men ;Women Ice hockey Group C Top two teams advanced to Medal Round. *Sweden 6-5 Switzerland *USSR 10-3 Switzerland Games for 7th-10th places *Switzerland 7-4 Austria *Poland 6-2 Switzerland *Italy 8-3 Switzerland Ski jumping Speed skating ;Men ReferencesOfficial Olympic Reports Olympic Winter Games 1956, fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedi Beeler
Hedi Beeler (born 20 November 1931) is a Swiss alpine skier. She competed in three events at the 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from .... References External links * 1931 births Living people Swiss female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from the canton of Schwyz 20th-century Swiss women {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivi-Anne Wassdahl
Vivi-Anne Wassdahl (28 February 1932 – 1 December 2023) was a Swedish alpine skier. She competed in three events at the 1956 Winter Olympics. Wassdahl died in Frösön Frösön (, ; " Frey's island"), (Old no, Frøys øy) is the largest island in the lake Storsjön, located west of the city Östersund in Jämtland, Sweden. During most of recorded history Frösön was the regional centre of Jämtland, and it is t ... on 1 December 2023, at the age of 91. References 1932 births 2023 deaths Swedish female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Sweden Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Skiers from Stockholm {{Sweden-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skeeter Werner Walker
Gladys Maxine "Skeeter" Werner Walker (December 22, 1933 – July 20, 2001) was an alpine ski racer and Olympian from the United States. Biography Born and raised in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, "Skeeter" Werner learned to ski and race at Howelsen Hill. An alternate for the 1952 Olympic team, she was youngest member of the U.S. Ski Team at the 1954 World Championships and the U.S. Olympic team in 1956. Werner retired from competition in 1958, and modeled and designed fashions in New York. She returned to Steamboat Springs in 1962 and opened a ski shop with her younger brothers Wallace (" Buddy" 1936–64) and Loris ("Bugs" b.1941), also Olympians. She later founded the Steamboat Ski School. In 1966, one of her ski school students was Doak Walker, a famous NFL running back (and winner of the Heisman Trophy in 1948). They eloped in 1969 to Las Vegas and lived together in Steamboat Springs for the rest of their lives. He died in 1998 at age 71, eight months after a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Mead Lawrence
Andrea Mead Lawrence (April 19, 1932 – March 30, 2009) was an American alpine ski racer and environmentalist. She competed in three Winter Olympics and one additional World Championship (Olympic competitions also counted as the Worlds during that period), and was the first American alpine skier to win two Olympic gold medals. Skiing career Mead was born in Rutland County, Vermont, to an alpine skiing family that owned and operated the Pico Peak ski area. At age 14 she made the national team, and at age 15 competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, where she placed eighth in the slalom. Two years later, Mead placed sixth in the giant slalom and ninth in the downhill at the 1950 World Championships in Aspen, United States. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, Mead Lawrence was selected as captain of the U.S. women's team at age 19. This led to her being the January 21 ''Time'' cover-story, just days before the team arrived in Oslo. The ''Time'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zandra Nowell
Zandra Nowell (born 10 September 1936) is a British alpine skier. She competed in two events at the 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from .... References 1936 births Living people British female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Great Britain Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Northwich {{UK-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilde Hofherr
Hilde Hofherr (born 20 April 1930) is an Austrian alpine skier. She competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics and the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall .... References 1930 births Living people Austrian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Austria Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics People from Reutte District Skiers from Tyrol (state) 20th-century Austrian women {{Austria-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlyn Kruger
Carlyn Kruger (born 12 August 1936) is a Canadian former alpine skier who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from .... References 1936 births Living people Canadian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Canada Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics {{canada-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Kowalska
Maria Kowalska (born 19 May 1929) is a Polish alpine skier. She competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics and the 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from .... References 1929 births Living people Polish female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Poland Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Skiers from Zakopane 20th-century Polish women {{Poland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirl Buchner
Annemarie "Mirl" Buchner-Fischer (; 16 February 1924 – 9 November 2014) was a German Alpine skier. She was born in Ettal. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ... Buchner was silver medalist in the downhill, and bronze medalist in the slalom and in the giant slalom."1952 Winter Olympics – Oslo, Norway – Alpine Skiing" (Retrieved on February 27, 2008) She was also German Sportswoman of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Surgenor
Dorothy Louise Surgenor (born November 5, 1931) is an American alpine skier. She competed in two events at the 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from .... References External links * Dorothy Louise Surgenorat Olympics.com 1931 births Living people American female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the United States Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Skiers from Seattle 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginette Seguin
Ginette Seguin (19 April 1934 – 21 May 2019) was a Canadian alpine skier who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from .... References 1934 births 2019 deaths Canadian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Canada Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics {{canada-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
