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Heinrich Messner
Heinrich "Heini" Messner (born 1 September 1939) is a retired Austrian alpine skier. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won two bronze medals: in the giant slalom in 1968 and in the downhill in 1972. Career On 5 January 1967 Messner won the first ever World Cup race, a slalom; he had 15 more World Cup podium finishes later in his career. In the 1970s he pioneered the use of short skis in the technical races. Messner retired in 1972 season and for two years trained the Austrian women’s team. He then moved to Steinach am Brenner where he ran a ski school, a boarding house, and a ski rental service. National titles Messner has won five national championships at individual senior Senior (shortened as Sr.) means "the elder" in Latin and is often used as a suffix for the elder of two or more people in the same family with the same given name, usually a parent or grandparent. It may also refer to: * Senior (name), a surname ... level. * Austria Alpine Ski Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obernberg Am Brenner
Obernberg am Brenner is a municipality in the southern district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tirol. Geography Obernberg am Brenner is located nearly 30 km south from Innsbruck in a valley with the same name, which departs from the west side of Wipptal at Gries am Brenner. The valley ends with the massif of Schwarze Wand and the group of the Tribolaum. The popular Lake Obernberg is visited by tourists; the Obernberger Seebach The Obernberger Seebach, formerly called Obernberger Ache, is a river in Tyrol, Austria, a tributary of the Sill. The Obernberger Seebach originates south-west of the Brenner in the Stubai Alps and takes a north-east route to its mouth. On its c ... flows through the village and provides Obernberg with drinking water. Hamlets Außerthal, Eben, Frade, Gereit, Leite, Innerthal. History Coat-of-arms Obernberg's coat-of-arms is a red shield with three golden skittles. According to a legend the miners, at that time, were so rich to play wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |