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Alpine Skiing At The 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's Giant Slalom
The Women's giant slalom competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Teine on Tuesday, February 8. The reigning world champion was Betsy Clifford of Canada, while Austria's Annemarie Moser-Pröll was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion and led the current season. Marie-Theres Nadig of Switzerland, the downhill champion three days earlier, won her second gold medal; Moser-Pröll took another silver, and Austrian compatriot Wiltrud Drexel was the bronze medalist. Results The race started at 13:30 JST ''(UTC+9)'', and it was snowing. The air temperature was . : References {{DEFAULTSORT:Alpine skiing at the 1972 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) ... Women's giant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing At The 1972 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held February near Sapporo, Japan. The downhills were held at Mount Eniwa, and the four technical events at Teine. Medal summary Six nations won medals in alpine skiing; Switzerland led in medals with three gold, two silver, and a bronze. Switzerland's Marie-Theres Nadig led the individual medal table, with two gold medals. The top men's medalist was Gustav Thöni of Italy with a gold and a silver. The gold medal won in the slalom by Francisco Fernández Ochoa was Spain's first medal at the Winter Olympics. Through 2018, it remains its only gold medal at the Winter Games. Medal table Source: Men's events Source: Women's events Source: Course information Source: Participating nations Twenty-seven nations sent alpine skiers to compete in the events in Sapporo. The Philippines and Chinese Taipei made their Olympic alpine skiing debuts. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosi Speiser
Rosi Speiser (born 24 November 1951, in Bolsterlang) is a German former alpine skier who competed in the 1972 Winter Olympics. She finished fifth in the slalom event.''Montreal Gazette The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of th ...''"Canadian fourth in slalom" 8 February 1972, p. 27. Retrieved on 25 June 2013. References External links 1951 births Living people People from Oberallgäu Sportspeople from Swabia (Bavaria) Skiers from Bavaria Olympic alpine skiers for West Germany Alpine skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics German female alpine skiers {{Germany-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernadette Zurbriggen
Bernadette Zurbriggen (born 30 August 1956) is a former Swiss alpine skier. Career During her career she has achieved 18 results among the top 3 in the World Cup. In the 1970s, Zurbriggen won seven World Cup races: five in Downhill, one in Giant slalom and one in Alpine Combined. She competed at three Winter Olympics between 1972 and 1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ..., with a seventh position in the women's Downhill in both 1972 and 1976 her best finish. World Cup results ;Victories References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zurbriggen, Bernadette 1956 births Living people Swiss female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toril Førland
Toril Førland (born 24 April 1954) is a retired Norwegian alpine skier. She was born in Bærum, and represented the club Bærums SK. She participated at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ..., where she competed in slalom, giant slalom and downhill. She became Norwegian champion in slalom in 1971 and 1973, in giant slalom in 1973, in downhill in 1973 and 1974, and in alpine combined in 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1974. References External links * 1954 births Living people Sportspeople from Bærum Norwegian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Norway Alpine skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics {{Norway-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michèle Jacot
Michèle Jacot (born 5 January 1952) is a French former alpine skier. Born at Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, she won the Alpine Skiing World Cup of the 1970 season and World Champion in the combined event (1970). , she is the last and only French alpine skier to win the Women's Overall Alpine Skiing World Cup. She also competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics and 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 .... World Cup victories Overall Individual races References External links * * 1952 births Living people French female alpine skiers FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions Olympic alpine skiers of France Alpine skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Isère {{France-alpine-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Pratte
Diane Pratte (born 18 June 1953) is a Canadian former alpine skier who competed in the 1972 Winter Olympics. Pratte's daughter, Brigitte Acton Brigitte Acton (born November 30, 1985) is a Canadian alpine skier. Acton competed at the 2006 Winter Games, where she finished 11th in the giant slalom, 17th in the slalom, and 10th in the combined. She also competed at the 2010 Winter Games. S ..., is also an Olympic alpine skier. References 1953 births Living people Canadian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Canada Alpine skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics {{canada-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 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe .... 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] |
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] |
Rosi Mittermaier
Rosa Anna Katharina Mittermaier-Neureuther (; 5 August 1950 – 4 January 2023) was a German alpine skier. She was the overall World Cup champion in 1976 and a double gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Mittermaier competed in alpine skiing from 1967 to 1976, retiring after a highly successful season in which she finished with two Olympic gold medals and ranked first in the World Cup. She remained popular, advertising for sports and as a non-fiction writer. She was known as ''Gold-Rosi'', and she was inducted into Germany's Sports Hall of Fame in April 2006 when it was initiated. Life and career Mittermaier was born in Munich and grew up in Reit im Winkl on the . Her father had run there the Passauer Hütte. A certified skiing instructor, he also owned a skiing school from 1966, and was the first to train his daughters. Racing career Mittermaier made her World Cup debut in the inaugural season of 1967, and won her first World Cup race two seasons later. She won tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Cochran
Barbara Ann Cochran (born January 4, 1951) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from the United States. Born in Claremont, New Hampshire, Cochran was the second of four siblings of the famous "Skiing Cochrans" family of Richmond, Vermont, which has operated a small ski area in their backyard since 1961. Her father, Gordon "Mickey" Cochran, was a longtime coach, coaching youngsters of the Smuggler's Notch Ski Club, the University of Vermont Ski Team, and the U.S. Ski Team. The family has placed several generations of athletes on the U.S Ski Team: three-time national champion sister Marilyn, Barbara Ann, nine-time national champion brother Bob, and two-time national champion sister Lindy. The family's next generation includes niece Jessica Kelley, nephews Jimmy Cochran, Roger Brown, Tim Kelley, Robby Kelley, and son, Ryan Cochran-Siegle. After retiring from competitions, Cochran graduated from college in Vermont, married Ron Williams, and published h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Bühler
Marta Bühler (born 6 February 1951) is a Liechtensteiner former alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics and in the 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe .... She was the first woman to represent Liechtenstein at the Olympics. References External links * 1951 births Living people Liechtenstein female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Liechtenstein Alpine skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics {{Liechtenstein-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traudl Treichl
Traudl Treichl (born 12 March 1950, in Lenggries) is a retired German alpine skier who competed in the 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe .... External links sports-reference.com* http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&listid=&competitorid=62210 1950 births Living people Olympic alpine skiers of West Germany Alpine skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics German female alpine skiers People from Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria 20th-century German women {{Germany-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
