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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
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