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Austria At The 1998 Winter Olympics
Austria competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Medalists Alpine skiing ;Men Men's combined ;Women Women's combined Biathlon ;Men ;Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay : 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. : 2 One minute added per missed target. Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing ;Men : 1 Starting delay based on 10 km results. : C = Classical style, F = Freestyle ;Men's 4 × 10 km relay ;Women : 2 Starting delay based on 5 km results. : C = Classical style, F = Freestyle Figure skating ;Women Freestyle skiing ;Men ;Women Ice hockey Men's tournament Preliminary round - group A Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round. Consolation Round - 13th place match Leading scorers *Team Roster ** Claus Dalpiaz ** Reinhard Divis ** Dominic Lavoie ** Andreas Pusnik **Martin Ulrich ** Thomas Searle ** Gerhard Pusnik **Simon Wheeldon **Christoph Brandner **Herbert Hohenberge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Olympic Committee
The Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC) (german: link=no, Österreichisches Olympisches Comité) is the non-profit organization representing Austrian athletes in the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The ÖOC also represents the selection of Austrian cities in their bid for being the site for an Olympic Games. ÖOC is headquartered in Vienna. History The Austrian Olympic Committee was created in 1908 and formally recognized by the IOC in 1912. List of presidents Member federations The Austrian National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 32 Olympic Summer and 6 Winter Sport Federations in Austria. See also *Austria at the Olympics References External links Official website Austria at the Olympics National Olympic Committees Oly Oly may refer to: * Oly, informal name for Olympia, Washington, United States * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Schifferer
Andreas "Andi" Schifferer (born 3 August 1974) is a former Austrian alpine skier who was known to be a downhill specialist, but also competed in other disciplines. Early life Schifferer was born in Radstadt, Salzburger Land in Austria and skied his first races at the age of three.Portrait – Andreas Schifferer ski2b.com After his high school period he joined the Skigymnasium school in and was invited to join the Austrian national team, which dominated the in 1995. Career ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiane Mitterwallner
Christiane Mitterwallner (born 10 July 1974, in Schladming) is an Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the .... External links sports-reference.com* 1974 births Living people Austrian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Austria 20th-century Austrian women Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics People from Liezen District {{austria-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Meissnitzer
Alexandra Meissnitzer (born 18 June 1973) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Her specialities were the downhill, super-G, and giant slalom disciplines. From Abtenau, Salzburg, her father, Hans Meissnitzer, a mechanic by trade, taught her to ski at an early age. At the 1998 Winter Olympics at Nagano, Meissnitzer won the silver in the giant-slalom and the bronze in the super-G, and at the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin she won the bronze in the super-G. In 1999, she won the overall World Cup, to which she added the super-G and giant slalom World Cups for the same season. She also won two world titles (super-G and giant slalom) at the 1999 World Championships. A serious training crash in November 1999, she missed the remainder of the season. At the 2003 World Championships, she won the silver medal in the downhill race (in a tie with Corinne Rey-Bellet) behind Melanie Turgeon. Meissnitzer was third in the super-G at the 2008 World Cup finals in Bormio, Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefanie Schuster
Stefanie Schuster (born 19 April 1969 in Oberstdorf) is an Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics and 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the .... External links sports-reference.com* 1969 births Living people Austrian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Austria Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Oberstdorf Skiers from Bavaria 20th-century Austrian women {{austria-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michaela Dorfmeister
Michaela Dorfmeister (born 25 March 1973) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Her specialities were both the downhill and the super-G disciplines, although she skied in and had success in giant slalom. Biography Born in Vienna, Dorfmeister is the only daughter of a butcher by trade, and lived in Vienna until she was age six. She later studied at the Schladming ski academy, which has produced many of Austria's skiing greats. Dorfmeister raced her first international season in 1983 and entered her first World Cup race in 1991 at Serre Chevalier coming 26. Her first podium place was in 1995 at the St. Anton downhill which she won. This was followed by a total of 25 victories (7 in downhill, 10 in super-G and 8 in giant slalom) In 2000, she won the giant slalom World Cup, and in 2002 the overall World Cup. She won two more speciality World Cups, in 2003 (downhill) and 2005 (super-G). At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the downhill and super-G ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renate Götschl
Renate Götschl (born 6 August 1975) is an Austrian former alpine ski racer. She is a two-time individual World Champion in the combined (1997) and downhill (1999), and has won a total of 9 World Championships medals. She also won two Olympic medals in 2002, the bronze medal in downhill and the silver medal in the combined. Career Götschl made her World Cup debut in 1993, on 14 March 1993, winning the slalom in Lillehammer, Norway. This was followed by more than 100 podium (top 3) results, including at least one win in four of the five disciplines; only a giant slalom win has eluded her, the best result in this discipline being a second place in Lienz in December 2003. She won the overall World Cup title in 2000, and she has also won five World Cup discipline titles in downhill (1997, 1999, 2004, 2005 and 2007), three in super-G (2000, 2004 and 2007), and two in combined (2000 and 2002). Götschl has won nine medals at the World Championships, including gold medals in comb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Günther Mader
Günther Mader (born 24 June 1964) is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist from Austria. Born in Matrei am Brenner, Tyrol, he is one of only five men to have won World Cup races in all five alpine disciplines (downhill, super G, giant slalom, slalom, and combined). Career Mader made his World Cup debut at age 18 and competed for 16 seasons, including four Winter Olympics and seven world championships. He was the bronze medalist in the downhill at the 1992 Olympics and won a total of six medals in the world championships. He won his first championship medal, the silver medal in the Slalom Race at Crans Montana in 1987, after only placing eighth after the first leg of the competition. Mader won two World Cup season titles, giant slalom in 1990 and combined in 1996, and placed second in the overall World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and third in 1990. Without his 14 wins, he did achieve another 27 places in World Cup races. His only World Cup victory in downhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Sykora
Thomas Sykora (born 18 May 1968) is a former alpine skier from Austria. Biography Thomas comes from a sporting family: his father Ernst Sykora was a ski instructor, and his aunts Liese Prokop and Maria Sykora were both successful athletes. He competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 1998 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal at the latter. Sykora won the 1996/97 and 1997/98 Slalom World Cups. Before winning these 2 World Cups, he finished second of the competition in 1994 in Lech. After finishing first in the first round, he eventually was beaten by Alberto Tomba by 2 hundredths of a second after the second round. In total, Thomas won nine World Cup races. At the Olympic Games 1998 in Nagano, he won the bronze medal in slalom. In 1996 and 1999 he also became Austrian slalom champion. After numerous knee injuries, Thomas Sykora was forced to quit his career and became an ORF commentator. He started commenting on women's races in 2000. Later, he served as commenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Stangassinger
Thomas Stangassinger (born 15 September 1965) is an Austrian former alpine skier. Career Throughout the 1990s, he belonged to the international slalom elite. He won a silver medal in the World Ski Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm and a bronze medal in the World Ski Championships in Morioka. His career highlight came when he won the slalom competition at the 1994 Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fr ... in Lillehammer. World Cup victories References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stangassinger, Thomas 1965 births Austrian male alpine skiers Living people Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic gol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Reiter
Mario Reiter (born 5 November 1970 in Rankweil) is a former alpine skier from Austria. He won the gold medal in the combined event at the 1998 Olympics of Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi .... He retired from alpine skiing after the 2000/2001 season. World Cup victories References Austrian male alpine skiers 1970 births Olympic alpine skiers of Austria Olympic gold medalists for Austria Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Vorarlberg {{Austria-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Mayer (skier)
Christian Mayer (born 10 January 1972 in Villach) is an Austrian former alpine skier 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 .... He won the Alpine Ski World Cup Giant Slalom title in 1993/94 (and two bronze-medals in Winter Olympic Games and one bronze-medal in FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships). World cup victories External links * * 1972 births Living people Austrian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Austria Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics 20th-century Austri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
